mini
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mini"
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmɪn.i/
Audio (RP) (file) - Homophone: many (pin-pen merger)
- Rhymes: -ɪni
Etymology 1
From the prefix mini-.
Adjective
mini (not comparable)
- Miniature, tiny, small.
Derived terms
- See mini-.
Etymology 2
Abbrevations.
Noun
mini (plural minis)
- Abbreviation of miniskirt.
- 2010, Donna Freitas, The Possibilities of Sainthood:
- All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire. […] Most important is rolling your skirt so that it is a virtual mini […]
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- (dated) Abbreviation of minicomputer.
- 1975, June 25, Computerworld (page 20)
- Micros will move upwards to where they have the same power and speed as today's minis.
- 1976, E. Salkovitz, United States. Office of Naval Research, Science, Technology, and the Modern Navy: Thirtieth Anniversary, 1946-1976 (page 474)
- Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini.
- 1975, June 25, Computerworld (page 20)
- (role-playing games, board games) Abbreviation of miniature (“small figurine of a character”).
- You can add to the realism by painting your minis accurately.
- (informal, choreography) A very young dancer.
Related terms
- mini-
- miniature
- minimum
- minor
Anagrams
- IINM, imin
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- mine
Etymology
From Latin mē, possibly through Vulgar Latin mēne (a root), or through analogy with tsini, from *quene, from quem. Compare Romanian mine, also Dalmatian main.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Pronoun
mini
- I
- me
Related terms
- io/iou
- mi
See also
- tu, tini
- el/elu, nãs
- noi
- voi
- nãsh, elj
Beli
Noun
mini
- water
Further reading
- Deng Gideon Kol, John Majok Matuek, Tim Stirtz, Beli Dictionary (Juba, SIL-South Sudan, 2013)
Catalan
Verb
mini
- third-person singular imperative form of minar
- third-person singular present subjunctive form of minar
- first-person singular present subjunctive form of minar
Dakota
Alternative forms
- mni (Yankton)
Etymology
From Proto-Siouan *warį́ (“water”).
Noun
mini
- water
Ekpeye
Noun
minꜝi
- water
References
- Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ekpeye
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ni/
Audio (file)
Adjective
mini (feminine minie, masculine plural minis, feminine plural minies)
- small; tiny
Adverb
mini
- (colloquial) minimum; minimally
Antonyms
- maxi
Further reading
- “mini”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hidatsa
Alternative forms
- miri, midi (older forms)
Noun
mini
- water
References
- Alfred W. Bowers, Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization (1963, →ISBN: "miri" (but see also )
- Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians, by W. Matthews (1877), noting "the interchangeability of certain lingual and labial sounds in the Hidatsa": "mini or midi"
Hungarian
Etymology
From English mini.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmini]
- Hyphenation: mi‧ni
- Rhymes: -ni
Adjective
mini (comparative minibb, superlative legminibb)
- small, tiny
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mini | minik |
| accusative | minit | miniket |
| dative | mininek | miniknek |
| instrumental | minivel | minikkel |
| causal-final | miniért | minikért |
| translative | minivé | minikké |
| terminative | miniig | minikig |
| essive-formal | miniként | minikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | miniben | minikben |
| superessive | minin | miniken |
| adessive | mininél | miniknél |
| illative | minibe | minikbe |
| sublative | minire | minikre |
| allative | minihez | minikhez |
| elative | miniből | minikből |
| delative | miniről | minikről |
| ablative | minitől | miniktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | minié | miniké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | miniéi | minikéi |
Noun
mini (plural minik)
- miniskirt
- Synonym: miniszoknya
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mini | minik |
| accusative | minit | miniket |
| dative | mininek | miniknek |
| instrumental | minivel | minikkel |
| causal-final | miniért | minikért |
| translative | minivé | minikké |
| terminative | miniig | minikig |
| essive-formal | miniként | minikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | miniben | minikben |
| superessive | minin | miniken |
| adessive | mininél | miniknél |
| illative | minibe | minikbe |
| sublative | minire | minikre |
| allative | minihez | minikhez |
| elative | miniből | minikből |
| delative | miniről | minikről |
| ablative | minitől | miniktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | minié | miniké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | miniéi | minikéi |
| Possessive forms of mini | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | minim | minijeim |
| 2nd person sing. | minid | minijeid |
| 3rd person sing. | minije | minijei |
| 1st person plural | minink | minijeink |
| 2nd person plural | minitek | minijeitek |
| 3rd person plural | minijük | minijeik |
References
- Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.ni/
- Rhymes: -ini
- Hyphenation: mì‧ni
Noun
mini f (invariable)
- miniskirt
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
mini
- inflection of minare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Latvian
Verb
mini
- 2nd person singular present indicative form of minēt
- 2nd person singular imperative form of minēt
Verb
mini
- 2nd person singular past indicative form of mīt
Mandan
Noun
mini
- water
References
- Will and Spinden, The Mandans: A Study of Their Culture, Archaeology and Language
Ogbah
Noun
mini
- water
References
- Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ọgbà, an Igboid Language of Southern Nigeria (2005)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French mini.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.ɲi/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iɲi
- Syllabification: mi‧ni
- Homophone: mini-
Adjective
mini (not comparable)
- mini (miniature, small, tiny)
- Antonym: maksi
- (of clothes) mini (mid-thigh or shorter)
- Antonym: maksi
- mini (lasting for a very short time)
Noun
mini f (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) mini, miniskirt
- Synonyms: miniówka, minispódniczka
- Antonym: maksi
Derived terms
noun
- miniówka
Related terms
noun
- miniówa
Further reading
- mini in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mini in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French mini.
Adjective
mini m or f or n (indeclinable)
- mini
Declension
Declension of mini (invariable)
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | mini | mini | mini | mini | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | mini | mini | mini | mini | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
mini (Cyrillic spelling мини)
- second-person singular imperative of minuti
Slovene
Verb
míni
- second-person singular imperative of miniti
Spanish
Adjective
mini (plural minis)
- mini
Tsuvadi
Noun
mini
- water
References
- Kambari survey entry 2 - Scanned Wordlist Files: Kambari of Niger and Kebbi states, Nigeria, page 10