minor

minor
1. adjective
1) (less, or little, in importance, size etc: Always halt when driving from a minor road on to a major road; She has to go into hospital for a minor operation.) mindre (betydelig), underordnet
2) ((American) a secondary subject that a student chooses to study at university or college: Her major is in physics, but she has a minor in computer science.) støttefag; studieretningsfag
2. verb
((American) to study something as a minor subject: He is minoring in French.) ta som støttefag
3. noun
(a person who is not yet legally an adult.) mindreårig, umyndig
- be in the minority
barn
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liten
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mindre
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mindreårig
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ubetydelig
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subst. \/ˈmaɪnə\/
1) (jus) umyndig person, mindreårig
2) (universitet, amer.) grunnfag, mellomfag, støttefag
3) (universitet, amer.) forklaring: student som leser noe som grunnfag, mellomfag eller støttefag
• he is a history minor
han tar historie som mellomfag \/ han har historie mellomfag
4) (musikk) moll
5) (logikk) undersetning, underbegrep
minor in (universitet, amer.) ta grunnfag i, ta mellomfag i, ta støttefag i ha grunnfag i, ha mellomfag i, ha støttefag i
the minors (fotball, baseball e.l., amer.) de lavere seriene
II
adj. \/ˈmaɪnə\/
1) mindre, underordnet, lavere, små-, mindre betydelig, mindre viktig, mindre alvorlig, mindre farlig
• minor adjustments
småjusteringer \/ mindre justeringer
• a minor offence
en mindre forseelse
• a minor operation
et mindre inngrep
• a minor poet
en mindre betydelig lyriker
• a minor illness
en mindre alvorlig sykdom
2) (jus) umyndig, mindreårig
3) (musikk) moll-, moll
• A minor
a-moll
4) (musikk) liten, lite
5) (britisk, gammeldags, ved privatskole)
forklaring: den yngste av to brødre eller to gutter med samme etternavn
• Brown minor
den yngre Brown \/ den yngste av Brown-guttene
6) (logikk) under-
Friars Minor (kirkehistorie) minoritter, fransiskanere, fransiskanermunker
in a minor key i moll, mollstemt (overført, om fortelling, persons liv e.l.) begivenhetsløs
in a minor league (overført) i en lavere klasse, av dårligere kvalitet
minor premise (logikk) undersetning
the minor prophets de små profeter
minor term (logikk) underbegrep

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