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diminutive

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English

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WOTD – 8 April 2009

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Etymology

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Inherited fromMiddle Englishdiminutif,derived fromOld Frenchdiminutif,derived fromLatindīminutīv|us, ~a, ~um(adjective), fromdīminūt|us, ~a, ~um(participle),perfectpassiveparticiple ofdīmin|uō, ~uere, ~uī, ~ūtum(verb).[1] First attested in 1398.

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Adjective

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diminutive (comparativemorediminutive,superlativemostdiminutive)

  1. Verysmall.
    Synonyms:lilliputian,tiny
    Antonyms:huge,gigantic
    • 1997,Thomas Pynchon,Mason & Dixon, New York:Henry Holt and Company,→ISBN,→OCLC,page229:
      Mrs. Washington ("Oh, la, call me Martha, Boys") is adiminutive woman with a cheerful rather than happy air, who seems to bustle even when standing still..
    • 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:
      Roman Sharonov rose unchallenged to head a corner wide, whilediminutive winger Gokdeniz Karadeniz ghosted in with a diving header from the edge of the six-yard box that was acrobatically kept out by Gomes.
  2. (obsolete) Serving todiminish.
    • 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 thingdiminutive either of theirinward Freedom ornational Liberty.
  3. (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressingsmallness,youth,unimportance, orendearment.
    Antonym:augmentative

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Translations

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very small
serving to diminish
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Noun

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diminutive (pluraldiminutives)

  1. (grammar) A word form expressingsmallness,youth,unimportance, orendearment.
    Synonym:nomen deminutivum
    Antonym:augmentative
    Booklet, thediminutive of book, means ‘small book’.
    • 1908,G.K. Chesterton,Orthodoxy:
      But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by adiminutive. I often did so; and it never seemed to mind.
    • 1916, Ernest Weekley,Surnames, page287:
      When we come to occupative names, we are again confronted by crowds ofdiminutives.
    • 2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, inThe Guardian‎[3]:
      The British use the term “fidlets”, adiminutive of “Fid”, which in turn is an acronym for Falkland Island Dependencies, the former name of the British Antarctic Survey.
  2. (heraldry) The smallest, thinnest version of a traditional heraldicordinary ("geometric shape on a shield"), often used to represent multiple instances of acharge or to modify a main, central, and larger charge; not itself modifiable.
    Hyponyms:fillet,barrulet,pallet,bendlet,scarpe,closet,cotise,chevronel,crosslet,saltorel

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Translations

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grammar: word form expressing smallness

See also

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References

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  1. ↑1.01.11.2“diminutive”, inThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,2016,→ISBN.

Danish

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Adjective

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diminutive

  1. inflection ofdiminutiv:
    1. plural
    2. definiteattributive

Noun

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diminutive

  1. plural ofdiminutiv

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.mi.ny.tiv/
  • Hyphenation:di‧mi‧nu‧tive

Adjective

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diminutive

  1. femininesingular ofdiminutif

German

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diminutive

  1. inflection ofdiminutiv:
    1. strong/mixednominative/accusativefemininesingular
    2. strongnominative/accusativeplural
    3. weaknominative all-gendersingular
    4. weakaccusativefeminine/neutersingular

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.mi.nuˈti.ve/
  • Rhymes:-ive
  • Hyphenation:di‧mi‧nu‧tì‧ve

Adjective

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diminutìve

  1. feminineplural ofdiminutìvo

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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diminutive

  1. definitesingular/plural ofdiminutiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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diminutive

  1. definitesingular/plural ofdiminutiv
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