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"2": "frm",
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"expansion": "Middle French diminutif",
"name": "der"
},
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"2": "la",
"3": "dīminutīvum"
},
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},
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"2": "dēminuō",
"3": "",
"4": "diminish"
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French diminutif (1398), from Latin dīminutīvum, from dēminuō (“diminish”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more diminutive",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"superlative"
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"word": "huge"
},
{
"word": "gigantic"
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{
"ref": "1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 229",
"text": "Mrs. Washington (\"Oh, la, call me Martha, Boys\") is a diminutive woman with a cheerful rather than happy air, who seems to bustle even when standing still..",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Roman Sharonov rose unchallenged to head a corner wide, while diminutive winger Gokdeniz Karadeniz ghosted in with a diving header from the edge of the six-yard box that was acrobatically kept out by Gomes.",
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}
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"Very small."
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{
"word": "lilliputian"
},
{
"word": "tiny"
}
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{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḍaʔīl",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "ضَئِيل"
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎničǎk",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "мъничък"
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"sense": "very small",
"word": "миниатю́рен"
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{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "diminut"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "drobný"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "diminutiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "minuscuul"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "vähäinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "mitätön"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "pikkuruinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "pikkiriikkinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "minuscule"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "winzig"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "diminutiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mikroskopikós",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "μικροσκοπικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "pici"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "parányi"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "pöttöm"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "apró"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "csepp"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "bídeach"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "minuscolo"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "nepi"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "nepinepi"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "ngorangora"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "ngihongiho"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "diminutiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "diminutiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "minúsculo"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "diminuto"
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"_dis1": "99 0 1",
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "diminutiv"
},
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"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "króxotnyj",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "кро́хотный"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "miniatjúrnyj",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "миниатю́рный"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "meanbh"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "drobný"
},
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"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "diminuto"
},
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"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "pytteliten"
},
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"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "diminutiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "küçücük"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "minik"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 0 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "very small",
"word": "nhỏ xíu"
}
]
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{
"text": "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,\nThey cou’d, perhaps, even embrace POVERTY contentedly, rather than submit to any thing diminutive either of their inward Freedom or national Liberty."
}
],
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"Serving to diminish."
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"(obsolete) Serving to diminish."
],
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],
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"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taṣḡīriyy",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "تَصْغِيرِيّ"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umalítelen",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "умали́телен"
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{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "verkleinend"
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{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "pienentävä"
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{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "verkleinernd"
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"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "meiotikós",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "μειωτικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "kicsinyítő"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "kisebbítő"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "csökkentő"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "diminutivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "diminutivo"
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{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "diminuidor"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšítelʹnyj",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
"word": "уменьши́тельный"
},
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"_dis1": "2 96 2",
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"sense": "serving to diminish",
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"_dis1": "2 96 2",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "serving to diminish",
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"_dis1": "13 11 76",
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"word": "تَصْغِيرِيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 11 76",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umalitelno ime",
"sense": "grammar",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "умалително име"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 11 76",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
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"word": "diminutiu"
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"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "grammar",
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"code": "io",
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"_dis1": "13 11 76",
"alt": "ししょうじ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shishōji",
"sense": "grammar",
"word": "指小辞"
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"_dis1": "13 11 76",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"word": "지소사"
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"word": "уменьши́тельный"
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"_dis1": "13 11 76",
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"_dis1": "13 11 76",
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"_dis1": "13 11 76",
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"_dis1": "13 11 76",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "pienentävä"
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "verkleinernd"
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{
"code": "el",
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{
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"code": "cs",
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"tags": [
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"code": "eo",
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"code": "gl",
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"tags": [
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"code": "de",
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],
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "it",
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"code": "ko",
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"neuter"
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"masculine"
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "deminutiv"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "umanjenica"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zdrobnenina"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pomanjševalnica"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manjšálnica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diminutivo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "diminutiv"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "smalükamavöd"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"english": "older term",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "smalamavöd"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bachigyn"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "diminutiv",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דימינוטיוו"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"diminutive"
],
"word": "diminutive"
}
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