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mini

/ˈmɪn.i/

mini adjective: miniature, tiny, small. Also the abbreviation of miniskirt.

Adjective

mini (not comparable)

  1. Miniature, tiny, small.

Noun (1)

mini (plural minis)

  1. (informal, choreography) A very young dancer.
  2. A small bottle of perfume.
    • In addition to decants, minis, and used bottles of vintage, perfume nips are a fun way to try out vintage, and they seem to be all over the Internet.2013, Barbara Herman, Scent and Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume, page 261

Proper noun capitalized: Mini

Mini (plural Minis)

  1. A surname from Italian

Noun (2) capitalized: Mini

Mini (plural Minis)

  1. A model of mini-compact car, originally built by BMC in the United Kingdom, and later by BMW.

Also used as

mini is also the abbreviation of miniskirt.

mini is also the abbreviation of minicomputer.

mini is also the abbreviation of miniature.

mini meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

mini in Hindi

मिनी

mini in Tamil

மினி, மினியே

mini in Marathi

मिनी

mini in Bengali

মিনি
More languagesFewer languages
mini in Telugu
మినీ
mini in Malayalam
മിനി
mini in Kannada
ಮಿನಿ
mini in Punjabi
ਮਿੰਨੀ, ਮਿਨੀ
mini in Gujarati
મિની, મીની, મિનિ
mini in Odia
ମିନି
mini in Nepali
मिनी, मिनि

Examples of mini in a sentence

  • Jane stood out in a trendy top, matching mini skirt and black knee-length socks.
  • I glanced now into the distance, towards the mini skyline of crypts and monuments alongside Frogmore.
  • There are three different categories that feature silk material in slip dresses (mini too), dayjamas, and robes.

All 40 example sentences with mini

Forms of mini

Noun
pluralminis
pluralMinis
Proper noun
pluralMinis

Origin of mini

From the prefix mini-.

Abbrevations.

Borrowed from Italian Mini

Words formed from mini

Phrases with mini

25 more phrasesFewer phrases

Questions about mini

What does mini mean?
Mini means miniature, tiny, small.
What is mini in Hindi?
Mini in Hindi is मिनी. See Mini meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mini?
Mini can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mini?
Mini is pronounced /ˈmɪn.i/.

Words near mini in the dictionary

  1. minhibbakji
  2. minhibbakjis
  3. Minho
  4. Minhou
  5. Minhow
  6. mini
  7. mini band
  8. mini bands
  9. mini beans
  10. mini black hole
  11. mini black holes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mini (page history and authors); Mini (page history and authors); mini (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mini (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mini (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mini (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mini (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mini (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mini (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mini (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mini (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mini (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mini (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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