different between diminutive vs runt

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

English

Etymology

The OED pronounces this word as "of obscure origin". Some see a connection to Middle Dutch runt (“ox”), but the OED thinks this unlikely.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

runt (plural runts)

1. The smallest animal of a litter.
2. (by extension) The smallest child in the family.

3. Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.

   Synonym: dwarf

4. (networking) An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
5. (typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.
6. A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.
7. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
   • Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. — Holland.
8. A bow.

Derived terms

• kale runt
• runty

Translations

References

Anagrams

• turn

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

runt

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of runnen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of runnen

Anagrams

• turn

Faroese

Adjective

runt

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of rundur

Adverb

runt

1. around

Old French

Adjective

runt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular runde)

1. Alternative form of reont

Declension

Plautdietsch

Adjective

runt

1. round, circular, spherical

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

runt

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of rund.

Adverb

runt

1. around; aimlessly (about movement)

2. around; at random locations
3. around; in a manner that involves a lot of transportation

See also

• gå runt
• se sig runt
• vända runt

Preposition

runt

1. around; denoting a full circle
2. around; following a path which curves near an object
3. around (a corner)
4. around, near (about time)

   Jag kommer runt tre.

   I'll come around three o'clock.

5. about; all round

Synonyms

• kring
• omkring

Derived terms

• runt om
• runt omkring

Yola

Etymology

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Adjective

runt

1. torn

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN