moindre

Inherited from Old French meindre, the nominative case of menor, inherited from Latin minor. Doublet of mineur.

• IPA^(key): /mwɛ̃dʁ/

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• Rhymes: -wɛ̃dʁ
• Hyphenation: moindre

moindre (plural moindres)

1. comparative degree of petit; lower; less; lesser
2. (preceded by a definite article) superlative degree of petit; the smallest, the slightest, the least

   le moindre doute

   The slightest doubt.

   Si j'entends le moindre son, je tirerai.

   If I hear the slightest sound, I will shoot.

• moindrement
• moins

• “moindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• dominer
• endormi