different between diminutive vs lou

English

Alternative forms

• (noun, grammar): dim. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle French diminutif (1398), from Latin diminutivum, from d?minu? (“diminish”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d??m?n.j?.t?v/, /d??m?n.j?.t?v/

Adjective

diminutive (comparative more diminutive, superlative most diminutive)

1. Very small.

   Synonyms: lilliputian, tiny

   Antonyms: huge, gigantic
2. (obsolete) Serving to diminish.
   • 1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 1714 edition republished by Gregg International Publishers, 1968, Volume 3, Miscellany 3, Chapter 2, p. 175,^[2]

     They cou’d, perhaps, even embrace POVERTY contentedly, rather than submit to any thing diminutive either of their inward Freedom or national Liberty.

3. (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

   Antonym: augmentative

Translations

Noun

diminutive (plural diminutives)

1. (grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

   Synonyms: nomen deminutivum, pet form

   Antonym: augmentative

Translations

Related terms

• diminish
• diminution
• diminutization
• diminutize
• dimwit

Further reading

• diminutive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Adjective

diminutive

1. definite of diminutiv
2. plural of diminutiv

French

Adjective

diminutive

1. feminine singular of diminutif

German

Adjective

diminutive

1. inflection of diminutiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

diminutive

1. feminine plural of diminutivo

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

diminutive

1. definite singular/plural of diminutiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

diminutive

1. definite singular/plural of diminutiv

Bourguignon

Alternative forms

• le

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Article

lou (alternative form le, feminine lai, plural les)

1. the

Champenois

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Article

lou

1. the

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French lourd (“heavy”)

Adjective

lou

1. heavy

Lindu

Noun

lou

1. direction

Mandarin

Romanization

lou (Zhuyin ???)

1. Pinyin transcription of ?, ?
2. Pinyin transcription of ????

lou

1. Nonstandard spelling of l?u.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lóu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of l?u.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lòu.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mori Bawah

Verb

lou

1. (stative) to be over there, somewhere remote and at a lower elevation then the speaker and hearer

References

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, ?ISBN, page 695-6

Old French

Alternative forms

• lu
• leu

Etymology 1

From Latin lupus. Of dialectal origin or formed analogically from the feminine louve.

Noun

lou m (oblique plural lous, nominative singular lous, nominative plural lou)

1. Alternative form of leu

Descendants

• French: loup

Etymology 2

See le and lo.

Article

lou

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of le

Zou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lou??/

Noun

lou

1. weed

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lou???/

Noun

lóu

1. ricefield, paddy
2. farm

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lou???/

Verb

lòu

1. (transitive) to pick (flowers or fruit)

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63