mini

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From the prefix mini-.

Adjective

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mini (not comparable)

  1. Miniature, tiny, small.
Derived terms
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See also mini-.

Etymology 2

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Abbrevations.

Noun

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mini (plural minis)

  1. Abbreviation of miniskirt.
    • 2010, Donna Freitas, The Possibilities of Sainthood:
      All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire. [] Most important is rolling your skirt so that it is a virtual mini []
  2. (dated) Abbreviation of minicomputer.
    • 1975 June 25, Computerworld, page 20:
      Micros will move upwards to where they have the same power and speed as today's minis.
    • 1976, E. Salkovitz, “Science, Technology, and the Modern Navy: Thirtieth Anniversary, 1946-1976”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), United States. Office of Naval Research, page 474:
      Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini.
  3. (roleplaying games, board games) Abbreviation of miniature (small figurine of a character).
    You can add to the realism by painting your minis accurately.
  4. (informal, choreography) A very young dancer.
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Anagrams

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin , possibly through Vulgar Latin mēne (a root), or through analogy with tsini, from *quene, from quem. Compare Romanian mine, also Dalmatian main.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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mini

  1. I
  2. me
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See also

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Beli

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Noun

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mini

  1. water

Further reading

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  • Deng Gideon Kol, John Majok Matuek, Tim Stirtz, Beli Dictionary (Juba, SIL-South Sudan, 2013)

Catalan

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Verb

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mini

  1. inflection of minar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Dakota

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Siouan *warį́ (water).

Noun

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mini

  1. water

Ekpeye

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Noun

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minꜝi

  1. water

References

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  • Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ekpeye

French

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mini (feminine minie, masculine plural minis, feminine plural minies)

  1. small; tiny

Adverb

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mini

  1. (colloquial) minimum; minimally

Antonyms

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Further reading

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Hidatsa

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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mini

  1. water

References

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  • Alfred W. Bowers, Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization (1963, →ISBN: "miri" (but see also [1])
  • Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians, by W. Matthews (1877), noting "the interchangeability of certain lingual and labial sounds in the Hidatsa": "mini or midi"

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From English mini.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmini]
  • Hyphenation: mi‧ni
  • Rhymes: -ni

Adjective

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mini (comparative minibb, superlative legminibb)

  1. small, tiny

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative mini minik
accusative minit miniket
dative mininek miniknek
instrumental minivel minikkel
causal-final miniért minikért
translative minivé minikké
terminative miniig minikig
essive-formal miniként minikként
essive-modal
inessive miniben minikben
superessive minin miniken
adessive mininél miniknél
illative minibe minikbe
sublative minire minikre
allative minihez minikhez
elative miniből minikből
delative miniről minikről
ablative minitől miniktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
minié miniké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
miniéi minikéi

Noun

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mini (plural minik)

  1. miniskirt
    Synonym: miniszoknya

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative mini minik
accusative minit miniket
dative mininek miniknek
instrumental minivel minikkel
causal-final miniért minikért
translative minivé minikké
terminative miniig minikig
essive-formal miniként minikként
essive-modal
inessive miniben minikben
superessive minin miniken
adessive mininél miniknél
illative minibe minikbe
sublative minire minikre
allative minihez minikhez
elative miniből minikből
delative miniről minikről
ablative minitől miniktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
minié miniké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
miniéi minikéi
Possessive forms of mini
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. minim minijeim(or miniim)
2nd person sing. minid minijeid(or miniid)
3rd person sing. minije minijei(or minii)
1st person plural minink minijeink(or miniink)
2nd person plural minitek minijeitek(or miniitek)
3rd person plural minijük minijeik(or miniik)

References

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  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ini
  • Hyphenation: mì‧ni

Etymology 1

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Noun

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mini f (invariable)

  1. miniskirt

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mini

  1. inflection of minare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Latvian

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Verb

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mini

  1. inflection of minēt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Verb

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mini

  1. second-person singular past indicative of mīt

Mandan

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Noun

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mini

  1. water

References

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  • Will and Spinden, The Mandans: A Study of Their Culture, Archaeology and Language

Ogbah

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Noun

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mini

  1. water

References

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French mini.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mini (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. mini (miniature, small, tiny)
    Antonym: maksi
  2. (of clothes) mini (mid-thigh or shorter)
    Antonym: maksi
  3. mini (lasting for a very short time)

Noun

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mini f (indeclinable)

  1. (colloquial) mini, miniskirt
    Synonyms: miniówka, minispódniczka
    Antonym: maksi

Derived terms

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noun
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noun

Further reading

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  • mini in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mini in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French mini.

Adjective

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mini m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. mini

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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mini (Cyrillic spelling мини)

  1. second-person singular imperative of minuti

Slovene

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Verb

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míni

  1. second-person singular imperative of miniti

Spanish

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Adjective

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mini m or f (masculine and feminine plural minis)

  1. mini

Tsuvadi

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Noun

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mini

  1. water

References

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