different between tiny vs smal

English

Alternative forms

• tyny (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?ni/

• Rhymes: -a?ni

Adjective

tiny (comparative tinier, superlative tiniest)

1. Very small.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:tiny

Antonyms

• huge
• great

Derived terms

• tininess
• tinily

Translations

Noun

tiny (plural tinies)

1. A small child; an infant.
   • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 28:

     ‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was a tiny.’

   • 1982, Young children in China (page 84)

     The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for the tinies and more abstract themes for the older children).

2. Anything very small.

Translations

Anagrams

• tiyn

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse smalr (“little”), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Compare with English small.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smal/, [smal?]

Adjective

smal

1. narrow, thin
2. slim, slender

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch smal, from Old Dutch smal, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Cognate with English small, German schmal, Old Norse smalr, Gothic ???????????????????? (smals).

Pronunciation

Adjective

smal (comparative smaller, superlative smalst)

1. narrow

Inflection

Derived terms

• versmallen

Descendants

• ? Papiamentu: smal

Anagrams

• mals

Middle English

Alternative forms

• smale, smalle, smel, smæl, small

Etymology

From Old English smæl, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smal/, /sma?l/

Adjective

smal (plural and weak singular smale, comparative smalre, superlative smalest)

1. Small, miniscule.
2. Little, few, scarce.
3. Ground finely, not coarse.
4. Of no worth, unimportant.

Descendants

• English: small
• Scots: smal
• Yola: smaale

References

• “sm??l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-23.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse smalr, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Compare with English small.

Adjective

smal (neuter singular smalt, definite singular and plural smale, comparative smalere, indefinite superlative smalest, definite superlative smaleste)

1. narrow (having a small width)
2. slim (waist etc.)

Antonyms

• bred

Derived terms

• langsmal
• smalspor, smalsporet

Related terms

• smalne

References

• “smal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse smalr, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Compare with English small.

Adjective

smal (neuter singular smalt, definite singular and plural smale, comparative smalare, indefinite superlative smalast, definite superlative smalaste)

1. narrow (having a small width)
2. slim (waist etc.)

Derived terms

• langsmal
• smalspor

References

• “smal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smalaz.

Adjective

smal

1. small

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: smal

Further reading

• “smal”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smal, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz, whence also Old English smæl, Old Norse smalr.

Adjective

smal

1. small

Descendants

• Middle High German: smal
  • German: schmal
  • Hunsrik: schmaal
  • Luxembourgish: schmuel
  • Vilamovian: ?mo?
  • Yiddish: ?????? (shmol)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch smal.

Adjective

smal

1. narrow

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smal/

Verb

smal

1. second-person singular imperative of smali?

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish smal, from Old Norse smalr, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Compare with English small.

Pronunciation

Adjective

smal (comparative smalare, superlative smalast)

1. thin, slim, narrow in size

   Antonym: bred

2. skinny

   Antonyms: tjock, fet

Declension

Derived terms

• smalmat
• smalspår
• trådsmal

Anagrams

• alms, mals