different between diminutive vs jen

English

Alternative forms

• (noun, grammar): dim. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle French diminutif (1398), from Latin diminutivum, from d?minu? (“diminish”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d??m?n.j?.t?v/, /d??m?n.j?.t?v/

Adjective

diminutive (comparative more diminutive, superlative most diminutive)

1. Very small.

   Synonyms: lilliputian, tiny

   Antonyms: huge, gigantic
2. (obsolete) Serving to diminish.
   • 1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 1714 edition republished by Gregg International Publishers, 1968, Volume 3, Miscellany 3, Chapter 2, p. 175,^[2]

     They cou’d, perhaps, even embrace POVERTY contentedly, rather than submit to any thing diminutive either of their inward Freedom or national Liberty.

3. (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

   Antonym: augmentative

Translations

Noun

diminutive (plural diminutives)

1. (grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

   Synonyms: nomen deminutivum, pet form

   Antonym: augmentative

Translations

Related terms

• diminish
• diminution
• diminutization
• diminutize
• dimwit

Further reading

• diminutive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Adjective

diminutive

1. definite of diminutiv
2. plural of diminutiv

French

Adjective

diminutive

1. feminine singular of diminutif

German

Adjective

diminutive

1. inflection of diminutiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

diminutive

1. feminine plural of diminutivo

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

diminutive

1. definite singular/plural of diminutiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

diminutive

1. definite singular/plural of diminutiv

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?n/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *jen?. Compare Polish jeno.

Adverb

jen (not comparable)

1. only

   Synonyms: jenom, pouze, toliko

Etymology 2

Noun

jen m

1. yen (Japanese currency)

Further reading

• jen in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• jen in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German jener. Compare Latin ?n and Hebrew ???? (hiné).

Pronunciation

Particle

jen

1. here is, here are

Derived terms

• jena
• jene

Interjection

jen

1. lo, behold

Phrase

jen... jen

1. now ..., now ...

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French juin (“June”)

Noun

jen

1. June

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?j?n]
• Hyphenation: jen
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

jen (plural jenek)

1. yen

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Noun

jen n (genitive singular jens, nominative plural jen)

1. yen (Japanese unit of currency)

Declension

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• njen (after preposition)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j?n]

Pronoun

jen

1. accusative of wón

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian ?n.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /j?n/

Numeral

jen

1. (Sylt) one

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese ? (en, “yen, circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?n/

Noun

jen m anim

1. yen (currency)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *(j)edin?.

Numeral

jen

1. (colloquial, Kajkavian, Chakavian) one (1)

Etymology 2

Noun

jen m (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. yen (currency)

Slovak

Etymology

From Japanese ? (en, “yen, circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?n/

Noun

jen m (genitive singular jenu, nominative plural jeny, genitive plural jenov, declension pattern of dub)

1. yen, Japanese monetary unit and coin.

Declension

Further reading

• jen in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk