English

Preposition
minus

1. math less; reduced by subtraction

#: seven minus two is five

1. informal without.

#: I walked out minus my coat.

Synonyms
(without): lacking, without

Translations

trans-top|mathematics: less
Dutch: t+|nl|min
Finnish: t+|fi|miinus
French: t+|fr|moins
German: t+|de|minus
Greek: t|el|μείον|scGrek (míon), t|el|�λην|scGrek (plin)
Icelandic: t-|is|mínus
Italian: t+|it|meno
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Norwegian: t-|no|minus
Portuguese: t+|pt|menos
Russian: t+|ru|мин��|trmínus|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|menos
Swedish: t-|sv|minus
Urdu: URchar|����
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Adjective
en-adj|-

1. mathematics Negative.

#: a minus number

1. On the negative part of a scale.

#: minus seven degrees

1. Ranking just below a designated rating.

#: He got a grade of B minus for his essay.

Synonyms
(negative): negative
(on the negative part of a scale): below zero (after the noun)

Translations

trans-top|negative
Dutch: min, negatief, negatieve
Finnish: t+|fi|negatiivinen
French: t+|fr|négatif|m, t+|fr|négative|f
Greek: t+|el|α�νη�ικ��|m|scGrek, t+|el|α�νη�ική|f|scGrek, t+|el|α�νη�ικ�|n|sc=Grek
Norwegian: t-|no|negativ
Icelandic: mínus#Latin|mínus- m|f|n, sem lýtur að frádrætti, frádráttar#Icelandic|frádráttar-; neikvæður m, neikvæð f, neikvætt n; minni en núll m|f, minna en núll n
Italian: t+|it|negativo|m, t+|it|negativa|f
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Portuguese: t+|pt|negativo|m
Russian: о��и�а�ел�н�й (otricátel�nyj)
Swedish: t+|sv|negativ
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trans-top|on the negative part of a scale
Dutch: min, onder nul (after the noun)
Finnish: miinus; (x astetta) pakkasta - (x degrees) frost
French: t+|fr|moins
Greek: t|el|μείον|scGrek, t|el|�λην|scGrek
Icelandic: mínus#Icelandic|mínus n; neikvæður m, neikvæð f, neikvætt n; minni en núll m|f, minna en núll n
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Russian: t+|ru|мин��|trmínus|scCyrl
Swedish: t-|sv|minus
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trans-top|ranking just below a designated rating
Finnish: miinus, miikka (slang)
French: t+|fr|moins
Icelandic: t-|is|mínus
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Russian: � мин��ом (s mínusom)
Swedish: t-|sv|minus
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Noun
en-noun|es

1. mathematics A minus sign (�).
2. mathematics A negative quantity.
3. A defect or deficiency.

Synonyms
(defect or deficiency): defect, deficiency, drawback, flaw, shortcoming

Antonyms
(minus sign): plus
(negative quantity): plus
(defect or deficiency): advantage, bonus, boon, gain, plus

Translations

trans-top|mathematics: negative quantity
German: t-|de|Minus|n
Icelandic: neikvæð tala f, tala sem er minni en núll f
Japanese: Jpan|負 (Jpan|�, fu), Jpan|���� (mainasu)
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Portuguese: t+|pt|negativo|m
Russian: о��и�а�ел�на� вели�ина (otricátel�naja veli�iná)
Swedish: negativ kvantitet
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trans-top|defect or deficiency
Finnish: miinus (colloquial)
German: t-|de|Minus|n
Icelandic: mínus m, ókostur m
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Russian: t+|ru|мин��|trmínus|scCyrl, t+|ru|недо��а�ок|trnedostátok|scCyrl
Swedish: t+|sv|brist, t-|sv|minus
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Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Chinese: ��, �� (ji�n qù)
ttbc|Korean: 빼기 (bbaegi)
ttbc|Spanish: menos

See also
subtract
subtraction

Category:English prepositions
Category:Negative words

Crimean Tatar

Etymology
L.|crh minus#Latin|minus - less.

Noun
minus

1. minus#English|minus.

Declension
crh-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

References
R:Useinov-Mireev 2002

Category:Crimean Tatar nouns

Swedish

Verb
minus

1. context|transitive|mathematics|lang=fi minus#English|minus

#: Tre minus två är ett - three minus two is one

Noun
minus

1. minus sign, minus#English|minus

de:minus
el:minus
fr:minus
io:minus
it:minus
kk:minus
nl:minus
pl:minus
pt:minus
ru:minus
simple:minus
fi:minus
ta:minus
tt:minus
vi:minus
zh:minus

• 2007-12-28 13:46 - Tbot - added t for fr, el, ru, sv

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