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Native Script:中文汉字
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fēnzhōng
"请等我一分钟。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A unit of time equal to sixty seconds or one-sixtieth of an hour.
"She will be ready to leave in just five minutes."
- 1
Extremely small, tiny, or precise in detail.
"The detective examined the crime scene with minute attention to detail."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin word 'minutus', meaning 'made small' or 'minute', past participle of 'minuere' (to lessen). Through Old French 'minut', it entered Middle English initially to denote a sixtieth part of an hour, and later expanded to mean extremely small.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Minute" is said worldwide
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minuto
Transliteration: miˈnu.to
"Espera un minuto, por favor."
minuto
Transliteration: miˈnu.tu
"Espere um minuto, por favor."
minute
Transliteration: minyt
"Attendez une minute, s'il vous plaît."
Minute
Transliteration: miˈnuːtə
"Ich bin in einer Minute zurück."
minuto
Transliteration: miˈnuːto
"Aspetta un minuto, per favore."
मिनट
Transliteration: minat
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"कृपया एक मिनट प्रतीक्षा करें।"
分钟
Transliteration: fēnzhōng
Script: 中文汉字
"请等我一分钟。"
분
Transliteration: bun
Script: 한국어 한글
"잠시만 기다려 주세요."
分
Transliteration: fun / pun
Script: 日本語
"一分だけお待ちください。"
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