minimum

minimum [minimɔm]

1. adjective

feminine invariable minimum

• la température minimum the minimum temperature

• assurer un service minimum (Transport) to run a reduced service

• programme minimum restricted service

2. masculine noun

minimum ; (Law) minimum sentence

• en un minimum de temps in the shortest time possible

• il faut un minimum de temps pour le faire you need a minimum amount of time to be able to do it

• il faut un minimum d'intelligence pour le faire you need a modicum of intelligence to be able to do it

• il faut quand même travailler un minimum you still have to do a minimum amount of work

• il n'a pris que le minimum de précautions he took only minimal precautions

• c'est vraiment le minimum que tu puisses faire it's the very least you can do

• dépenses réduites au minimum expenditure cut down to the minimum

• avoir tout juste le minimum vital (salaire) to earn barely a living wage ; (subsistance) to live at subsistence level

• il faut rester le minimum de temps au soleil you must stay in the sun as little as possible

► au minimum at least

• ça coûte au minimum 100 € it costs at least 100 euros

3. adverb

at least

• ça dure quinze jours minimum it lasts at least fifteen days

4. compounds

► minimum vieillesse ( = allocation) basic old age pension

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1.

pl minimums or minima minimɔm, minima adjectif minimum

un an, c'est le délai minimum — it will take one year at least

2.

nom masculin

1) (limite inférieure) minimum

en faire un minimum — to do as little as possible

il faut travailler un minimum si tu veux réussir — you have to do a bit of work if you want to succeed

un minimum de bon sens — a certain amount of common sense

un minimum d'hygiène — a basic level of hygiene

avec un minimum d'efforts — with a minimum of effort

prendre le minimum de risques — to take as few risks as possible

il faut au minimum deux heures pour faire le trajet — the journey takes at least two hours

2) Droit minimum sentence

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Phrasal Verbs:

- minima sociaux

- minimum vital

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minimɔm

1. adj

minimum

2. nm

minimum

Il en fait le minimum. — He does the absolute minimum.

au minimum — at the very least

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minimum, pl minimums ou minima

A adj [température, vitesse] minimum; prix/poids/âge minimum minimum price/weight/age; un an, c'est le délai minimum it will take one year at least.

B nm

1 (limite inférieure) minimum; ils n'ont que le strict minimum pour vivre they only have the bare minimum to live on; nous essaierons de vous déranger un minimum we'll try to disturb you as little as possible; en faire un minimum to do as little as possible; il faut travailler un minimum si tu veux réussir you have to do a bit of work if you want to succeed; un minimum d'égards/de bon sens a certain amount of respect/of common sense; un minimum d'hygiène a basic level of hygiene; en un minimum de temps in as short a time as possible; avec un minimum d'efforts with a minimum of effort; prendre le minimum de risques to take as few risks as possible; il faut au minimum deux heures pour faire le trajet it takes at least two hours for that journey; au minimum 2 000 euros 2,000 euros minimum, at least 2,000 euros;

2 Jur minimum sentence; requérir le minimum Jur to recommend the minimum sentence.

Composés

minima sociaux raft of benefit payments for those on the lowest incomes; minimum vital subsistence level.

[minimɔm] (pluriel minimums ou minima [minima]) adjectif

minimum

poids/service minimum minimum weight/service

charge minimum ÉLECTRICITÉ base ou minimum load

prix minimum

{{ind}}a. minimum ou bottom price

{{ind}}b. [aux enchères] reserve price

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[minimɔm] (pluriel minimums ou minima [minima]) nom masculin

1. [le plus bas degré] minimum

températures proches du minimum saisonnier temperatures approaching the minimum ou the lowest recorded for the season

mets le chauffage au minimum turn the heating down as low as it'll go

j'ai réduit les matières grasses au minimum I've cut down on fat as much as possible, I've cut fat down to a minimum

avoir le minimum vital [financier] to be on subsistence level, to earn the minimum living wage

ils n'ont même pas le minimum vital they don't even have the bare minimum

2. DROIT [peine la plus faible]

le minimum the minimum sentence

3. [une petite quantité]

un minimum (de) a minimum (of)

tu en as vraiment fait un minimum! you really have done just the bare minimum!

s'il avait un minimum de bon sens/d'honnêteté if he had a minimum of common sense/of decency

4. ADMINISTRATION

minimum vieillesse basic state pension

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[minimɔm] adverbe

minimum

il fait 3°C minimum the temperature is 3°C minimum

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au minimum locution adverbiale

[au moins] at the least

deux jours au minimum at least two days, a minimum of two days