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minor noun

  /ˈmaɪ.nəɹ/ , /ˈmaɪnə/
  • (Scots law, obsolete) An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.
 minore

minor adjective

  /ˈmaɪ.nəɹ/ , /ˈmaɪnə/
  • (music) Incorporating a minor third interval above the (in scales) tonic or (in chords) root note, (also, _, figurative) tending to produce a dark, discordant, sad, or pensive effect.
  • Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:
 minore

minority noun

  /maɪˈnɑɹ.ɪ.ti/ , /maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/ , /maɪˈnɔɹ.ə.ti/ , /maɪˈnɔɹ.ɪ.ti/ , /mɑɪˈnɔɹ.ə.ti/ , /mɪˈnɑɹ.ɪ.ti/ , /mɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/ , /mɪˈnɔɹ.ɪ.ti/
  • Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority. [from 18th c.]
 minoranza, minorità

minority adjective

  /maɪˈnɑɹ.ɪ.ti/ , /maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/ , /maɪˈnɔɹ.ə.ti/ , /maɪˈnɔɹ.ɪ.ti/ , /mɑɪˈnɔɹ.ə.ti/ , /mɪˈnɑɹ.ɪ.ti/ , /mɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/ , /mɪˈnɔɹ.ɪ.ti/
  • (relational, attributive) Of or relating to a minority.
  • (attributive, politics, of a party, government, etc.) Empowered by or representing a minority (usually a plurality) of votes cast, legislative seats, etc., rather than an outright majority thereof.
 minoritario

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ant noun

  /ænt/ , /ɑːnt/ , /ɛnt/ , [eənt] , [ɛənt] , [ɛːnt]
  • Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
 formica

ante verb

  /ˈænti/
  • To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
 puntare
  • To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
 scommettere

ante noun

  /ˈænti/
  • A price or cost, as in up the ante.
  • (poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot, often before dealing all the cards.
 posta
luce

ante- prefix

  /ˌæn.tə/ , /ˌæn.tɪ/
  • (non-productive) Prior to in time.
  • (non-productive) In front of in space.
 ante-

anting noun

  /ˈæntɪŋ/
  • (ornithology) The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
 bagno di formiche

Antes properNoun

  • (historical) A medieval European tribal union who lived north of the lower Danube and the Black Sea (on the territory of modern Moldova and Ukraine) in the 6th and 7th century AD.
 davanti
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