mineur

• IPA^(key): /miˈnøːr/
• Hyphenation: mi‧neur
• Rhymes: -øːr

Borrowed from Middle French mineur.

mineur m (plural mineurs)

1. sapper, one who undermines enemy lines and fortifications
2. military engineer

Borrowed from French mineur.

mineur m or n (plural mineurs)

1. (music) minor scale

• in mineur
• mineurstemming
• mineurtoonsoort

mineur (not comparable)

1. minor (mostly limited to technical jargon)
2. down, depressed, sad

• IPA^(key): /mi.nœʁ/

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• Rhymes: -œʁ

Borrowed from Latin minor. Compare the doublet moindre.

mineur (feminine singular mineure, masculine plural mineurs, feminine plural mineures)

1. minor

• majeur

mineur m (plural mineurs, feminine mineure)

1. A minor (as defined by the age of majority)

• majeur

From miner +‎ -eur

mineur m (plural mineurs, feminine mineuse)

1. A miner

• rumine, ruminé

• “mineur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).