mínus
Icelandic
/ˈmiːnʏs/
noun
Definitions
- minus sign
- minus
- deficit, loss negative profit or balance of funds
- a mental low, a depressed or desperate mental state
- drawback, con
Etymology
Derived from Latin minus (less, lesser, smaller).
Origin
Latin
minus
Gloss
less, lesser, smaller
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- minus English
- miinus Finnish
- minus Latin
- minusculus Latin
- nihilominus Latin
- Minus German
- meno Italian
- mis- Italian
- menos Spanish, Castilian
- minusválido Spanish, Castilian
- minúsculo Spanish, Castilian
- *mey- Proto-Indo-European
- minus Norwegian Bokmål
- minúsculo Portuguese
- minus Norwegian Nynorsk
- minus Czech
- meins Old French
- minuskomplekso Esperanto
- menys Catalan, Valencian
- menos Galician
- missa- Old High German
- mains Norman
- минус Bulgarian
- menos Old Portuguese
- mens Occitan
- menos Asturian
- minus Crimean Tatar