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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024di•min•u•tive /dɪˈmɪnyətɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - smaller than the average;
tiny:The Pygmies are a diminutive people. - Grammarrelating to a form that indicates smallness, familiarity, affection, or triviality:The diminutive suffix -let appears in the word droplet , which means "a small drop.''
n. [countable] - Grammara diminutive prefix, suffix, etc., or the word formed by using it:The suffix -let is a diminutive. The word droplet is a diminutive.
See -min-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024di•min•u•tive (di min′yə tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - small;
little;
tiny:a diminutive building for a model-train layout. - Grammarpertaining to or productive of a form denoting smallness, familiarity, affection, or triviality, as the suffix -let, in droplet from drop.
n. - Grammara small thing or person.
- Grammara diminutive element or formation.
- Heraldrya charge, as an ordinary, smaller in length or breadth than the usual.
- Medieval Latin dīminūtīvus, equivalent. to Latin dīminūt(us) lessened (for dēminūtus; see diminution) + -īvus -ive
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See little.
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