miniature
Meaning of miniature
- very small of its kind.
children dressed as miniature adults
- a thing that is much smaller than normal, especially a small replica or model.
seven full-size car bodies and three miniatures were used
- represent on a smaller scale.
she saw her own reflection miniatured
late 16th century: from Italian miniatura, via medieval Latin from Latin miniare ‘rubricate, illuminate’, from minium ‘red lead, vermilion’ (used to mark particular words in manuscripts).
Information about miniature
- The plural form of miniature is: miniatures.
- Languages in which miniature is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of miniature
minia-ture
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- miniature is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
miniature synonyms
Meaning illumination:
Meaning toy:
Meaning denoting a miniature version of something:
Meaning very small:
Meaning small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude):
Meaning of a size that is less than normal or usual:
Meaning a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour:
Meaning comparatively small or immature of its kind:
Meaning on a small scale:
Meaning designed or made in a smaller size than usual; very small:
Meaning denoting something, especially an animal or plant, that is much smaller than the usual size for its type or species:
Meaning used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily:
Meaning extremely small; tiny:
Meaning so small as to be visible only with a microscope:
Meaning another term for nanoscale:
Meaning extremely small:
Meaning on or characterized by a relatively small or detailed scale:
Meaning extremely or unusually small:
Meaning make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:
Meaning trivial or very small:
Meaning little:
Meaning tiny:
Meaning slightly drunk:
miniature antonyms
Meaning of very great size or force; gigantic:
Translation of miniature
- Italian: miniatura, alluminatura, illuminatura
- German: Illumination
- Spanish: miniaturas, miniatura
- French: miniature
- Portuguese: miniatura
Words that rhyme with miniature
Nature, Provature, Quadrature, abature, abbreviature, acciaccature, acclimature, accordature, adjudicature, alcoholature, antecurvature, antestature, antinature, appoggiature, arcature, armature, binomenclature, breviature, calliature, candidature, caricature, celature, claviature, clericature, climature, cofeature, colature, colorature, connature, contemperature, contemplature, corporature, countersignature, creature, crenature, crispature, cubature, curvature, declinature, decurvature, dedicature, defeature, delineature, demarcature, denature, dictature, disarmature, disfeature, disnature, distemperature