# mini
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˈmɪn.i/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Homophone: many (pin–pen merger)
* Rhymes: -ɪni

### Etymology 1

From the prefix mini-.

#### Adjective

mini (not comparable)
* Miniature, tiny, small.

##### Derived terms

    See also mini-.
* double mini trampoline
* mini band
* mini CD
* mini digger
* mini ephedrine
* mini excavator
* mini hi-fi system
* mini mastiff
* mini rugby
* mini skip
* mini stroke
* mini tower

### Etymology 2

Abbrevations.

#### Noun

mini (plural minis)
* Abbreviation of miniskirt.
** 2010, Donna Freitas, The Possibilities of Sainthood:All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire. […] Most important is rolling your skirt so that it is a virtual mini […]
* (dated) Abbreviation of minicomputer.
** 1975 June 25, Computerworld, page 20:Micros will move upwards to where they have the same power and speed as today's minis.
** 1976, E. Salkovitz, “Science, Technology, and the Modern Navy: Thirtieth Anniversary, 1946-1976”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), United States. Office of Naval Research, page 474:Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini.
* (roleplaying games, board games) Abbreviation of miniature (“small figurine of a character”).
    You can add to the realism by painting your minis accurately.
* (informal, choreography) A very young dancer.

##### Related terms

* mini-
* miniature
* minimum
* minor

### Anagrams

* IINM, imin

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* mine

### Etymology

From Latin mē, possibly through Vulgar Latin mēne (a root), or through analogy with tsini, from *quene, from quem. Compare Romanian mine, also Dalmatian main.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

mini
* I
* me

#### Related terms

* io/iou
* mi

#### See also

* tu, tini / tine
* el / elu, nãs / nes
* noi
* voi
* nãsh, elj / ei, nesh

## Beli
### Noun

mini
* water

### Further reading

* Deng Gideon Kol, John Majok Matuek, Tim Stirtz, Beli Dictionary (Juba, SIL-South Sudan, 2013)

## Catalan
### Verb

mini
* inflection of minar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Dakota
### Alternative forms

* mni (Yankton)

### Etymology

From Proto-Siouan *warį́ (“water”).

### Noun

mini
* water

## Ekpeye
### Noun

minꜝi
* water

### References

* Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ekpeye

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mi.ni/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

mini (feminine minie, masculine plural minis, feminine plural minies)
* small; tiny

### Adverb

mini
* (colloquial) minimum; minimally

#### Antonyms

* maxi

### Further reading

* “mini”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Hidatsa
### Alternative forms

* miri, midi (older forms)

### Noun

mini
* water

### References

* Alfred W. Bowers, Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization (1963, →ISBN: "miri" (but see also )
* Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians, by W. Matthews (1877), noting "the interchangeability of certain lingual and labial sounds in the Hidatsa": "mini or midi"

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From English mini.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmini]
* Hyphenation: mi‧ni
* Rhymes: -ni

### Adjective

mini (comparative minibb, superlative legminibb)
* small, tiny

#### Declension
### Noun

mini (plural minik)
* miniskirt
    Synonym: miniszoknya

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English mini, mini-.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈmini/ [ˈmi.ni]
* Rhymes: -ini
* Syllabification: mi‧ni

### Adjective

mini
* mini

#### Derived terms

* bermini
* diminikan
* meminikan

### Further reading

* “mini” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmi.ni/
* Rhymes: -ini
* Hyphenation: mì‧ni

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

mini f (invariable)
* miniskirt

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mini
* inflection of minare:
** second-person singular present indicative
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Latvian
### Verb

mini
* inflection of minēt:
** second-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Verb

mini
* second-person singular past indicative of mīt

## Mandan
### Noun

mini
* water

### References

* Will and Spinden, The Mandans: A Study of Their Culture, Archaeology and Language

## Ogbah
### Noun

mini
* water

### References

* Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ọgbà, an Igboid Language of Southern Nigeria (2005)

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French mini.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmi.ɲi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iɲi
* Syllabification: mi‧ni
* Homophone: mini-

### Adjective

mini (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* mini (miniature, small, tiny)
    Antonym: maksi
* (of clothes) mini (mid-thigh or shorter)
    Antonym: maksi
* mini (lasting for a very short time)

### Noun

mini f (indeclinable)
* (colloquial) mini, miniskirt
    Synonyms: miniówka, minispódniczka
    Antonym: maksi

#### Derived terms

* miniówka

#### Related terms

* miniówa

### Further reading

* mini in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mini in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mini.

### Adjective

mini m or f or n (indeclinable)
* mini

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

mini (Cyrillic spelling мини)
* second-person singular imperative of minuti

## Slovene
### Verb

míni
* second-person singular imperative of miniti

## Spanish
### Adjective

mini m or f (masculine and feminine plural minis)
* mini

## Tsuvadi
### Noun

mini
* water

### References

* Kambari survey entry 2 - Scanned Wordlist Files: Kambari of Niger and Kebbi states, Nigeria, page 10