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dim.

dim. is the abbreviation of diminutive.

dim. is the abbreviation of diminuendo.

Meaning of diminutive

Noun

diminutive (plural diminutives)

  1. A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
    • Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.
    Antonyms:
    augmentative
  2. The smallest, thinnest version of a traditional heraldic ordinary ("geometric shape on a shield"), often used to represent multiple instances of a charge or to modify a main, central, and larger charge; not itself modifiable.

See all 5 meanings of diminutive

Meaning of diminuendo

Adverb

diminuendo (comparative more diminuendo, superlative most diminuendo)

  1. played in this style

See all 5 meanings of diminuendo

Forms of dim.

comparativedim. molto

Questions about dim.

What is dim. the abbreviation of?
Dim. is the abbreviation of diminutive.

Words near dim. in the dictionary

  1. dim-witted
  2. dim-wittedly
  3. dim-wittedness
  4. dim-witticism
  5. dim-witticisms
  6. dim.
  7. Dima
  8. Dima Hasao
  9. Dimaano
  10. Dimaanos
  11. Dimaggio

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dim. (page history and authors); diminutive (page history and authors); diminuendo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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