"mince" meaning in French

See mince in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mɛ̃s/ Audio: Fr-mince.ogg Forms: minces [plural]
Etymology: Derived from the verb mincer, from Old French mincier, from Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre (cf. also menuiser), from Latin minūtia. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|mincer}} mincer, {{inh|fr|fro|mincier}} Old French mincier, {{der|fr|VL.||*minūtiāre}} Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre, {{m|fr|menuiser}} menuiser, {{der|fr|la|minūtia}} Latin minūtia Head templates: {{fr-adj}} mince (plural minces)
  1. thin, slim, slender Derived forms: amincir, minceur, mincir
    Sense id: en-mince-fr-adj-~8DUEr~Q Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 39 18 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

IPA: /mɛ̃s/ Audio: Fr-mince.ogg
Etymology: A minced oath of merde (“shit”). Etymology templates: {{m|fr|merde||shit}} merde (“shit”)
  1. drat!, darn!
    Sense id: en-mince-fr-intj-Hs0NUm0t Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 39 18 43
  2. wow!, blimey!
    Sense id: en-mince-fr-intj-PZb3ASlp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 39 18 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mince meaning in French (2.7kB)

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