Noun A time period of 60 seconds; also one 60th of an hour. ("You have one minute to complete the test.") One 60th of a degree of arc or angle. ("We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute.") Translations (Same for both uses) Breton: munut m -où Catalan: minut m Dutch: minuut Esperanto: minuto Finnish: minuutti (1,2) French: minute German: Minute f Hebrew: דקה Icelandic: mínúta Indonesian: menit Interlingua: minuta Italian: minuto Japanese: 分 (ふん, fun) Norwegian: minutt Polish: minuta Portuguese: minuto Romanian: minut n Russian: минута Spanish: minuto Swedish: minut Yiddish: מינוט A (usually formal) annotation of (especially) a meeting, more commonly found in the plural form. ("The minutes of a meeting.") Translations Dutch: notulen (plural) Finnish: pöytäkirja (singular) Interlingua: minuta Russian: протокол (singular) Spanish: minuta Swedish: protokoll (singular) French: procès-verbal A short but unspecified time period. ("Wait a minute!") Translations Finnish: hetki, hetkinen Verb To document, (especially) a meeting. ("I'll minute this evening's meeting.") The product of minuting is usually the plural noun form, "minutes." Translations Dutch: notuleren Finnish: pitää pöytäkirjaa German: aufzeichnen Interlingua: minutar Russian: вести протокол Swedish: föra protokoll Adjective /my-noot'/, /my-nyoot'/ Very small. ("They found only minute quantities of chemical residue.") Synonyms: minuscule, tiny, diminutive, infinitesimal, insignificant Antonyms: big, huge, tremendous, enormous Translations Catalan: menut, diminut, minúscul m, menuda, diminuta, minúscula f Dutch: minuscuul, onbeduidend, nietig Finnish: pienenpieni French: minuscule German: winzig Interlingua: minuscule, minute Polish: malutki Romanian: minuscul m, minusculă f Unintended humour may be found when supermarkets sell packets of "Two minute peas", presumably intended to be many quickly cooked peas rather than a pair of small ones.
