mini-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mini"

English

Etymology

Shortened from miniature, ultimately from Latin minium (“red lead”). Influenced by similarity to minimum and minus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĭnʹ-ē, IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.i/
• Hyphenation: min‧i

Prefix

mini-

1. (diminutive) Smaller version of an item than usual.
2. With the hemline well above the knee.

Synonyms

• (diminutive): micro-, nano-, -ette, -ee, -y, -icle/-cule/-ule/-ole

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “diminutive”): super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, -zilla, grand, great

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with mini-

Translations

smaller version of an item

Chinese: Mandarin: 微型 (zh) (wéixíng) Finnish: pienois- (fi), mini- French: mini- (fr) German: mini- (de) Hebrew: מִינִי (he) (míni) Indonesian: mini- Irish: mion- Latin: mini Polish: mini- Portuguese: mini- (pt) Russian: мини- (ru) (mini-)

Anagrams

• IINM, imin

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English mini-), ultimately from Latin minium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmini-/, [ˈmini-]

Prefix

mini-

1. mini-

Synonyms

• pikku-
• pien-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with mini-

compounds

• minimuoti

 

Further reading

• “mini-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• imin, nimi

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Prefix

mini-

1. mini-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with mini-

Indonesian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mini]
• Hyphenation: mi‧ni

Prefix

mini-

1. mini-

Derived terms

Category Indonesian terms prefixed with mini- not found

Further reading

• “mini-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Prefix

mini-

1. mini-

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Latin minium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ɲi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iɲi
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
• Homophone: mini

Prefix

mini-

1. mini-

   ‎mini- + ‎spódniczka → ‎minispódniczka

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with mini-

Further reading

• mini- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Prefix

mini-

1. mini- (denotes a small version of something)

Spanish

Prefix

mini-

1. mini-

Further reading

• “mini-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10