"minimizer" meaning in All languages combined

See minimizer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: minimizers [plural]
Etymology: From minimize + -er. In the linguistics sense, coined by American linguist Dwight Bolinger in 1972. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|minimize|er}} minimize + -er, {{coinage|en|Dwight Bolinger|in=1972|nat=American|nocap=1|occ=linguist}} coined by American linguist Dwight Bolinger in 1972 Head templates: {{en-noun}} minimizer (plural minimizers)
  1. That which minimizes.
    Sense id: en-minimizer-en-noun-GWAh6Lxj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33
  2. (linguistics) A word or phrase referring to a very small quantity of something, used to reinforce a negative sentence. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-minimizer-en-noun-k4Trw-oq Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "minimize",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "minimize + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Dwight Bolinger",
        "in": "1972",
        "nat": "American",
        "nocap": "1",
        "occ": "linguist"
      },
      "expansion": "coined by American linguist Dwight Bolinger in 1972",
      "name": "coinage"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From minimize + -er. In the linguistics sense, coined by American linguist Dwight Bolinger in 1972.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "minimizers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "minimizer (plural minimizers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which minimizes."
      ],
      "id": "en-minimizer-en-noun-GWAh6Lxj",
      "links": [
        [
          "minimize",
          "minimize"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "en:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A word or phrase referring to a very small quantity of something, used to reinforce a negative sentence."
      ],
      "id": "en-minimizer-en-noun-k4Trw-oq",
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "phrase",
          "phrase"
        ],
        [
          "quantity",
          "quantity"
        ],
        [
          "negative",
          "negative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) A word or phrase referring to a very small quantity of something, used to reinforce a negative sentence."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "minimizer"
  ],
  "word": "minimizer"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English coinages",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms coined by Dwight Bolinger",
    "English terms suffixed with -er",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "minimize",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "minimize + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Dwight Bolinger",
        "in": "1972",
        "nat": "American",
        "nocap": "1",
        "occ": "linguist"
      },
      "expansion": "coined by American linguist Dwight Bolinger in 1972",
      "name": "coinage"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From minimize + -er. In the linguistics sense, coined by American linguist Dwight Bolinger in 1972.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "minimizers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "minimizer (plural minimizers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "That which minimizes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "minimize",
          "minimize"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Linguistics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A word or phrase referring to a very small quantity of something, used to reinforce a negative sentence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "phrase",
          "phrase"
        ],
        [
          "quantity",
          "quantity"
        ],
        [
          "negative",
          "negative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) A word or phrase referring to a very small quantity of something, used to reinforce a negative sentence."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "minimizer"
  ],
  "word": "minimizer"
}

Download raw JSONL data for minimizer meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-20 using wiktextract (8e41825 and f99c758). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.