minuend

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/ˈmɪnjʊˌɛnd/

noun

A number or quantity from which another is to be subtracted.

“In the subtraction 10 − 4, 10 is the minuend and 4 is the subtrahend.”

OriginLatin minuendus →
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Meanings

nounminuend (plural minuends)

plural minuends

  1. arithmeticA number or quantity from which another is to be subtracted.

    In the subtraction 10 − 4, 10 is the minuend and 4 is the subtrahend.

Origin

  1. Latinminuendus“something to be diminished”
  2. Englishminuend

From Latin minuendus (“something to be diminished”), gerundive of minuō (“decrease, diminish”), by surface analysis, minus + -end.

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Translations

Bulgarian умаляемо
  • умаляемо (umaljaemo)number from which another is subtracted
Catalan minuend
  • minuendnumber from which another is subtracted
Chinese Mandarin 被減數 /被减数
  • 被減數 /被减数 (bèijiǎnshù)number from which another is subtracted
Czech menšenec
  • menšenecnumber from which another is subtracted
Dutch aftrekgetal
  • aftrekgetalnumber from which another is subtracted
Finnish vähennettävä
  • vähennettävänumber from which another is subtracted
French diminuende
  • diminuendenumber from which another is subtracted
German Minuend
  • Minuendnumber from which another is subtracted
Greek μειωτέος
  • μειωτέος (meiotéos)number from which another is subtracted
Hungarian kisebbítendő
  • kisebbítendőnumber from which another is subtracted
Icelandic frádráttarstofn
  • frádráttarstofnnumber from which another is subtracted
Indonesian kinurang
  • kinurangnumber from which another is subtracted
Italian minuendo
  • minuendonumber from which another is subtracted
Japanese 被減数, 引かれる数
  • 被減数 (higensū)number from which another is subtracted
  • 引かれる数 (hikareru kazu)number from which another is subtracted
Korean 피감수, 빼임수
  • 피감수 (pigamsu)number from which another is subtracted
  • 빼임수 (ppaeimsu)number from which another is subtracted
Māori tau matua
  • tau matuanumber from which another is subtracted
Polish odjemna
  • odjemnanumber from which another is subtracted
Portuguese diminuendo, minuendo
  • diminuendonumber from which another is subtracted
  • minuendonumber from which another is subtracted
Romanian descăzut
  • descăzutnumber from which another is subtracted
Russian уменьша́емое
  • уменьша́емое (umenʹšájemoje)number from which another is subtracted
Spanish minuendo
  • minuendonumber from which another is subtracted
Tagalog bawasin
  • bawasinnumber from which another is subtracted
Turkish eksilen
  • eksilennumber from which another is subtracted

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

minuend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minuend

MLA

“minuend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minuend. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minuend,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minuend.

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