"miniature" meaning in English

See miniature in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɪnɪtʃə/ [UK], /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃəɹ/ [US], /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃʊəɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miniature.wav Forms: more miniature [comparative], most miniature [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|miniatura||manuscript illumination}} Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), {{der|en|la|miniō|t=to colour red}} Latin miniō (“to colour red”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} miniature (comparative more miniature, superlative most miniature)
  1. Smaller than normal. Derived forms: in miniature, miniature poodle, miniaturism Translations (smaller than normal): миниатюрен (miniatjuren) (Bulgarian), miniaturní (Czech), miniatűr (Hungarian), mākari (Maori), miniatyr- (Norwegian Bokmål), miniatyr- (Norwegian Nynorsk), миниатю́рный (miniatjúrnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-miniature-en-adj-JQ5TXGXy

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪnɪtʃə/ [UK], /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃəɹ/ [US], /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃʊəɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miniature.wav Forms: miniatures [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|miniatura||manuscript illumination}} Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), {{der|en|la|miniō|t=to colour red}} Latin miniō (“to colour red”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} miniature (plural miniatures)
  1. Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
    Sense id: en-miniature-en-noun-IMmYZtUt
  2. A small version of something; a model of reduced scale. Translations (a model of reduced scale): миниатюра (miniatjura) [feminine] (Bulgarian), miniatura [feminine] (Catalan), miniatura [feminine] (Czech), miniatyyri (Finnish), miniature [feminine] (French), miniatura [feminine] (Galician), Miniatur [feminine] (German), makett (Hungarian), mionsamhail [feminine] (Irish), miniatura [feminine] (Italian), ミニチュア (minichua) (Japanese), миниатюра (miniatüra) (Kazakh), miniatūra (Latvian), miniatyr [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), miniatyr [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), miniatura [feminine] (Polish), miniatura [feminine] (Portuguese), miniatură [feminine] (Romanian), миниатю́ра (miniatjúra) [feminine] (Russian), miniatura [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-miniature-en-noun-dRRl1W1c Disambiguation of 'a model of reduced scale': 22 72 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
  3. A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
    Sense id: en-miniature-en-noun-PSY7QbFa
  4. The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
    Sense id: en-miniature-en-noun-Hn3ifxhn
  5. An illustration in an illuminated manuscript. Translations (manuscript illustration): миниатюра (miniatjura) [feminine] (Bulgarian), miniatuur [feminine] (Dutch), enluminure [feminine] (French), Miniatur [feminine] (German), mittelalterliche Buchmalerei [feminine] (German), mittelalterliche Handschriftenillustration [feminine] (German), miniatúra (Hungarian), миниатюра (miniatüra) (Kazakh), miniatura [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-miniature-en-noun-AGdr395a Disambiguation of 'manuscript illustration': 1 1 12 9 70 4 1 1 1 2
  6. A musical composition which is short in duration. Translations (a musical composition which is short in duration): миниатюра (miniatjura) [feminine] (Bulgarian), miniatura [feminine] (Polish), миниатю́ра (miniatjúra) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-miniature-en-noun-UQix9BXi Disambiguation of 'a musical composition which is short in duration': 1 1 1 1 1 88 1 1 2 3
  7. (chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves. Categories (topical): Chess, Warhammer
    Sense id: en-miniature-en-noun-SdMeeiGU Disambiguation of Warhammer: 5 3 3 10 18 3 11 31 3 3 7 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 3 7 5 3 3 15 23 2 3 18 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 5 5 6 5 5 6 23 5 6 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 4 4 5 4 4 6 25 4 4 7 5 2 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 3 3 4 3 3 5 28 3 3 5 4 2 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 6 5 5 4 5 12 28 3 7 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 5 5 5 5 5 10 30 4 7 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 4 5 7 9 4 14 25 3 6 12 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 6 5 6 5 5 8 30 5 6 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 5 5 5 5 5 9 29 4 7 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 8 7 5 5 5 8 30 4 5 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 9 5 5 5 5 5 10 30 4 7 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 5 5 5 5 5 9 30 4 5 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 4 9 8 4 4 14 23 3 5 15 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 9 5 5 5 5 5 10 30 4 7 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 4 4 5 4 4 8 37 4 5 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 4 4 5 4 4 8 37 4 5 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 9 5 5 5 5 5 10 30 4 7 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 9 5 5 5 5 5 10 30 4 7 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 9 5 5 5 5 5 10 30 4 7 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 9 5 5 6 5 6 10 27 4 8 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 13 3 2 3 3 3 8 48 2 4 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 5 5 6 8 5 8 25 4 10 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 5 4 5 4 5 13 27 3 6 16 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 5 5 5 5 5 10 30 4 7 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 4 4 5 4 4 8 37 4 5 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 4 4 7 4 4 10 34 4 5 9 6 Topics: board-games, chess, games
  8. (roleplaying games, board games) A token in a game representing a unit or character. Categories (topical): Board games, Role-playing games Translations (a token in a game representing a unit or character): miniatyyri (Finnish), figurine [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-miniature-en-noun-NF~uJRkL Disambiguation of 'a token in a game representing a unit or character': 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 88 3 1
  9. Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
    Sense id: en-miniature-en-noun-CZm1ZWhh
  10. A particular feature or trait.
    Sense id: en-miniature-en-noun-PcWqVy9W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɪnɪtʃə/ [UK], /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃəɹ/ [US], /ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃʊəɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miniature.wav Forms: miniatures [present, singular, third-person], miniaturing [participle, present], miniatured [participle, past], miniatured [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|miniatura||manuscript illumination}} Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), {{der|en|la|miniō|t=to colour red}} Latin miniō (“to colour red”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} miniature (third-person singular simple present miniatures, present participle miniaturing, simple past and past participle miniatured)
  1. (transitive) To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-miniature-en-verb-ma7rYoyR

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ミニチュア"
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          "text": "Scientists have grown miniature human brains in test tubes, creating a \"tool\" that will allow them to watch how the organs develop in the womb and, they hope, increase their understanding of neurological and mental problems. ¶ Just a few millimetres across, the \"cerebral organoids\" are built up of layers of brain cells with defined regions that resemble those seen in immature, embryonic brains.",
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          "ref": "1755, John Shebbeare, An Answer to a Pamphlet, called A Second Letter to the People, London: M. Cooper, page 29:",
          "text": "If it be ever so little removed, or seen thro’ the miniaturing End of the Perspective Glass, it either wholly escapes their Sight, or appears to them a mere Minutity.",
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          "ref": "1780, Samuel Jackson Pratt, Emma Corbett, Bath: Pratt and Clinch, Volume 2, Letter 67, p. ,101:",
          "text": "The smile of the babe was in my eye, and in my heart. I saw miniatur’d forth, the features of the murdered Edward.",
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          "text": "c. 1807, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, letter to Joseph Cottle, cited in Joseph Cottle, Early Recollections, Chiefly Relating to the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge, London: Longman, Rees, 1837, Volume 2, p. 131,\nNow what the globe is in geography, miniaturing in order to manifest the truth, such is a poem to that image of God, which we were created into […]"
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          "text": "[…] a moon holds its gray glories miniatured in rock and dust.",
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          "ref": "2009, Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching, New York: Nan A. Talese, pages 98-99:",
          "text": "Dad had had Lily’s Haiti photos developed, and […] among them was a sunset miniatured in purple […]",
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}

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