No. 191 in French
minutes
The French word "minutes" means "minutes" in English, referring to units of time.
In a sentence
Je vais partir dans cinq minutes.
I will leave in five minutes.
Here, 'minutes' refers to units of time used in scheduling.
La réunion a duré quarante minutes.
The meeting lasted forty minutes.
In this sentence, 'minutes' indicates the duration of an event.
On a fini avec les minutes de la réunion.
We finished with the minutes of the meeting.
Here, 'minutes' refers to the written record or summary of a meeting.
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