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diminutive
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)
- Very small.
- Synonyms: lilliputian, tiny
- Antonyms: huge, gigantic
- (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.
- 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]
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
- Antonym: augmentative
Translations
Noun
diminutive (plural diminutives)
- (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
- definite of diminutiv
- plural of diminutiv
French
Adjective
diminutive
- feminine singular of diminutif
German
Adjective
diminutive
- inflection of diminutiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
diminutive
- feminine plural of diminutivo
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
diminutive
- definite singular/plural of diminutiv
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
diminutive
- definite singular/plural of diminutiv
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mamie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.mi/
Noun
mamie f (plural mamies)
- (usually childish) granny, grandma
Synonyms
- (formal) grand-mère
See also
- papi
Further reading
- “mamie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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