diminution
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Anglo-Norman diminuciun, Old French diminucion, from Latin dīminūtiō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
diminution (plural diminutions)
- A lessening, decrease or reduction.
- The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.
- The act or process of making diminutive.
- (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
Synonyms[edit]
- (lessening, decrease): diminishment
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Translations[edit]
lessening, decrease or reduction
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French diminucion, from Latin dīminūtiō.
Noun[edit]
diminution f (plural diminutions)
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
diminution (plural diminutiones)
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- English terms borrowed from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Music
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Latin
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Interlingua lemmas
- Interlingua nouns
