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diminutives

Syllables: di·min·u·tivesUK/dɪˈmɪn.jə.tɪvz/

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New Zealand/dəˈmən.jə.təvz/

diminutives is the plural of diminutive.

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

Questions about diminutives

What is diminutives the plural of?
Diminutives is the plural of diminutive.
How do you pronounce diminutives?
Diminutives is pronounced /dɪˈmɪn.jə.tɪvz/ (UK).

Words near diminutives in the dictionary

  1. diminutions
  2. diminutival
  3. diminutive
  4. diminutively
  5. diminutiveness
  6. diminutives
  7. diminutivisation
  8. diminutivisations
  9. diminutivise
  10. diminutivised
  11. diminutivises

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