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minor adjective

  /ˈmaɪ.nəɹ/ , /ˈmaɪnə/
  • Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:
 второстепе́нный, незначи́тельный
  • (music) Smaller by a diatonic semitone than the equivalent major interval.
 ма́лый
  • (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.
 мино́рный

minor noun

  /ˈmaɪ.nəɹ/ , /ˈmaɪnə/
  • (North America, education) A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.
 [[непро́фильный]] [[предме́т]]
  • (Scots law, obsolete) An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.
 малоле́тний, несовершенноле́тний

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.]
 меньшинство́, меньшинство
  • The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood. [from 15th c.]
 несовершенноле́тие
minor planet
астероид, малая планета
Asia Minor
Ма́лая А́зия, Малая Азия
Ursa Minor
Ма́лая Медве́дица, Малая Медведица
A minor
ля мино́р, ля минор
Canis Minor
Ма́лый Пёс, созве́здие Ма́лого Пса
Leo Minor
Малый Лев
C minor
c-móll, до мино́р
E minor
ми мино́р
Lithuania Minor
Малая Литва́
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