menos

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word menos. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word menos, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say menos in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word menos you have here. The definition of the word menos will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmenos, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: ménos

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin minus.

Adverb

menos

  1. less
    Antonym: más
    Esti pueblu ye menos guapu que'l to. ― This town is less nice than that one.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, which displaced the semi-learned form mẽos, learned borrowing from Latin minus comparative of parum.

Pronunciation

Adverb

menos

  1. less
    Antonym: máis

Preposition

menos

  1. except, but
    Vinche todos eses filmes menos o último ― I saw all that movies, except the last one

Noun

menos m (invariable)

  1. (mathematics) minus
  2. less

Noun

menos m pl (plural only)

  1. the minority of a collective

References

  • “menos” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “menos” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “menos” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “menos” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “menos” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Further reading

Ladino

Adverb

menos (Latin spelling)

  1. less
    Synonym: manko
  2. (often with definite article) least
    Synonym: manko

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, displacing collateral form mẽos, from Latin minus, neuter of minor (“lesser; smaller”), comparative of parvus (“small”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: me‧nos

Adverb

menos (not comparable)

  1. less (in lower degree)
    Antonym: mais
    Aqui é menos frio. ― Here is less cold.
    Se trabalhares menos, cansarás menos. ― If you work less, you will tire less.

Preposition

menos

  1. except; but
    Synonyms: exceto, fora
    Li todos, menos o último. ― I read all, except the last one.
  2. (mathematics) minus (indicates subtraction)
    Três menos dois é um. ― Three minus two is one.

Pronoun

menos m or f (plural menos)

  1. fewer (a smaller number of), less (a smaller size or significance of)
    Antonym: mais
    Menos pessoas correm. ― Fewer people run.
    Atirou com menos precisão. ― He shot with less precision.

Usage notes

  • Some use the feminine plural menas. It is only used in Brazil. Such usage is non-standard and highly proscribed.

Noun

menos m (invariable)

  1. minus sign (the symbol −)
    Synonym: sinal de menos

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish menos, inherited from Latin minus, comparative of parum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmenos/
  • Rhymes: -enos
  • Syllabification: me‧nos

Adverb

menos

  1. less
    Antonym: más
    Camina menos rápido, por favor.
    Walk less quickly, please.
  2. (often with definite article) least
    Antonym: más
    Él come el menos de todos en la familia.
    He eats the least of everyone in the family.

Usage notes

Determiner

menos (plural menos)

  1. less, fewer
    Antonym: más
  2. least, fewest
    Antonym: más

Preposition

menos

  1. minus
    Dos menos uno son uno.
    Two minus one is one.
  2. except, besides
    Antonym: incluido
    Synonyms: excepto, salvo
    Todos menos Juan vinieron a la fiesta.
    Everyone except Juan came to the party.

Noun

menos m (plural menos)

  1. minus sign

Derived terms

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish menos.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: me‧nos
  • IPA(key): /ˈmenos/,

Adjective

menos (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. less; lacking; of less value
    Synonym: kulang

Derived terms

References

  • “menos”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia