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"text": "Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تَصْغِير"
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{
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
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"feminine"
],
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "умали́телно и́ме"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diminutiu"
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{
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"roman": "zhǐxiǎocí",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "xiǎochēngcí",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zdrobnělina"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "deminutivum"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "diminutiv"
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{
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "verkleinwoord"
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"code": "nl",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"word": "diminutivo"
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{
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
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{
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],
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{
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"tags": [
"neuter"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "gl",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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],
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},
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"code": "de",
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "de",
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],
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
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"neuter"
],
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{
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "he",
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "hu",
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"code": "hu",
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"feminine",
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{
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{
"code": "ga",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "it",
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"masculine"
],
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{
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{
"code": "ko",
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"word": "지소사"
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{
"code": "la",
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{
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{
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{
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"masculine",
"neuter"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "diminutiv"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "диминути́в"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "уменьши́тельно-ласка́тельное сло́во"
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "gd",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
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"Roman",
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
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{
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "sl",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "es",
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{
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{
"code": "cy",
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{
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{
"word": "diminish"
},
{
"word": "diminution"
},
{
"word": "diminutization"
},
{
"word": "diminutize"
},
{
"word": "hypocorism"
},
{
"word": "pet form"
},
{
"word": "pet name"
},
{
"word": "proper nouns"
},
{
"word": "interjections"
},
{
"word": "and suffixes"
}
],
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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "augmentative"
}
],
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"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Grammar"
],
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{
"text": "Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1908, G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy:",
"text": "But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive. I often did so; and it never seemed to mind.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1916, Ernest Weekley, Surnames, page 287:",
"text": "When we come to occupative names, we are again confronted by crowds of diminutives.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment."
],
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"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"smallness",
"smallness"
],
[
"youth",
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],
[
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"unimportance"
],
[
"endearment",
"endearment"
]
],
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"(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nomen deminutivum"
}
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/dɪˈmɪn.jʊ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈmɪn.jə.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/dəˈmɪn.jə.tɪv/",
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"US"
]
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"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zvogëlim"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taṣḡīr",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تَصْغِير"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nvazakan",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "նվազական"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "furm vihanaat"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umalítelno íme",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "умали́телно и́ме"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diminutiu"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐxiǎocí",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "指小詞 /指小词"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiǎochēngcí",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "小稱詞 /小称词"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zdrobnělina"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "deminutivum"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "diminutiv"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "verkleinwoord"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "diminutief"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "diminutivo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "deminutiivi"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "minkingarorð"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "smækkanarorð"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diminutif"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diminutivo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Diminutiv"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Diminutivum"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verkleinerungsform"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Verkleinerungswort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Diminutivbildung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Deminutiv"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Deminutivum"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypokoristikó",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "υποκοριστικό"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hupokoristikón",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ὑποκοριστικόν"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsurát-haktaná",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "צורת הקטנה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "kicsinyítő képzős alak"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "kicsinyített alak"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"feminine",
"suffix"
],
"word": "smækkunarending"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "diminutivo"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "díspeagadh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diminutivo"
},
{
"alt": "ししょうじ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shishōji",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "指小辞"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jisosa",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "지소사"
},
{
"code": "la",
"english": "nomen",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "deminutivum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"english": "nomen",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"word": "diminutivum"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Diminutiv"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "diminutiv"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "diminutiv"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zdrobnienie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diminutivo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "diminutiv"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "diminutív",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "диминути́в"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšítelʹnoje slóvo",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "уменьши́тельное сло́во"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšítelʹno-laskátelʹnoje slóvo",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "уменьши́тельно-ласка́тельное сло́во"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "deminutív",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "деминути́в"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meanbhan"
},
{
"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": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "grammar: word form expressing smallness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "deminutívum"
},
{
"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",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"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"
}
],
"word": "diminutive"
}
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