miniature

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
2. A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
3. A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
4. The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
5. An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
6. A musical composition which is short in duration.
7. A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
8. A token in a game representing a unit or character.
9. Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
10. A particular feature or trait.

Adj

Smaller than normal.

Verb

To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.

Conceptos

miniatura

diminuto

Sinónimos

tiny

small

diminutive

toy

very small

model

little

compact

young

babylike

illumination

pattern

petite

replica

reproduction

sample

small-sized

specimen

thumbnail

wee

micrographic

minisize

minitype

extremely small

epitome

micro

microscopic

microscopical

midget

mini

minor

minority

minuscule

minute

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmɪnɪtʃə/

Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead”).