diminution

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) A lessening, decrease or reduction.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of making diminutive.
3. (countable, uncountable) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.

Concepten

afname

vermindering

daling

inkrimping

korting

reductie

terugval

verkleining

verlaging

afneming

afslag

Synoniemen

decrease

reduction

decline

lessening

abatement

decrement

decay

contraction

mitigation

wane

deficiency

cut

compression

depletion

deterioration

dwindling

fall

step-down

abridgment

detraction

discount

drop

lack of

ebb

state of wasting away

falling off

fall off

fall-off

impairment

declension

loss

lowering

minuteness

curtailment

modification

narrowing

alleviation

remission

shrinkage

shrinking

slippage

dwindling away

subtraction

tapering

de-escalation

deduction

degeneration

understatement

derogation

Vertalingen

disminución

Verminderung

diminuzione

diminution

Verkleinerung

Abnahme

réduction

riduzione

abaissement

amoindrissement

ελάττωση

küçültme

disminució

decremento

Verringerung

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/dɪmɪˈnjuːʃən/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: diminucioun

In summary

From Middle English diminucioun, from Anglo-Norman diminuciun, Old French diminucion, from Latin dīminūtiō.