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minutiae

/maɪˈn(j)uːʃ(ɪ)ˌiː/

minutiae is the plural of minutia.

Meaning of minutia

Noun

minutia (plural minutiae or (obsolete) minutiæ)

  1. A minor detail, often of negligible importance.
    • They spent all their time on minutiae, never making real progress.
  2. (forensics) Any of the point features on fingerprints used for matching, usually endings and bifurcations of ridges.

Forms of minutiae

alternative formminutiæ

Origin of minutiae

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about minutiae

What is minutiae the plural of?
Minutiae is the plural of minutia.
How do you pronounce minutiae?
Minutiae is pronounced /maɪˈn(j)uːʃ(ɪ)ˌiː/.

Words near minutiae in the dictionary

  1. minutesful
  2. minuteslong
  3. minutest
  4. minutesworth
  5. minutia
  6. minutiae
  7. minutial
  8. minuting
  9. minutiose
  10. minutious
  11. minutiously

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Adapted from Wiktionary: minutiae (page history and authors); minutia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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