diminutival

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English

Etymology

From Latin dīminutīvus +‎ -al.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

diminutival (not comparable)

  1. Indicating diminution; diminutive.

References

  1. ^ “diminutival, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Etymology

From diminutiv +‎ -al.

Adjective

diminutival m or n (feminine singular diminutivală, masculine plural diminutivali, feminine and neuter plural diminutivale)

  1. diminutive

Declension

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
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