miniature

min·i·a·ture

 (mĭn′ē-ə-cho͝or′, -chər, mĭn′ə-)

n.

1.

a. A copy or model that represents or reproduces something in a greatly reduced size.

b. Something small of its class.

2.

a. A small painting executed with great detail, often on a surface such as ivory or vellum.

b. A small portrait, picture, or decorative letter on an illuminated manuscript.

c. The art of painting miniatures.

adj.

Greatly reduced in size or scale. See Synonyms at small.

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[Italian miniatura, illumination of manuscripts, small painting, from miniare, to illuminate, from Latin miniāre, to color red, from minium, cinnabar, red lead (often used to adulterate cinnabar), probably of pre-Roman Iberian origin (since the Romans obtained most of their cinnabar from Spain); akin to Minius, ancient Roman name of the Miño (Minho) River of Galicia and northern Portugal.]

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min′i·a·tur′ist n.

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miniature

(ˈmɪnɪtʃə)

n

1. a model, copy, or similar representation on a very small scale

2. anything that is very small of its kind

3. (Art Terms) a very small painting, esp a portrait, showing fine detail on ivory or vellum

4. a very small bottle of whisky or other spirits, which can hold 50 millilitres

5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) an illuminated letter or other decoration in a manuscript

6. in miniature on a small scale: games are real life in miniature.

adj

7. greatly reduced in size

8. on a small scale; minute

[C16: from Italian, from Medieval Latin miniātūra, from miniāre to paint red, (in illuminating manuscripts); from minium]

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min•i•a•ture

(ˈmɪn i ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, ˈmɪn ə tʃər)

n.

1. a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.

2. something small of its class or kind.

3. a very small painting, esp. a portrait, on ivory, vellum, or the like.

4. the art of executing such a painting.

5. an illumination in an illuminated manuscript or book.

adj.

6. on or represented on a small or reduced scale: a miniature poodle.

Idioms:

in miniature, of a reduced size; on a small scale: a terrarium resembling a jungle in miniature.

[1580–90; < Italian miniatura miniature painting < Medieval Latin miniātūra=miniāt(us) illuminated + -ūra -ure]

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miniature

A tiny painting (less than 6 in across), usually a portrait.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	miniature - painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) illumination painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
	2.	miniature - a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size toy copy - a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor"
Adj.	1.	miniature - being on a very small scale; "a miniature camera" little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

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miniature

adjective small, little, minute, baby, reduced, tiny, pocket, toy, mini, wee, dwarf, scaled-down, diminutive, minuscule, midget, teeny-weeny, Lilliputian, teensy-weensy, pygmy or pigmy The farm has been selling miniature roses since 1979.
big, large, huge, great, giant, enormous, immense, enlarged, gigantic, oversize, ginormous (informal)

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miniature

noun

A small-scale representation of something:

model.

adjective

Extremely small:

diminutive, dwarf, Lilliputian, midget, minuscule, minute, pygmy, tiny, wee.

Informal: peewee, pintsize, pintsized, teensy-weensy, teensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, weeny.

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Translations

صُورَةٌ مُصَّغَرَة مَرْسُومَةٌصورَه شَخْصِيَّه صَغيرَه جِداًصورَه مُصَغَّرَه جِدامِصْغَرنُسْخَه مُصَغَّرَه

miniaturaminiaturnízmenšený model

miniature-miniaturemodelminiatureportrætminiature

MiniaturMiniatur-Miniatur-...MiniaturausgabeMiniaturgemälde

μικρογραφίαμικροσκοπικός

miniaturaen miniatura

pienois-pienoismalli

miniaturemodèle réduit

minijaturaminijaturan

miniatűrminiatűrmodell

í smækkaîri myndsmækkuî eftirmynd, líkansmámynd

miniaturain miniatura

ミニチュアミニチュアの

축소 모형축소된

miniatiūraminiatiūrinė kopijapadaryti mažesnį

miniatūraminiatūrkopijaminiatūrs

miniatuurminiatuur-

miniatyrminiatyr-miniatyrbildeminiatyrportrettørlite

miniaturaminiaturowy

miniaturaminiatural

миниатюраминиатюрный

miniatúraminiatúrnyzmenšený model

miniaturen

miniatyrminiatyr-

เล็กมากภาพวาดขนาดเล็กมาก

çok küçükminyatürminyatür resimufak kopya

bức tiểu họathu nhỏ

小型的微型复制品微型的微小模型缩影

miniature

[ˈmɪnɪtʃəʳ]

A. N → miniatura f
in miniature → en miniatura

B. ADJ (= not full-sized) → (en) miniatura; (= tiny) → diminuto
miniature clocks → relojes en miniatura
a miniature bottle of whisky → una botellita de whisky

C. CPD miniature golf N → minigolf m
miniature poodle N → caniche mf enano/a
miniature railway N → ferrocarril m en miniatura
miniature submarine N → submarino m de bolsillo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

miniature

[ˈmɪnɪtʃə^r]

adj

(gen) → en miniature, miniature
a miniature version → une version en miniature, une version miniature

[rose, poodle] → nain(e)

n

(= picture) → miniature f

in miniature → en miniatureminiature golf n → minigolf m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

miniature

n → Miniatur- or Kleinausgabe f; (Art) → Miniatur f; (= bottle) → Miniflasche f; in miniature → en miniature, im kleinen

adj attr → Miniatur-; miniature world → Miniaturmodell nt

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miniature

:

miniature camera

n → Kleinbildkamera f

miniature golf

n → Mini- or Kleingolf nt; miniature course → Minigolfplatz m

miniature poodle

n → Zwergpudel m

miniature railway

n → Liliputbahn f

miniature submarine

n → Kleinst-U-Boot nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

miniature

[ˈmɪnɪtʃəʳ]

