Look up diminutive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root...

The following is a list of diminutives by language. English has a great variety of historical diminutives adopted from other languages but many of these...

The Latin language has a robust diminutive-forming system. There are many diminutive suffixes: those in calculus, axilla, fistula, and areola to start...

Diminutive forms of words are commonly used in everyday Australian English. While many dialects of English make use of diminutives and hypocorisms, Australian...

actively used. Popularity of pagan names resulted in formation of various diminutive forms: Bychko from Byk, Zhdanko from Zhdan, Puzeika from Puzo and so on...

, not *Михаилушка Mikhailushka). Unlike English, in which the use of diminutive forms is optional even between close friends, in East Slavonic languages...

recognized as being valid. Psomophis genimaculatus (Boettger, 1885) – spirit diminutive snake, spirit ground snake, cobra-cabelo Psomophis joberti (Sauvage, 1884)...

(diminutive), Jacot (diminutive), Jacotte (feminized), Jaco (diminutive), Jack (diminutive), Jacky (diminutive), Jacq (diminutive), Jacquy (diminutive)...

Beppo is a diminutive of the given name Giuseppe. It may refer to: Beppo Brem (1906–1990), German actor Beppo Levi (1875–1961), Italian mathematician Beppo...

The Diminutive worm eel (Pseudomyrophis fugesae) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker, Eugenia...

Sorocephalus tenuifolius, the diminutive clusterhead, is a flowering shrub that belongs to the genus Sorocephalus and forms part of the fynbos. The plant...

Aglaothorax diminutiva, the diminutive shieldback, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America. These...

Tytthoscincus batupanggah, also known as the cursed-stone diminutive leaf-litter skink, is a species of skink. It is endemic to Borneo and only known from...

Psomophis genimaculatus, also known commonly as the spirit diminutive snake, the spirit ground snake, and cobra-cabelo in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species...

take diminutive forms; the former take a diminutive ending and thus function as nouns, while the latter remain adverbs and always have the diminutive with...

Phanogomphus diminutus, the diminutive clubtail, is a species of clubtail dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is endemic to the southeastern United States...

The diminutive serotine (Eptesicus diminutus) is a bat species found in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. González, E.M.;...

marriage. Some reasons for changes of a person's name include middle names, diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce...

Crambidae. It contains only one species, Raphiptera argillaceellus, the diminutive grass-veneer, which is found in eastern North America, where it has been...

Idaea scintillularia, the diminutive wave, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number...

S2CID 143703825. Makri-Tsilipakou, Marianthi (November 2003). "Greek Diminutive Use Problematized: Gender, Culture and Common Sense". Discourse & Society...

though most have been in use as long as the traditional ordinaries. Diminutives of ordinaries and some subordinaries are charges of the same shape, though...

Terry is a unisex diminutive nickname for the given names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence, Terrance (masculine). Terry Albritton (1955–2005), American...

Tytthoscincus leproauricularis, the scaly-eared diminutive leaf-litter skink, is a species of skink. It is endemic to Malaysia. Iskandar, D.; McGuire,...

Herpetopoma pumilio, common name the diminutive top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae. The height...

The diminutive woodrat (Nelsonia neotomodon) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Castro-Arellano, I.; Álvarez-Castañeda...

Eastern dialect) Asturian: Pedru Azerbaijani: Pyotr Basque: Peru, Pello (diminutive), Pedro, Piarres, Petri (Biblical), Kepa (neologism) Belarusian: Пётр...

Turkish feminine given name meaning Asia. It is a Bulgarian and Russian diminutive form of the feminine given name Anastasia, meaning resurrection. It is...

In Russian, Masha (Маша) is a diminutive of Maria. It has been used as a nickname or as a pet name for women named Maria or Marie. An alternative spelling...

origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe. Tatiana is a feminine, diminutive derivative of the Sabine—and later Latin—name Tatius. King Titus Tatius...