diminution
See also: Diminution
English
Etymology
From Middle English diminucioun, from Anglo-Norman diminuciun, Old French diminucion, from Latin dīminūtiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪmɪˈnjuːʃən/
- Rhymes: -uːʃən
- Hyphenation: di‧mi‧nu‧tion
Noun
diminution (countable and uncountable, plural diminutions)
- A lessening, decrease or reduction.
- The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.
- 2020, Frank Bruni, Donald Trump Is the Best Ever President in the History of the Cosmos:
- That’s the question at the heart of [Donald Trump's] re-election bid, because his strategy isn’t really “law and order” or racism or a demonization of liberals as monument-phobic wackadoodles or a diminution of Joe Biden as a doddering wreck.
- The act or process of making diminutive.
- (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
Synonyms
- (lessening, decrease): diminishment
Related terms
- diminish
- diminished
- diminuendo
Translations
lessening, decrease or reduction
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French
Etymology
From Old French diminucion, borrowed from Latin dīminūtiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.mi.ny.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
diminution f (plural diminutions)
- diminution, abatement
Further reading
- “diminution”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Noun
diminution (plural diminutiones)
- decrease
Related terms
- diminuer