different between diminutive vs microscopic
diminutive
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)
- Very small.
- Synonyms: lilliputian, tiny
- Antonyms: huge, gigantic
- (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.
- 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]
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
- Antonym: augmentative
Translations
Noun
diminutive (plural diminutives)
- (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
- definite of diminutiv
- plural of diminutiv
French
Adjective
diminutive
- feminine singular of diminutif
German
Adjective
diminutive
- inflection of diminutiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
diminutive
- feminine plural of diminutivo
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
diminutive
- definite singular/plural of diminutiv
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
diminutive
- definite singular/plural of diminutiv
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microscopic
English
Etymology
micro- +? -scopic
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: 'm?kr?'sk?p?k, IPA(key): /?ma?k???sk?p?k/
- Rhymes: -?p?k
Adjective
microscopic (comparative more microscopic, superlative most microscopic)
- Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal
- So small that it can only be seen using a microscope.
- Very small; minute
- Carried out with great attention to detail.
- Able to see extremely minute objects.
- Why has not man a microscopic eye?
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:tiny
Antonyms
- macroscopic
Related terms
- microscope
- macroscopic
- telescopic
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- naked-eye
Interlingua
Adjective
microscopic (not comparable)
- microscopic
Related terms
- microscopia
- microscopio
Romanian
Etymology
From French microscopique.
Adjective
microscopic m or n (feminine singular microscopic?, masculine plural microscopici, feminine and neuter plural microscopice)
- microscopic
Declension
microscopic From the web:
- what microscopic machine is copying the gene
- what microscopic finding is manifested by glomerulonephritis
- what microscopic forces cause bending
- what microscopic creatures live on humans
- what microscopic bug is biting me
- what microscopic structures are located in the cortex
- what microscopic tissue is the lungs composed of
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