mini-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mini"

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shortened from miniature, ultimately from Latin minium (“red lead”). Influenced by similarity to minimum and minus.

Pronunciation[edit]

enPR: mĭnʹ-ē, IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.i/
Hyphenation: min‧i

Prefix[edit]

mini-

Smaller version of an item than usual.
With the hemline well above the knee.

Derived terms[edit]

English words prefixed with mini-

Translations[edit]

smaller version of an item

Chinese:
Mandarin: 微型 (zh) (wéixíng)
Finnish: pienois- (fi), mini-
French: mini- (fr)
German: mini- (de)

Hebrew: מִינִי‎ (he) (míni)
Indonesian: mini-
Irish: mion-
Latin: mini
Portuguese: mini- (pt)
Russian: мини- (ru) (mini-)

Anagrams[edit]

IINM, imin

Finnish[edit]

Prefix[edit]

mini-

mini-

Synonyms[edit]

pikku-
pien-

Derived terms[edit]

Finnish words prefixed with mini-

Anagrams[edit]

imin, nimi

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (file)

Prefix[edit]

mini-

mini-

Derived terms[edit]

French words prefixed with mini-

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [mini]
Hyphenation: mi‧ni

Prefix[edit]

mini-

mini-

Derived terms[edit]

Category Indonesian words prefixed with mini- not found

Further reading[edit]

“mini-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian[edit]

Prefix[edit]

mini-

mini-

Portuguese[edit]

Prefix[edit]

mini-

mini- (denotes a small version of something)

Spanish[edit]

Prefix[edit]

mini-

mini-

Further reading[edit]

“mini-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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