"moins" meaning in French

See moins in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: mwɛ̃ Forms: moins
Etymology: : moins < meins < λατινική minus
  1. λιγότερος, μικρότερος
    Sense id: el-moins-fr-adj-p-FgGbTi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Adverb

IPA: mwɛ̃ Forms: moins
Etymology: : moins < meins < λατινική minus
  1. λιγότερο
    Sense id: el-moins-fr-adv-HDS3CRWn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: mwɛ̃ Forms: moins
Etymology: : moins < meins < λατινική minus
  1. le moins - το λιγότερο
    Sense id: el-moins-fr-noun-THSQ85j8
  2. au moins - τουλάχιστον
    Sense id: el-moins-fr-noun-L1l~1~iN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Preposition

IPA: mwɛ̃ Forms: moins
Etymology: : moins < meins < λατινική minus
  1. πλην, μείον
    Sense id: el-moins-fr-prep-MIzifaKU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: à moins que, εκτός εάν, τουλάχιστον, όμως, τουλάχιστον, παρ' όλ' αυτά, τουλάχιστον, τουλάχιστον
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Προέλευση λέξεων από τα λατινικά (γαλλικά)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": moins < meins < λατινική minus",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moins"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "λιγότερος, μικρότερος"
      ],
      "id": "el-moins-fr-adj-p-FgGbTi"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "mwɛ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moins"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Προέλευση λέξεων από τα λατινικά (γαλλικά)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": moins < meins < λατινική minus",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moins"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "λιγότερο"
      ],
      "id": "el-moins-fr-adv-HDS3CRWn"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "mwɛ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moins"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Προέλευση λέξεων από τα λατινικά (γαλλικά)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": moins < meins < λατινική minus",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moins"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "le moins - το λιγότερο"
      ],
      "id": "el-moins-fr-noun-THSQ85j8"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "au moins - τουλάχιστον"
      ],
      "id": "el-moins-fr-noun-L1l~1~iN"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "mwɛ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moins"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Προέλευση λέξεων από τα λατινικά (γαλλικά)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": moins < meins < λατινική minus",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moins"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "prep",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "à moins que"
    },
    {
      "word": "εκτός εάν"
    },
    {
      "word": "τουλάχιστον"
    },
    {
      "word": "όμως"
    },
    {
      "word": "τουλάχιστον"
    },
    {
      "word": "παρ' όλ' αυτά"
    },
    {
      "word": "τουλάχιστον"
    },
    {
      "word": "τουλάχιστον"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "πλην, μείον"
      ],
      "id": "el-moins-fr-prep-MIzifaKU"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "mwɛ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moins"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Προέλευση λέξεων από τα λατινικά (γαλλικά)"
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": moins < meins < λατινική minus",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moins"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "λιγότερος, μικρότερος"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "mwɛ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moins"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Προέλευση λέξεων από τα λατινικά (γαλλικά)"
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": moins < meins < λατινική minus",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moins"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "λιγότερο"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "mwɛ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moins"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Προέλευση λέξεων από τα λατινικά (γαλλικά)"
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": moins < meins < λατινική minus",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moins"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "le moins - το λιγότερο"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "au moins - τουλάχιστον"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "mwɛ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moins"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Προέλευση λέξεων από τα λατινικά (γαλλικά)"
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": moins < meins < λατινική minus",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moins"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "prep",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "à moins que"
    },
    {
      "word": "εκτός εάν"
    },
    {
      "word": "τουλάχιστον"
    },
    {
      "word": "όμως"
    },
    {
      "word": "τουλάχιστον"
    },
    {
      "word": "παρ' όλ' αυτά"
    },
    {
      "word": "τουλάχιστον"
    },
    {
      "word": "τουλάχιστον"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "πλην, μείον"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "mwɛ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moins"
}

Download raw JSONL data for moins meaning in French (1.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-15 from the elwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-01 using wiktextract (fb173d2 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.