miniare

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Italian

Etymology

From minio (“red lead”) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈnja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: mi‧nià‧re

Verb

miniàre (first-person singular present mìnio, first-person singular past historic miniài, past participle miniàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, historical) to illuminate (a manuscript) in red
  2. (transitive) to paint, decorate or illuminate in miniature
    • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Verso nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 76:
      Con lui non mi intrattenevo sovente. Passava il tempo a miniare.
      I didn't spend much time with him. He spent his time decorating .
  3. (transitive, uncommon) to paint (one's face, lips, cheeks) in red
  4. (transitive, figurative) to depict finely, to detail with exactness

Conjugation

    Conjugation of miniàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive miniàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund miniàndo
present participle miniànte past participle miniàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present mìnio mìni mìnia miniàmo miniàte mìniano
imperfect miniàvo miniàvi miniàva miniavàmo miniavàte miniàvano
past historic miniài miniàsti miniò miniàmmo miniàste miniàrono
future minierò minierài minierà minierémo minieréte minierànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present minierèi minierésti minierèbbe, minierébbe minierémmo minieréste minierèbbero, minierébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present mìni mìni mìni miniàmo miniàte mìnino
imperfect miniàssi miniàssi miniàsse miniàssimo miniàste miniàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
mìnia mìni miniàmo miniàte mìnino
negative imperative non miniàre non mìni non miniàmo non miniàte non mìnino

Derived terms

Further reading

  • miniare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Verb

miniare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of miniar
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