minimize

English

Alternative forms

• minimise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnɨmaɪz/

Verb

1. (transitive) To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.
2. (computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.

   I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.

3. (transitive) To treat (someone) slightingly.
   • 1993, Jan McDaniel, One Golden Summer (page 95)

     […] father who had never openly minimized him or anything he did […]

Translations

To make small as possible

• Armenian: նվազագույնի հասցնել (nvazaguyni hascʻnel), նվազեցնել (hy) (nvazecʻnel)
• Catalan: minimitzar (ca)
• Czech: minimalizovat
• Estonian: minimaliseerima
• Finnish: minimoida (fi), vähätellä (fi)
• French: minimiser (fr)
• German: minimieren (de)
• Greek: ελαχιστοποιώ (el) (elachistopoió)
• Irish: íoslaghdaigh, íosmhéadaigh
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: minimizzare
• Maori: whakamōkito
• Portuguese: minimizar (pt)
• Russian: минимизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (minimizírovatʹ), своди́ть к ми́нимуму impf (svodítʹ k mínimumu)
• Spanish: minimizar (es)
• Swedish: minimera (sv)
• Thai: ย่อ (th) (yɔ̂ɔ)
• Turkish: azaltmak (tr), cüceleştirmek, küçültmek (tr), asgarīye indirmek, en aza indirgemek, (construction) en aza indirgemek

(computing) To cause a window to disappear

• Armenian: նվազեցնել (hy) (nvazecʻnel)
• Catalan: minimitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 最小化 (zh) (zuìxiǎohuà)

• Estonian: ahendama
• Finnish: pienentää (fi)
• French: réduire (fr)
• German: minimieren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 最小化する (さいしょうかする, saishōka suru)
• Latin: abscondo, obscuro
• Maori: whakamōkito
• Portuguese: minimizar (pt)
• Russian: свора́чивать (ru) impf (svoráčivatʹ), сверну́ть (ru) pf (svernútʹ), минимизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (minimizírovatʹ)
• Swedish: dölja (sv), minimera (sv)
• Thai: ย่อ (th) (yɔ̂ɔ)
• Turkish: küçült, simge durumuna küçült

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