"tiny" in seven languages
Meaningtiny
Spanish
minúsculo
/miˈnuskulo/
learned
Diminuto and the playful pequeñito are just as common.
French
minuscule
/minyskyl/
learned
Italian
minuscolo
/miˈnuskolo/
learned
Portuguese
minúsculo
/miˈnuskulu/
learned
Romanian
minuscul
/minusˈkul/
learned
Catalan
minúscul
/miˈnuskul/
learned
English
tiny
/ˈtaɪni/
native English · Middle English tine, of unknown origin
English → ItaliantinyminuscoloNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: minuscule, minor, minus, minute.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MINŪSCULUM‘rather small (diminutive of MINOR)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
English kept minuscule for lowercase letters; the sisters use it for anything tiny. It is a diminutive of MINOR 'smaller'.
English relatives: minuscule, minor, minus, minute
Learn it
In a sentence
- esViven en un piso minúsculo.
- frIls habitent un appartement minuscule.
- itVivono in un appartamento minuscolo.
- ptEles moram num apartamento minúsculo.
- roLocuiesc într-un apartament minuscul.
- caViuen en un pis minúscul.
- enThey live in a tiny flat.
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