mirim

See also: mířím and Mirim

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi mirĩ (“small”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈɾĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈɾĩ/

Adjective

mirim m or f (plural mirins) (Brazil)

1. tiny, little, wee; often in compound animal names of Tupi origin

   saimiri ― squirrel monkey (literally, “small monkey”)

   tamanduá-mirim ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. childish (having childlike, juvenile characteristics)
3. suitable for children or made for them

   a escola tem um jardim mirim ― the school has a kindergarten

4. (soccer) a category for players in the 14-year age group

Noun

mirim m (plural mirins)

1. (Brazil) any small, stingless bee, especially those of the genus Plebeia

   Synonym: abelha-mirim

Related terms

• miri
• saimiri

Further reading

• “mirim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “mirim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

mirim (Cyrillic spelling мирим)

1. first-person singular present of miriti