miniare

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Italian

Etymology

From minio (red lead).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈnja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: mi‧nià‧re

Verb

miniàre (first-person singular present mìnio, first-person singular past historic miniài, past participle miniàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, historical) to illuminate (a manuscript) in red
  2. (transitive) to paint, decorate or illuminate in miniature
    • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Verso nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 76:
      Con lui non mi intrattenevo sovente. Passava il tempo a miniare.
      I didn't spend much time with him. He spent his time decorating [manuscripts].
  3. (transitive, uncommon) to paint (one's face, lips, cheeks) in red
  4. (transitive, figurative) to depict finely, to detail with exactness

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Further reading

  • miniare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Verb

miniare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of miniar