minor premise in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for minor premise in the English»French Dictionary

minor premise N

minor premise

mineure f

Translations for minor premise in the English»French Dictionary

I.premise [Brit ˈprɛmɪs, Am ˈprɛməs] N Brit a. premiss Brit

premise

prémisse f

on the premise that …

en supposant que …

II.premises N

premises npl:

premises

locaux mpl

business/council premises

locaux mpl commerciaux/de la mairie

embassy premises

ambassade f

office premises

bureaux mpl

on the premises

sur place

off the premises

à l'extérieur

she asked me to leave the premises

elle m'a demandé de quitter les lieux

the accident happened off our premises

l'accident s'est produit en dehors de nos locaux

I.minor [Brit ˈmʌɪnə, Am ˈmaɪnər] N

1. minor LAW:

minor

mineur/-e m/f

2. minor Am UNIV:

minor

matière f secondaire

II.minor [Brit ˈmʌɪnə, Am ˈmaɪnər] ADJ

1. minor change, consideration, repair, defect, artist, role:

minor

mineur

minor road

route secondaire

minor aristocracy

petite noblesse

they're minor royalty

ce sont des membres peu importants de la famille royale

2. minor (not serious):

minor injury, burn, fracture

léger/-ère

minor operation, surgery

mineur

3. minor MUS:

minor scale, chord, interval, seventh

mineur

C minor

Do mineur

in a minor key

en mineur

4. minor Am UNIV:

minor subject

secondaire

5. minor Brit dated SCHOOL:

Smith minor

Smith junior

III.minor [Brit ˈmʌɪnə, Am ˈmaɪnər] VB intr Am UNIV

to minor in sth

prendre qc en matière secondaire

minor premise in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for minor premise in the English»French Dictionary

I.premise [ˈpremɪs] N

premise

prémisse f

on the premise that

en supposant que +subj

II.premise [ˈpremɪs] VB trans form

1. premise (base):

premise

fonder

to premise one's argument on sth

appuyer son raisonnement sur qc

2. premise Am (preface):

premise

faire une introduction à

I.minor [ˈmaɪnəʳ, Am -nɚ] ADJ

minor

mineur(e)

II.minor [ˈmaɪnəʳ, Am -nɚ] N

minor

mineur(e) m (f)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

An enthymeme would follow today's form of a syllogism; however it would exclude either the major or minor premise.

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These two terms appear together in the conclusion and separately with the middle term in the major premise and minor premise, respectively.

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A syllogism is a three-proposition argument consisting of a major premise stating some universal truth, a minor premise stating some particular truth, and a conclusion derived from these two premises.

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