Definizione monolingua

diminutive

diminutive (plural diminutives)

1. (grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

   Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.

diminutive (comparative more diminutive, superlative most diminutive)

1. Very small.
   • 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, BBC Sport:

     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.

2. Serving to diminish.

Definizione dizionario diminutive

	diminutivo
	serving to diminish
	grammar: word form expressing smallness

	minuscolo
	very small

nano

piccolissimo

piccolo

Altri significati:

Very small in size.

A word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness.

(grammar) A word form expressing smallness or youth.

Very small.

Serving to diminish.