mini
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the prefix mini-.
Adjective
[edit]mini (not comparable)
Derived terms
[edit]- See also mini-.
Etymology 2
[edit]Abbrevations.
Noun
[edit]mini (plural minis)
- Abbreviation of miniskirt.
- 2010, Donna Freitas, The Possibilities of Sainthood:
- All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire. […] Most important is rolling your skirt so that it is a virtual mini […]
- (dated) Abbreviation of minicomputer.
- 1975 June 25, Computerworld, page 20:
- Micros will move upwards to where they have the same power and speed as today's minis.
- 1976, E. Salkovitz, “Science, Technology, and the Modern Navy: Thirtieth Anniversary, 1946-1976”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), United States. Office of Naval Research, page 474:
- Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini.
- (roleplaying games, board games) Abbreviation of miniature (“small figurine of a character”).
- You can add to the realism by painting your minis accurately.
- (informal, choreography) A very young dancer.
Related terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Aromanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin mē, possibly through Vulgar Latin mēne (a root), or through analogy with tsini, from *quene, from quem. Compare Romanian mine, also Dalmatian main.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Pronoun
[edit]mini
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Beli
[edit]Noun
[edit]mini
Further reading
[edit]- Deng Gideon Kol, John Majok Matuek, Tim Stirtz, Beli Dictionary (Juba, SIL-South Sudan, 2013)
Catalan
[edit]Verb
[edit]mini
- inflection of minar:
Dakota
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- mni (Yankton)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Siouan *warį́ (“water”).
Noun
[edit]mini
Ekpeye
[edit]Noun
[edit]minꜝi
References
[edit]- Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ekpeye
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mini (feminine minie, masculine plural minis, feminine plural minies)
Adverb
[edit]mini
Antonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mini”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hidatsa
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]mini
References
[edit]- Alfred W. Bowers, Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization (1963, →ISBN: "miri" (but see also [1])
- Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians, by W. Matthews (1877), noting "the interchangeability of certain lingual and labial sounds in the Hidatsa": "mini or midi"
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mini (comparative minibb, superlative legminibb)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | mini | minik |
accusative | minit | miniket |
dative | mininek | miniknek |
instrumental | minivel | minikkel |
causal-final | miniért | minikért |
translative | minivé | minikké |
terminative | miniig | minikig |
essive-formal | miniként | minikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | miniben | minikben |
superessive | minin | miniken |
adessive | mininél | miniknél |
illative | minibe | minikbe |
sublative | minire | minikre |
allative | minihez | minikhez |
elative | miniből | minikből |
delative | miniről | minikről |
ablative | minitől | miniktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
minié | miniké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
miniéi | minikéi |
Noun
[edit]mini (plural minik)
- miniskirt
- Synonym: miniszoknya
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | mini | minik |
accusative | minit | miniket |
dative | mininek | miniknek |
instrumental | minivel | minikkel |
causal-final | miniért | minikért |
translative | minivé | minikké |
terminative | miniig | minikig |
essive-formal | miniként | minikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | miniben | minikben |
superessive | minin | miniken |
adessive | mininél | miniknél |
illative | minibe | minikbe |
sublative | minire | minikre |
allative | minihez | minikhez |
elative | miniből | minikből |
delative | miniről | minikről |
ablative | minitől | miniktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
minié | miniké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
miniéi | minikéi |
Possessive forms of mini | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | minim | minijeim (or miniim) |
2nd person sing. | minid | minijeid (or miniid) |
3rd person sing. | minije | minijei (or minii) |
1st person plural | minink | minijeink (or miniink) |
2nd person plural | minitek | minijeitek (or miniitek) |
3rd person plural | minijük | minijeik (or miniik) |
References
[edit]- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]mini f (invariable)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]mini
- inflection of minare:
Latvian
[edit]Verb
[edit]mini
- inflection of minēt:
Verb
[edit]mini
Mandan
[edit]Noun
[edit]mini
References
[edit]- Will and Spinden, The Mandans: A Study of Their Culture, Archaeology and Language
Ogbah
[edit]Noun
[edit]mini
References
[edit]- Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ọgbà, an Igboid Language of Southern Nigeria (2005)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French mini.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mini (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- mini (miniature, small, tiny)
- Antonym: maksi
- (of clothes) mini (mid-thigh or shorter)
- Antonym: maksi
- mini (lasting for a very short time)
Noun
[edit]mini f (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) mini, miniskirt
- Synonyms: miniówka, minispódniczka
- Antonym: maksi
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mini in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mini in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mini m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | mini | mini | mini | mini | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | mini | mini | mini | mini | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Verb
[edit]mini (Cyrillic spelling мини)
Slovene
[edit]Verb
[edit]míni
Spanish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mini m or f (masculine and feminine plural minis)
Tsuvadi
[edit]Noun
[edit]mini
References
[edit]- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English terms with homophones
- Rhymes:English/ɪni
- Rhymes:English/ɪni/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English abbreviations
- English terms with quotations
- English dated terms
- en:Role-playing games
- en:Board games
- English terms with usage examples
- English informal terms
- Aromanian terms inherited from Latin
- Aromanian terms derived from Latin
- Aromanian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Aromanian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Aromanian terms with audio links
- Aromanian lemmas
- Aromanian pronouns
- Aromanian personal pronouns
- Beli lemmas
- Beli nouns
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan verb forms
- Dakota terms inherited from Proto-Siouan
- Dakota terms derived from Proto-Siouan
- Dakota lemmas
- Dakota nouns
- Ekpeye lemmas
- Ekpeye nouns
- ekp:Water
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French adjectives
- French adverbs
- French colloquialisms
- Hidatsa lemmas
- Hidatsa nouns
- Hungarian terms derived from English
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ni
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ni/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian adjectives
- Hungarian nouns
- hu:Skirts
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ini
- Rhymes:Italian/ini/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian verb forms
- Mandan lemmas
- Mandan nouns
- Ogbah lemmas
- Ogbah nouns
- Polish terms borrowed from French
- Polish unadapted borrowings from French
- Polish terms derived from French
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/iɲi
- Rhymes:Polish/iɲi/2 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish lemmas
- Polish adjectives
- Polish uncomparable adjectives
- Polish nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Polish colloquialisms
- pl:Skirts
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian adjectives
- Romanian indeclinable adjectives
- Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms
- Serbo-Croatian verb forms
- Slovene non-lemma forms
- Slovene verb forms
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish epicene adjectives
- Tsuvadi lemmas
- Tsuvadi nouns