mini

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mini"

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.i/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Homophone: many (pin–pen merger)
Rhymes: -ɪni

Etymology 1

From the prefix mini-.

Adjective

mini (not comparable)

Miniature, tiny, small.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Abbrevations.

Noun

mini (plural minis)

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 […]
(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.
(roleplaying games, board games) Abbreviation of miniature (“small figurine of a character”).
You can add to the realism by painting your minis accurately.
(informal, choreography) A very young dancer.

Related terms

Anagrams

IINM, imin

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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: (file)

Pronoun

mini

I
me

Related terms

io/iou
mi

Noun

mini

water

Verb

mini

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

Alternative forms

mni (Yankton)

Etymology

From Proto-Siouan *warį́ (“water”).

Noun

mini

water

Noun

minꜝi

water

References

Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ekpeye

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi.ni/
Audio: (file)

Adjective

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

small; tiny

Adverb

mini

(colloquial) minimum; minimally

Antonyms

maxi

Alternative forms

miri, midi (older forms)

Noun

mini

water

References

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

Etymology

From English mini.^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mini (comparative minibb, superlative legminibb)

small, tiny

Declension

More information Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony), singular ...

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

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Noun

mini (plural minik)

miniskirt
Synonym: miniszoknya

Declension

More information Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony), singular ...

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

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More information Possessive forms of, possessor ...

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)

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References

[1]
Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

mini f (invariable)

miniskirt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mini

inflection of minare:

Verb

mini

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

Verb

mini

second-person singular past indicative of mīt

Noun

mini

water

References

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

Noun

mini

water

References

Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ọgbà, an Igboid Language of Southern Nigeria (2005)

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

mini

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French mini.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ɲi/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -iɲi
Syllabification: mi‧ni
Homophone: mini-

Adjective

mini (not comparable, no derived adverb)

mini (miniature, small, tiny)
Antonym: maksi
(of clothes) mini (mid-thigh or shorter)
Antonym: maksi
mini (lasting for a very short time)

Noun

mini f (indeclinable)

(colloquial) mini, miniskirt
Synonyms: miniówka, minispódniczka

Antonym: maksi

Derived terms

noun

miniówka

Related terms

noun

miniówa

Etymology

Borrowed from French mini.

Adjective

mini m or f or n (indeclinable)

mini

Declension

More information invariable, singular ...

		masculine	feminine	masculine	neuter
invariable		singular		plural
nominative- accusative	indefinite	mini	mini	mini	mini
nominative- accusative	definite	—	—	—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	mini	mini	mini	mini
genitive- dative	definite	—	—	—	—

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Verb

mini (Cyrillic spelling мини)

second-person singular imperative of minuti

Verb

míni

second-person singular imperative of miniti

Adjective

mini m or f (masculine and feminine plural minis)

mini

Noun

mini

water

References

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

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Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

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