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

Diminutives in Australian English Hypocorism (diminutives of given names) List of diminutives by language -ie ending "Glossary - D to F". The Standards...

countries. There are over 5,000 identified diminutives in use in Australian English. In other English dialects, diminutives usually imply smallness or have a childish...

than one correct way to form a diminutive, and many more incorrect ones. The masculine, feminine, and neuter diminutives often end in -us, -a, and -um...

an Italian language suffix for creating an Italian name using Italian grammar diminutive creation; see List of diminutives by language Etto principle...

nyumba "house". It is the diminutive sense that has been furthest extended. An extension common to diminutives in many languages is approximation and resemblance...

This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their anglicisations and/or English language equivalents. Not all Irish given...

The diminutive can, however, also be used pejoratively: Hij was weer eens het "mannetje". (He acted as if he was the "little" man.) All diminutives (even...

Infobox language is being considered for merging. › Basque (/ˈbæsk, ˈbɑːsk/; euskara [eus̺ˈkaɾa]) is a language spoken by Basques and other residents of the...

Russian diminutives like Vasyka, Marinka, Vit'ka, Alka are considered stylistically lowered. Eastern Slavic naming customs Russian language Onomastics...

Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group. It is the native language of the Albanian...

undergone by the Basque language during the Modern Age.[citation needed] For a list of words relating to Aquitanian language, see the Aquitanian language category...

Irish language words used in English in modern Ireland without being assimilated to English forms include: Amhrán na bhFiann: National Anthem of Ireland...

This list of legendary creatures from mythology, folklore and fairy tales is sorted by their classification or affiliation. Creatures from modern fantasy...

Spanish like the Israeli pronunciation of חיים (Haim or Chaim pronounced Kha-yim and meaning life). Diminutives of Chaim are: חיימי Chayimee (from Yiddish...

The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants. They...

Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Colloquial Latin of the Roman Empire. Italian is the least divergent language from...

Infobox language is being considered for merging. › Russian is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family...

native language and the seventh most spoken language by the total number of speakers in the world. It is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. Bengali...

several different patterns that form diminutive nouns in Miami–Illinois. Costa describes the formation of diminutives as "extremely complex - much more irregular...

-ė. Diminutives are very popular in everyday usage, and are by no means reserved for children. The Lithuanian language allows for a great deal of creativity...

Afroasiatic languages (also known as Afro-Asiatic, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic) are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken...

Infobox language is being considered for merging. › German (Deutsch, pronounced [dɔʏtʃ] ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family...

European languages have many local and dialectal terms for bread rolls. These include German language diminutives of Brot (bread) in most of western and...

ancient and modern languages. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Malta, and in...

This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English. There are differing...

‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. › Shilha (/ˈʃɪlhə/ SHIL-hə; from its name in Moroccan Arabic, Šəlḥa), now more commonly...

spoken in the ancient region of Dacia. The Dacian language is poorly documented. Unlike Phrygian, which is documented by c. 200 inscriptions, only one...

end of the first element, e.g., çíplak (naked), çırílçıplak (stark naked), bakán (minister), báşbakan (prime minister) Diminutives constructed by suffix...

form of the Italian Giulietta, which is a diminutive form of Italian Giulia. It is also an English form of the French Juliette, which is a diminutive form...