1. n → miniatura
in miniature → in miniatura

2. adj (gen) → in miniatura; (poodle) → nano/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

miniature

(ˈminitʃə) adjective

smaller than normal, often very small. a miniature radio. miniatuur صورَه مُصَغَّرَه جِدا миниатюрен em miniatura miniaturní Miniatur-... miniature- μικροσκοπικός, σε μικρογραφία miniatura pisi- کوچک pienois- miniature מיניאטורה, זעיר लघुरूप minijaturan miniatűr bentuk mini í smækkaðri mynd in miniatura 小型の 축소된 labai mažas, miniatiūrinis miniatūrs kecil miniatuur-miniatyr, ørliteminiaturowy غير نورمال em miniatura mi­ni­a­­tural, în miniatură миниатюрный miniatúrny miniaturen minijaturan miniatyr- เล็กมาก çok küçük 小型的 мініатюрний بہت چھوٹی شے tiểu; nhỏ 小型的

noun

1. a very small painting of a person. miniatuurportret صورَه شَخْصِيَّه صَغيرَه جِداً миниатюра miniatura miniatura das Miniaturgemälde miniatureportræt μικρογραφίαminiatura miniatuur مینیاتور miniatyyrimaalaus miniature מִינִיאָטוּרָה सूक्ष्म चित्र बनाना minijatura miniatűr lukisan miniatur smámynd miniatura 細密画 세밀화 miniatiūra miniatūra lukisan miniatur miniatuur miniatyrbilde/-portrett miniaturka ميناتور miniatura miniatură миниатюра miniatúra miniatura minijatura miniatyr ภาพวาดขนาดเล็กมาก minyatür resim 袖珍畫像 мініатюра کسی کی بہت چھوٹی تصویر bức tiểu họa 袖珍画像

2. a copy or model of something, made on a small scale. miniatuur نُسْخَه مُصَغَّرَه копие в малък мащаб miniatura zmenšený model die Miniaturausgabe miniaturemodel μικρογραφία, μινιατούραminiatura makett کوچک شده چیزی pienoismalli modèle réduit מוּקטָן लघुरूप, लघुचित्र minijatura miniatűrmodell miniatur smækkuð eftirmynd, líkan (modello in scala ridotta) 小型の模型 축소 모형 miniatiūrinė kopija miniatūrkopija miniatur miniatuurminiatyr-miniatura په وړه اندازه miniatura miniatură, machetă макет zmenšený model pomanjšana kopija minijatura miniatyr สิ่งที่มีขนาดจิ๋ว ufak kopya 袖珍模型 макет کسی چیز کا نمونہ جو بہت چھوٹے پیمانے پر بنایا گیا ہو vật thu nhỏ 微型复制品，微小模型

miniaturize, miniaturise (ˈminiətʃəraiz) verb

to make something in a (much) smaller size. miniaturiseer يُصَغِّر الحَجْم миниатюризирам miniaturizar miniaturizovat minimalisieren formindske κατασκευάζω μινιατούρες miniaturizar pisendama, pisemaks tegema کوچک سازی pienentää miniaturiser לְהַקטִין लघुरूप देना minimizirati miniatürizál membuat miniatur miniaturizzare 小型化する 소형으로 제조하다 sumažinti, padaryti mažesnį izgatavot miniatūrkopiju membuat sesuatu dalam saiz kecil in miniatuur voorstellen kopiere i miniatyrutgave, forminske zminiaturyzować كوچنى كول миниатюризировать miniaturizovať minimizirati smanjiti tillverka i miniatyrformat ย่อให้เล็ก minyatürleştirmek 使小型化，袖珍化 зображати в мініатюрі کسی چیز کو بہت چھوٹے حجم میں بنانا thu nhỏ lại 使小型化

miniaturization, miniaturisation (ˌminətʃəraiˈzeiʃn) , ((American) ˌminiətʃuərəˈzeiʃn) noun

miniaturisering تَصْغير الحَجْم миниатюризация miniaturização miniaturizace formindskning κατασκευή μικρογραφιών miniaturización pisendamine, pisemaks tegemine کوچک سازی pienentäminen miniaturisationהקטנה लघुरूपीकरण minijaturizacija pembuatan miniatur miniaturizzazione 소형화 sumažinimas miniatūrkopijas izgatavošana pengecilan saiz miniaturisatie miniaturyzacja كوچنى كول миниатюризация miniaturizácia minimiziranje smanjenje tillverkning av ngt i miniatyrformat การทำขนาดให้เล็กลงมา minyatürleştirme 小型化，袖珍化 мініатюризація چھوٹا بنانے کا عمل sự thu nhỏ lại 小型化

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miniature

→ صُورَةٌ مُصَّغَرَة مَرْسُومَةٌ, مِصْغَر miniatura, miniaturní miniature, miniature- Miniatur, Miniatur- μικρογραφία, μικροσκοπικός en miniatura, miniatura pienois-, pienoismalli miniature minijatura, minijaturan in miniatura, miniatura ミニチュア, ミニチュアの 축소 모형, 축소된 miniatuur, miniatuur- mini-, miniatyr miniatura, miniaturowy miniatura, miniatural миниатюра, миниатюрный miniatyr, miniatyr- เล็กมาก, ภาพวาดขนาดเล็กมาก minyatür bức tiểu họa, thu nhỏ 微型的, 缩影

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