- Look up
diminutive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
diminutive is a word
obtained by
modifying a root word to
convey a
slighter degree of its root...
- The
following is a list of
diminutives by language.
English has a
great variety of
historical diminutives adopted from
other languages but many of these...
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Diminutive forms of
words are
commonly used in
everyday Australian English.
While many
dialects of
English make use of
diminutives and hypocorisms, Australian...
- The
Latin language has a
robust diminutive-forming system.
There are many
diminutive suffixes:
those in calculus, axilla, fistula, and
areola to start...
- (
diminutive),
Jacot (
diminutive),
Jacotte (feminized), Jaco (
diminutive), Jack (
diminutive),
Jacky (
diminutive), Jacq (
diminutive),
Jacquy (
diminutive)...
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Psomophis genimaculatus (Boettger, 1885) -
spirit ground snake,
spirit diminutive snake Psomophis joberti (Sauvage, 1884)
Psomophis obtusus (Cope, 1864)...
- , not *Михаилушка Mikhailushka).
Unlike English, in
which the use of
diminutive forms is
optional even
between close friends, in East
Slavonic languages...
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Aglaothorax diminutiva, the
diminutive shieldback, is a
species of shield-backed
katydid in the
family Tettigoniidae. It is
found in
North America. These...
- A
leprechaun (Irish: lucharachán/leipreachán/luchorpán) is a
diminutive supernatural being in
Irish folklore,
classed by some as a type of
solitary fairy...
- The
diminutive serotine (Eptesicus diminutus) is a bat
species found in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. González, E.M.;...
