minim

Meaning

1. A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
2. A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1⁄60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
3. A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
4. Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
5. The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
6. A little man or being; a dwarf.
7. A small fish; a minnow.
8. A short poetical encomium.

Synonyms

half note

drop

jot

blob

dab

dot

dribble

drip

droplet

💧

dwarf

elf

🧝

gnome

bagatelle

manikin

midge

midget

pigmy

pygmy

runt

semitone

speck

spot

half-note

trifle

troll

🧌

white

lilliputian

bead

bit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪ.nɪm/

Etymology

From French minime.