Word: diminutive

Category: diminutive

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Synonyms: diminutive

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: diminutive

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spanish
Translations:
diminuto, diminutivo
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german
Translations:
zierlich, verkleinernd, winzig
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french
Translations:
diminutif, minuscule, petit
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italian
Translations:
minuscolo, diminutivo
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portuguese
Translations:
pequeno, diminua
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dutch
Translations:
karig, min, minuscuul, luttel, klein, gering
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russian
Translations:
маленький, уменьшительный, миниатюрный, карликовый, крохотный
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finnish
Translations:
pikkuinen
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czech
Translations:
zdrobnělina, maličký, deminutivum, titěrný, deminutivní
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polish
Translations:
dorodny, miniaturowy, zdrobnienie, zdrobniały
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hungarian
Translations:
pöttöm
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turkish
Translations:
minicik
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greek
Translations:
υποκοριστικός
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ukrainian
Translations:
мініатюрний
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estonian
Translations:
deminutiiv, miniatuurne, tilluke
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latvian
Translations:
niecīgs, sīks
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slovak
Translations:
maličký

The meaning and "use of": diminutive

adjective
  • extremely or unusually small. - a diminutive figure dressed in black
noun
  • a smaller or shorter thing, in particular. - It is the role of giant ruffians like me to fall before doughty diminutives like him, and each of us must play our part in that ancient story.

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