moins
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French moins, from Old French meins, from Latin minus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mwɛ̃/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -wɛ̃
Adverb
moins
- comparative degree of peu; less, fewer
- Faites moins de bruit. ― Make less noise.
- J’ai dû attendre moins de dix minutes. ― I had to wait less than ten minutes.
- De moins en moins de personnes peuvent se permettre de passer des vacances à l’étranger.
- Fewer and fewer people can afford to spend holidays abroad.
- (with numbers) minus; negative
- moins cinq ― minus five
- (preceded by a definite article) superlative degree of peu; the least
- C’est lui qui gagne le moins (d’argent) dans sa famille. ― He earns the least money in his family.
- C’était la chose la moins surprenante. ― It was the least surprising thing.
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Further reading
- “moins”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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