diminutival
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin dīminutīvus + -al.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɪvəl
Adjective edit
diminutival (not comparable)
- Indicating diminution; diminutive.
References edit
- ^ “diminutival, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “diminutival”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
diminutival m or n (feminine singular diminutivală, masculine plural diminutivali, feminine and neuter plural diminutivale)
Declension edit
Declension of diminutival
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | diminutival | diminutivală | diminutivali | diminutivale | ||
| definite | diminutivalul | diminutivala | diminutivalii | diminutivalele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | diminutival | diminutivale | diminutivali | diminutivale | ||
| definite | diminutivalului | diminutivalei | diminutivalilor | diminutivalelor | |||