minigolf
See also: Minigolf
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]minigolf (countable and uncountable, plural minigolfs)
- (uncountable) Miniature golf.
- 2009 January 17, Heather Greenwood Davis, “Minigolf's a major obsession in Myrtle Beach”, in Toronto Star[1], archived from the original on 2 February 2009:
- Despite his fame, he's a humble, laid-back guy, more than willing to teach me a thing or two about minigolf. We're definitely in the right city for the lesson. With more than 50 courses in a 96-kilometre radius, some argue that the area, whose population is just over 200,000 year-round, is the minigolf capital of the world.
- (countable) A course for playing miniature golf.
- 2009, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway Companion, page 10:
- The commercial strips of the mid-twentieth century lined with minigolfs, kiddie parks, drive-in theaters, and shopping.
- 2022, The Rough Guide to Brittany & Normandy:
- […] the hotels have overgrown granite minigolfs with little pink granite megaliths as obstacles […]
Translations
[edit]miniature golf — see miniature golf
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈminiˌɡolf/, [ˈminiˌɡo̞lf]
- Rhymes: -olf
- Syllabification(key): mi‧ni‧golf
- Hyphenation(key): mini‧golf
Noun
[edit]minigolf (colloquial)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of minigolf (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | minigolf | minigolfit | |
| genitive | minigolfin | minigolfien | |
| partitive | minigolfia | minigolfeja | |
| illative | minigolfiin | minigolfeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | minigolf | minigolfit | |
| accusative | nom. | minigolf | minigolfit |
| gen. | minigolfin | ||
| genitive | minigolfin | minigolfien | |
| partitive | minigolfia | minigolfeja | |
| inessive | minigolfissa | minigolfeissa | |
| elative | minigolfista | minigolfeista | |
| illative | minigolfiin | minigolfeihin | |
| adessive | minigolfilla | minigolfeilla | |
| ablative | minigolfilta | minigolfeilta | |
| allative | minigolfille | minigolfeille | |
| essive | minigolfina | minigolfeina | |
| translative | minigolfiksi | minigolfeiksi | |
| abessive | minigolfitta | minigolfeitta | |
| instructive | — | minigolfein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “minigolf”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English minigolf, equivalent to mini- + golf.
Noun
[edit]minigolf m (invariable)
Further reading
[edit]- “minigolf”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English and French minigolf.
Noun
[edit]minigolf n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | minigolf | minigolful |
| genitive-dative | minigolf | minigolfului |
| vocative | minigolfule | |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English minigolf. By surface analysis, mini- + golf.
Noun
[edit]minigolf m (plural minigolfs)
Further reading
[edit]- “minigolf”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English minigolf, equivalent to mini- + golf.
Noun
[edit]minigolf c
- miniature golf, minigolf
- Synonym: bangolf
- Vill du följa med och spela minigolf?
- Want to come along and play miniature golf?
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | minigolf | minigolfs |
| definite | minigolfen | minigolfens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- minigolfbana (“miniature golf course, minigolf course”)
See also
[edit]- bana (“course”)
- boll (“ball”)
- hinder (“obstacle”)
- hål (“hole”)
- klubba (“club”)
- slag (“shot”)
- slå (“hit”)
- slå ut (“tee off”)
References
[edit]- “minigolf”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
Categories:
- English terms prefixed with mini-
- English lemmas
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- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
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- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/olf
- Rhymes:Finnish/olf/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish colloquialisms
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian unadapted borrowings from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian terms prefixed with mini-
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Romanian terms borrowed from English
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- Romanian lemmas
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- Romanian uncountable nouns
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- Spanish terms derived from a Paleo-Hispanic substrate
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- Spanish nouns
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