minime, n.f., (mus.) minim.

minimum (-mom), n.m., (—s) (math.) (minima), minimum, lowest.

ministère, n.m., ministry, agency; services; administration, department, functions; minister’s office; ministration. Le — public; public authorities; magistrates. Cela n’est pas de mon —; that does not belong to my office. Le — des affaires étrangères, de l’intérieur, de la guerre; the foreign, the home, the war, office.

ministériel, -le, adj., ministerial.

ministériellement (-rièl-mān), adv., ministerially.

ministre, n.m., minister; clergyman, rector, vicar; servant. Le premier —; the prime minister, the premier. — d’état; minister of state. — du commerce; president of the board of trade. Les —s de l’autel; the priests. — de la Marine; first Lord of the Admiralty. — de l’Intérieur; the Home Minister. — des Affaires Etrangères; the Foreign Minister.

minium (-om), n.m., (n.p.) (min.) minium, red lead.

minois, n.m., pretty face, looks, air, appearance.

minon, n.m., puss; kitten.