Liliana is a girl's name and its diminutive is usually Lili, but sometimes Iana is used, Iana being the last part of the name.
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Diminutive
//dɪˈmɪn.jə.tɪv//
Synonyms for "diminutive" (99 found)
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featherweightfingerlingformalhandyhonorifichypocoristicin name onlyinfinitesimallightweightlittlemicromicroscopicminiminiatureminiaturizedminikinminimalminnowminnyminuscule
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Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (49)
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166 translations across 52 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- zvogëlues adj (grammar)
- zvogëlim noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ὑποκοριστικός adj (grammar)
- ὑποκοριστικόν noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Arabic
4 entries- تَصْغِيرِيّ adj (serving to diminish)
- تَصْغِيرِيّ adj (grammar)
- ضَئِيل adj (very small)
- تَصْغِير noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Armenian
2 entries- նվազական adj (grammar)
- նվազական noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dımbılı adj (very small)
- dınqılı adj (very small)
Breton
1 entries- furm vihanaat noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Bulgarian
4 entries- миниатю́рен adj (very small)
- мъничък adj (very small)
- умали́телен adj (serving to diminish)
- умали́телен adj (grammar)
Catalan
3 entries- diminut adj (very small)
- diminutiu adj (grammar)
- diminutiu noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 小稱詞 /小称词 adj (grammar)
- 指小詞 /指小词 adj (grammar)
- 小稱詞 /小称词 noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
- 指小詞 /指小词 noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Czech
4 entries- deminutivní adj (grammar)
- drobný adj (very small)
- deminutivum noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
- zdrobnělina noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Danish
3 entries- diminutiv adj (very small)
- diminutiv adj (grammar)
- diminutiv noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Dutch
4 entries- diminutief adj (grammar)
- minuscuul adj (very small)
- verkleinend adj (serving to diminish)
- verkleinings adj (grammar)
Esperanto
1 entries- diminutivo noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Estonian
1 entries- deminutiiv noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Faroese
2 entries- minkingarorð noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
- smækkanarorð noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Finnish
4 entries- deminutiivinen adj (grammar)
- diminutiivinen adj (grammar)
- mitätön adj (very small)
- pienentävä adj (serving to diminish)
French
3 entries- diminutif adj (grammar)
- minuscule adj (very small)
- diminutif noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Galician
1 entries- diminutivo noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
German
4 entries- diminutiv adj (very small)
- diminutiv adj (grammar)
- verkleinernd adj (serving to diminish)
- winzig adj (very small)
Greek
4 entries- μειωτικός adj (serving to diminish)
- μικροσκοπικός adj (very small)
- υποκοριστικός adj (grammar)
- υποκοριστικό noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Hebrew
1 entries- צורת הקטנה noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Hungarian
4 entries- apró adj (very small)
- csepp adj (very small)
- csökkentő adj (serving to diminish)
- kicsinyítő adj (serving to diminish)
Icelandic
1 entries- smækkunarending noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Ido
2 entries- diminutiva adj (grammar)
- diminutivo noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Irish
2 entries- bídeach adj (very small)
- díspeagadh noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Italian
3 entries- diminutivo adj (serving to diminish)
- minuscolo adj (very small)
- diminutivo noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Japanese
2 entries- 指小辞 adj (grammar)
- 指小辞 noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Kabyle
2 entries- imsemẓi adj (serving to diminish)
- imsemẓi adj (grammar)
Korean
2 entries- 지소사 adj (grammar)
- 지소사 noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Latin
2 entries- deminutivum noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
- diminutivum noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Diminutiv noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Māori
4 entries- nepi adj (very small)
- nepinepi adj (very small)
- ngihongiho adj (very small)
- ngorangora adj (very small)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- diminutiv adj (very small)
- diminutiv adj (grammar)
- diminutiv noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- diminutiv adj (very small)
- diminutiv adj (grammar)
- diminutiv noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Persian
2 entries- تصغیر noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
- کوچکنما noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Polish
4 entries- drobny adj (very small)
- miniaturowy adj (very small)
- zdrobniały adj (grammar)
- zmniejszający adj (serving to diminish)
Portuguese
4 entries- diminuidor adj (serving to diminish)
- diminutivo adj (serving to diminish)
- diminutivo adj (grammar)
- diminuto adj (very small)
Romanian
2 entries- diminutiv adj (very small)
- diminutiv noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Russian
4 entries- деминути́вный adj (grammar)
- диминути́вный adj (grammar)
- кро́хотный adj (very small)
- миниатю́рный adj (very small)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- meanbh adj (very small)
- meanbhan noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- deminutiv noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
- umanjenica noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Slovak
4 entries- deminutívny adj (grammar)
- drobný adj (very small)
- deminutívum noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
- zdrobnenina noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Slovene
2 entries- manjšálnica noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
- pomanjševalnica noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Spanish
4 entries- diminutivo adj (serving to diminish)
- diminutivo adj (grammar)
- diminuto adj (very small)
- diminutivo noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Swedish
4 entries- diminutiv adj (very small)
- diminutiv adj (grammar)
- förminskande adj (serving to diminish)
- pytteliten adj (very small)
Thai
1 entries- คำเรียกชื่อเล่น noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Turkish
2 entries- küçücük adj (very small)
- minik adj (very small)
Ukrainian
3 entries- зме́ншувальний adj (grammar)
- демінути́в noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
- зме́ншувальна фо́рма noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nhỏ xíu adj (very small)
- sự giảm nhẹ adj (grammar)
Volapük
2 entries- smalamavöd noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
- smalükamavöd noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Welsh
2 entries- bachigol adj (grammar)
- bachigyn noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Yiddish
1 entries- דימינוטיוו noun (grammar: word form expressing smallness)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
There could be many uses for such a diminutive flying vehicle.
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Don't use a big word when a singularly unloquacious and diminutive linguistic expression will satisfactorily accomplish the contemporary necessity.
Source: tatoeba (5275580)
Twig in beak, the diminutive bird pranced atop the thick branch.
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