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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Minervālis, from Minerva.
Noun
minerval (plural minervals)
- (archaic) A gift given in gratitude by a student to a teacher; financial compensation paid to a teacher for their services.
1603, Plutarch, “The Contradictions of Stociek philoſophers”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals , London: Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1068:Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]
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French
Etymology
From Minerve + -al.
Pronunciation
Noun
minerval m (plural minervaux)
- (Belgium) tuition, tuition fees
- Synonyms: frais d’inscription, frais de scolarité
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