noun

minute

Translation

minute (time), moment, minutes (of a meeting), minute (tiny)

I'll be ready in a minute.

The meeting will start in five minutes.

He examined the minute details of the contract.

in a minute in a very short time I'll be back in a minute.

((number)) minutes a period of time The train leaves in ten minutes.

minute ((noun)) extremely small He noticed a minute crack in the wall.

Noun: moment, second; Adjective: tiny, small

From Latin 'minutus' meaning 'small'. The time sense comes from 'pars minuta prima', meaning 'first small part' of an hour.

Note the two pronunciations: MIN-it for time, and my-NOOT for the adjective meaning 'tiny'.