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Shortened from miniature, ultimately from Latin minium (“red lead”). Influenced by similarity to minimum and minus.

• enPR: mĭnʹ-ē, IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.i/
• Hyphenation: min‧i

mini-

1. (diminutive) Smaller version of an item than usual.

   Synonyms: (prefixes) micro-, nano-; (suffixes) -cule, -ee, -el, -et, -ette, -icle, -ie, -kin, -le, -let, -ling, -ole, -ule, -y

   Antonyms: super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, -zilla, grand, great

   1. (of skirts and dresses) With the hemline well above the knee.

• IINM, imin

Borrowed from English mini-, from Latin minĭmus.

mini-

1. mini-

• “mini-” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English mini-.

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mini-

1. mini-

   Antonym: mega-

Internationalism (see English mini-), ultimately from Latin minium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmini-/, [ˈmini-]

mini-

1. mini-

• pikku-
• pien-

• “mini-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• imin, nimi

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mini-

1. mini-

Internationalism derived from English mini-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmini/

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• Hyphenation: mi‧ni

mini-

1. mini-

• “mini-”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)
• “mini-” in Duden online

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• IPA^(key): [mini]
• Hyphenation: mi‧ni

mini-

1. mini-

• “mini-”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

mini-

1. mini-

Derived from Latin minium.

• IPA^(key): /mi.ɲi/

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• Rhymes: -iɲi
• Syllabification: mi‧ni-
• Homophone: mini

mini-

1. mini-

   ‎mini- + ‎spódniczka → ‎minispódniczka

• “mini-”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

mini-

1. mini- (denotes a small version of something)

• “mini-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mini-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from English mini-, from Latin minĭmus.

mini-

1. mini-

• “mini-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from English mini-.

mini-

1. mini-

• “mini-”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)