Wiktionary

mini

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mini"

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From the prefix mini-.

AdjectiveEdit

mini (not comparable)

  1. Miniature, tiny, small.
Derived termsEdit
See mini-.

Etymology 2Edit

Abbrevations.

NounEdit

mini (plural minis)

  1. Abbreviation of miniskirt.
    • 2010, Donna Freitas, The Possibilities of Sainthood:
      All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire. […] Most important is rolling your skirt so that it is a virtual mini […]
  2. (dated) Abbreviation of minicomputer.
    • 1975 June 25, Computerworld, page 20:
      Micros will move upwards to where they have the same power and speed as today's minis.
    • 1976, E. Salkovitz, “Science, Technology, and the Modern Navy: Thirtieth Anniversary, 1946-1976”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), United States. Office of Naval Research, page 474:
      Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini.
  3. (role-playing games, board games) Abbreviation of miniature (“small figurine of a character”).
    You can add to the realism by painting your minis accurately.
  4. (informal, choreography) A very young dancer.
Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mē, possibly through Vulgar Latin mēne (a root), or through analogy with tsini, from *quene, from quem. Compare Romanian mine, also Dalmatian main.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

mini

  1. I
  2. me

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

BeliEdit

NounEdit

mini

  1. water

Further readingEdit

  • Deng Gideon Kol, John Majok Matuek, Tim Stirtz, Beli Dictionary (Juba, SIL-South Sudan, 2013)

CatalanEdit

VerbEdit

mini

  1. third-person singular imperative form of minar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of minar
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of minar

DakotaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Siouan *warį́ (“water”).

NounEdit

mini

  1. water

EkpeyeEdit

NounEdit

minꜝi

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ekpeye

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mini (feminine minie, masculine plural minis, feminine plural minies)

  1. small; tiny

AdverbEdit

mini

  1. (colloquial) minimum; minimally

AntonymsEdit

Further readingEdit

HidatsaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

mini

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Alfred W. Bowers, Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization (1963, →ISBN: "miri" (but see also [1])
  • Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians, by W. Matthews (1877), noting "the interchangeability of certain lingual and labial sounds in the Hidatsa": "mini or midi"

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English mini.[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmini]
  • Hyphenation: mi‧ni
  • Rhymes: -ni

AdjectiveEdit

mini (comparative minibb, superlative legminibb)

  1. small, tiny

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative mini minik
accusative minit miniket
dative mininek miniknek
instrumental minivel minikkel
causal-final miniért minikért
translative minivé minikké
terminative miniig minikig
essive-formal miniként minikként
essive-modal — —
inessive miniben minikben
superessive minin miniken
adessive mininél miniknél
illative minibe minikbe
sublative minire minikre
allative minihez minikhez
elative miniből minikből
delative miniről minikről
ablative minitől miniktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		minié miniké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		miniéi minikéi

NounEdit

mini (plural minik)

  1. miniskirt
    Synonym: miniszoknya

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative mini minik
accusative minit miniket
dative mininek miniknek
instrumental minivel minikkel
causal-final miniért minikért
translative minivé minikké
terminative miniig minikig
essive-formal miniként minikként
essive-modal — —
inessive miniben minikben
superessive minin miniken
adessive mininél miniknél
illative minibe minikbe
sublative minire minikre
allative minihez minikhez
elative miniből minikből
delative miniről minikről
ablative minitől miniktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		minié miniké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		miniéi minikéi
Possessive forms of mini
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. minim minijeim
2nd person sing. minid minijeid
3rd person sing. minije minijei
1st person plural minink minijeink
2nd person plural minitek minijeitek
3rd person plural minijük minijeik

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ini
  • Hyphenation: mì‧ni

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

mini f (invariable)

  1. miniskirt

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

mini

  1. inflection of minare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

LatvianEdit

VerbEdit

mini

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of minēt
  2. 2nd person singular imperative form of minēt

VerbEdit

mini

  1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of mīt

MandanEdit

NounEdit

mini

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Will and Spinden, The Mandans: A Study of Their Culture, Archaeology and Language

OgbahEdit

NounEdit

mini

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from French mini.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mini (not comparable)

  1. mini (miniature, small, tiny)
    Antonym: maksi
  2. (of clothes) mini (mid-thigh or shorter)
    Antonym: maksi
  3. mini (lasting for a very short time)

NounEdit

mini f (indeclinable)

  1. (colloquial) mini, miniskirt
    Synonyms: miniówka, minispódniczka
    Antonym: maksi

Derived termsEdit

noun

Related termsEdit

noun

Further readingEdit

  • mini in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mini in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French mini.

AdjectiveEdit

mini m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. mini

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mini (invariable)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite mini mini mini mini
definite — — — —
genitive/
dative 		indefinite mini mini mini mini
definite — — — —

Serbo-CroatianEdit

VerbEdit

mini (Cyrillic spelling мини)

  1. second-person singular imperative of minuti

SloveneEdit

VerbEdit

míni

  1. second-person singular imperative of miniti

SpanishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mini (plural minis)

  1. mini

TsuvadiEdit

NounEdit

mini

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

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