mini-

Shortened from miniature, ultimately from Latin minium (“red lead”). Influenced by similarity to minimum and minus.

• enPR: mĭnʹ-ē, IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.i/
• Hyphenation: min‧i

mini-

1. (diminutive) Smaller version of an item than usual.
2. With the hemline well above the knee.

• (diminutive): micro-, nano-, -ette, -ee, -y, -icle/-cule/-ule/-ole

• (antonym(s) of “diminutive”): super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, -zilla, grand, great

• IINM, imin

Borrowed from English mini-.

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mini-

1. mini-

   Antonym: mega-

Internationalism (see English mini-), ultimately from Latin minium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmini-/,

mini-

1. mini-

• pikku-
• pien-

• “mini-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja ‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• imin, nimi

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mini-

1. mini-

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• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: mi‧ni

mini-

1. mini-

• “mini-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

mini-

1. mini-

Derived from Latin minium.

• IPA^(key): /mi.ɲi/

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• Rhymes: -iɲi
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• Homophone: mini

mini-

1. mini-

   ‎mini- + ‎spódniczka → ‎minispódniczka

• mini- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

mini-

1. mini- (denotes a small version of something)

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1. mini-

• “mini-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10