Found 3 items, similar to Diminutive.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: diminutive kata pengecil
English → English (WordNet) Definition: diminutive diminutive adj : very small; “diminutive in stature”; “a lilliputian chest of drawers”; “her petite figure”; “tiny feet”; “the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy” [syn: bantam, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck] n : a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
English → English (gcide) Definition: Diminutive Diminutive \Di*min"u*tive\, a. [Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif.] 1. Below the average size; very small; little. [1913 Webster] 2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word. [1913 Webster] 3. Tending to diminish. [R.] [1913 Webster] Diminutive of liberty. --Shaftesbury. [1913 Webster] Diminutive \Di*min"u*tive\, n. 1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. [1913 Webster] Such water flies, diminutives of nature. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin. [1913 Webster] Babyisms and dear diminutives. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Note: The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as scribble. [1913 Webster]