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Noun [English]

IPA: /maɪˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/, /məˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-minutia.wav Forms: minutiae [plural], minutiæ [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin minutia, from minūtus (“small, little”), from minuō (“make smaller”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|minutia}} Latin minutia Head templates: {{en-noun|minutiae|minutiæ}} minutia (plural minutiae or minutiæ)
  1. A minor detail, often of negligible importance. Translations (minor detail): minúcia [feminine] (Catalan), minuciositat [feminine] (Catalan), detaleto (Esperanto), pisidetail (Estonian), pikkuseikka (Finnish), petit détail [masculine] (French), Detail [neuter] (German), Einzelheit [feminine] (German), winziges Detail [neuter] (German), Kleinigkeit [feminine] (German), Nebensächlichkeit [feminine] (German), דַּקּוּת (daqút) [feminine] (Hebrew), (apró/aprólékos) részletek [plural] (Hungarian), detaleto (Ido), 枝葉末節 (siyōmassetsu) (Japanese), detalle [masculine] (Spanish), pequeñez [feminine] (Spanish), mezquindad [feminine] (Spanish), trivialidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-minutia-en-noun-MXkRnljy Disambiguation of 'minor detail': 98 2
  2. (biometrics, forensics) Any of the point features on fingerprints used for matching, usually endings and bifurcations of ridges.
    Sense id: en-minutia-en-noun-KUu0zUvC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 46 43 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 79

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /miˈnuː.ti.a/ [Classical-Latin], [mɪˈnuːt̪iä] [Classical-Latin], /miˈnut.t͡si.a/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [miˈnut̪ː͡s̪iä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From minūtus (“diminished”) + -ia. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|minūtus|-ia|t1=diminished}} minūtus (“diminished”) + -ia Head templates: {{la-noun|minūtia<1>}} minūtia f (genitive minūtiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|minūtia<1>}} Forms: minūtia [canonical, feminine], minūtiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], minūtia [nominative, singular], minūtiae [nominative, plural], minūtiae [genitive, singular], minūtiārum [genitive, plural], minūtiae [dative, singular], minūtiīs [dative, plural], minūtiam [accusative, singular], minūtiās [accusative, plural], minūtiā [ablative, singular], minūtiīs [ablative, plural], minūtia [singular, vocative], minūtiae [plural, vocative]
  1. smallness, minuteness Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-minutia-la-noun-VIPh1Cmd Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ia Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 46 43 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 38 54 2 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ia: 93 7
  2. small thing, trifle Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-minutia-la-noun-eFR81Ju3 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: minūtiēs

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I think I can ſee the preciſe and diſtinguiſhing marks of national characters more in theſe nonſenſical minutiæ, than in the moſt important matters of ſtate ; where great men of all nations talk and ſtalk ſo much alike, that I would not give ninepence to chuſe amongſt them.",
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          "word": "דַּקּוּת"
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        "(biometrics, forensics) Any of the point features on fingerprints used for matching, usually endings and bifurcations of ridges."
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/maɪˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/"
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      "text": "⇒ Galician: esmiuzar"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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}
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "minor detail",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "winziges Detail"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "minor detail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kleinigkeit"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "minor detail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nebensächlichkeit"
    },
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "daqút",
      "sense": "minor detail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "דַּקּוּת"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "minor detail",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "word": "(apró/aprólékos) részletek"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "minor detail",
      "word": "detaleto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "siyōmassetsu",
      "sense": "minor detail",
      "word": "枝葉末節"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "minor detail",
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      "word": "detalle"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "minor detail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pequeñez"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "minor detail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "minor detail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "trivialidad"
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    "minutiae"
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}

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    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
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          "name": "desc"
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          "expansion": "→ Friulian: minuzie",
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        }
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    },
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          "expansion": "⇒ Galician: esmiuzar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Galician: esmiuzar"
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Galician: minucia",
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      "text": "→ Galician: minucia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "minugia"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: minugia",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "minuzia",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "minúcia",
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      "form": "minūtiā",
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      "form": "minūtia",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "minūtiae",
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      "glosses": [
        "smallness, minuteness"
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          "trifle",
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      "ipa": "[mɪˈnuːt̪iä]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "/miˈnut.t͡si.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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    {
      "ipa": "[miˈnut̪ː͡s̪iä]",
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    {
      "word": "minūtiēs"
    }
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}

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