different between miniature vs itsy-bitsy
miniature
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin mini? (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?n(?)?t??(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?n(i)?t???/, /?m?n(i)?t????/
Noun
miniature (plural miniatures)
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- (chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
- (role-playing games, board games) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
- A particular feature or trait.
Derived terms
- miniaturist
- mini-
- mini
Translations
Adjective
miniature (comparative more miniature, superlative most miniature)
- Smaller than normal.
Derived terms
- miniature poodle
- miniaturism
Translations
Verb
miniature (third-person singular simple present miniatures, present participle miniaturing, simple past and past participle miniatured)
- (transitive) To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian miniatura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.nja.ty?/
Noun
miniature f (plural miniatures)
- miniature
- (computing) thumbnail (a miniature preview of a larger image)
Synonyms
- (thumbnail): vignette, aperçu
Further reading
- “miniature” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
miniature f
- plural of miniatura
Anagrams
- minuteria
- ruminiate
miniature From the web:
- what miniature dogs don't shed
- what miniature means
- what miniature dogs are there
- what miniature animals are there
- what small dogs don't shed
- what dogs stay small and don't shed
- what kind of dogs stay small and don't shed
itsy-bitsy
English
Alternative forms
- itsy bitsy
- itty-bitty
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??tsi ?b?tsi/
Adjective
itsy-bitsy (comparative itsy-bitsier, superlative itsy-bitsiest)
- (colloquial, often childish or humorous) Very small; minuscule.
- The itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.
- She wore an itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka-dot bikini.
Synonyms
- incy wincy
- itty-bitty
- teeny-weeny
Translations
Derived terms
- itsy
itsy-bitsy From the web:
- what itsy bitsy means
- what's itsy-bitsy
- what is itsy bitsy spider about
- what is itsy bitsy movie about
- what is itsy bitsy book
- what is the itsy bitsy spider game
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