diminutive
/dɪˈmɪnjʊtɪv/
US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈmɪnjʊtɪv/
dɪˈmɪnjʊtɪv
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
dɪ - ˈmɪnjʊtɪv -> diminutive
Myanmar meaning
(adj) အလွန့်အလွန် သေးငယ်သော။ (n) အငယ်စားကိုဖော်ပြသော နောက်ဆက်ဝေါဟာရ။
Full entry
diminutive /dÇ'mÇnjǝtÇv/ adj
အလွန်သေးငယ်သော။ သေးသေး ကွေးကွေး။
She was a diminutive figure beside her tall husband.
n (က) (အလွန်သေးငယ်ကြောင်းပြ နောက်ဆက်စကား)။
eg piglet (= a young pig), kitchenette (= a small kitchen): a diminutive suffix.
(ခ) အတိုခေါ်သော အမည်၊ ဝေါဟာရ။
‘Jo’ is a diminutive of ‘Joanna’.
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Synonyms
very small, little, tiny, wee, minuscule, miniature, minute, pocket-sized, pint-sized, Lilliputian, bantam, bitsy, bitty, button, by name, byname, familiar name, hypocoristic, midget, mini, nickname, peewee, pet name, petite, pint-size, pocket, pocket-size, pretty name, small, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, undersize, weeny
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