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English

Etymology

From Old French diminutif (1398), < Latin diminutivum, (verb deminuere, ‘diminish’).

Pronunciation

Adjective

diminutive (comparative more diminutive, superlative most diminutive)

  1. Very small.
  2. Serving to diminish.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

diminutive (plural diminutives)

  1. (grammar) A word form expressing smallness or youth.
    Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.

Antonyms

Translations

grammar: word form expressing smallness
  • Hebrew: צורת הקטנה he(he) (tzurát-haktaná) f.
  • Icelandic: smækkunarending is(is) f.
  • Italian: diminutivo it(it) m.
  • Polish: zdrobnienie pl(pl) n.
  • Russian: диминутив ru(ru) (diminutiv) m., уменьшительное слово ru(ru) (umen'šitel'noe slovo) n.
  • Scottish Gaelic: meanbhan gd(gd) m.
  • Slovak: zdrobnenina sk(sk) f.
  • Slovene: pomanjševalnica f., manjšálnica sl(sl) f.
  • Swedish: diminutiv sv(sv)

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Related terms

Danish

Adjective

diminutive

  1. Definite of diminutiv
  2. Plural of diminutiv

French

Adjective

diminutive f.

  1. Feminine form of diminutif.

Italian

Adjective

diminutive f.

  1. Feminine plural form of diminutivo

 

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