moindre

Inherited from Old French meindre, the nominative case of menor, inherited from minor. Compare mineur.

• IPA^(key): /mwɛ̃dʁ/

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moindre (plural moindres)

1. lower; less; lesser
2. (preceded by a definite article) The smallest, the slightest, the least

   Si j'entends le moindre son, je tirerai. — “If I hear the slightest sound, I will shoot.”

• la moindre
• le moindre
• amoindrir

• moindrement
• moins

• “moindre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• dominer
• endormi