transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪmɪnjʊtɪv ]
( diminutives)
1.
A diminutive person or object is very small.
She noticed a diminutive figure standing at the entrance.
= tiny
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2.
A diminutive is an informal form of a name. For example, ‘Jim’ and ‘Jimmy’ are diminutives of ‘James’.
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