mini

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mini"

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.i/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  • Homophone: many (pin–pen merger)
• Rhymes: -ɪni

Etymology 1

From the prefix mini-.

Adjective

mini (not comparable)

1. Miniature, tiny, small.

Derived terms

See also mini-.

• double mini trampoline
• mini band
• mini CD
• mini digger
• mini ephedrine
• mini excavator
• mini hi-fi system
• mini mastiff
• mini rugby
• mini skip
• mini stroke
• mini tower

 

Etymology 2

Abbrevations.

Noun

mini (plural minis)

1. 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 […]

2. (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, “Science, Technology, and the Modern Navy: Thirtieth Anniversary, 1946-1976”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), United States. Office of Naval Research, 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.

3. (roleplaying games, board games) Abbreviation of miniature (“small figurine of a character”).

   You can add to the realism by painting your minis accurately.

4. (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:

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Pronoun

mini

1. I
2. me

Related terms

• io/iou
• mi

See also

• tu, tini / tine
• el / elu, nãs / nes
• noi
• voi
• nãsh, elj / ei, nesh

Beli

Noun

mini

1. water

Further reading

• Deng Gideon Kol, John Majok Matuek, Tim Stirtz, Beli Dictionary (Juba, SIL-South Sudan, 2013)

Catalan

Verb

mini

1. inflection of minar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Dakota

Alternative forms

• mni (Yankton)

Etymology

From Proto-Siouan *warį́ (“water”).

Noun

mini

1. water

Ekpeye

Noun

minꜝi

1. water

References

• Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ekpeye

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ni/

• Audio:

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Adjective

mini (feminine minie, masculine plural minis, feminine plural minies)

1. small; tiny

Adverb

mini

1. (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

1. water

References

• Alfred W. Bowers, Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization (1963, →ISBN: "miri" (but see also [1])
• 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmini]
• Hyphenation: mi‧ni
• Rhymes: -ni

Adjective

mini (comparative minibb, superlative legminibb)

1. 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)

1. 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 (or miniim)
2nd person sing.	minid	minijeid (or miniid)
3rd person sing.	minije	minijei (or minii)
1st person plural	minink	minijeink (or miniink)
2nd person plural	minitek	minijeitek (or miniitek)
3rd person plural	minijük	minijeik (or miniik)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ni/
• Rhymes: -ini
• Hyphenation: mì‧ni

Etymology 1

Noun

mini f (invariable)

1. miniskirt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mini

1. inflection of minare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Latvian

Verb

mini

1. inflection of minēt:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Verb

mini

1. second-person singular past indicative of mīt

Mandan

Noun

mini

1. water

References

• Will and Spinden, The Mandans: A Study of Their Culture, Archaeology and Language

Ogbah

Noun

mini

1. 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:

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• Rhymes: -iɲi
• Syllabification: mi‧ni
• Homophone: mini-

Adjective

mini (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. mini (miniature, small, tiny)

   Antonym: maksi

2. (of clothes) mini (mid-thigh or shorter)

   Antonym: maksi

3. mini (lasting for a very short time)

Noun

mini f (indeclinable)

1. (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

Borrowed from French mini.

Adjective

mini m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. mini

Declension

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)

1. second-person singular imperative of minuti

Slovene

Verb

míni

1. second-person singular imperative of miniti

Spanish

Adjective

mini m or f (masculine and feminine plural minis)

1. mini

Tsuvadi

Noun

mini

1. water

References

• Kambari survey entry 2 - Scanned Wordlist Files: Kambari of Niger and Kebbi states, Nigeria, page 10