Meaning

10 senses
  1. Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

    a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size

  2. A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.

    There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantelpiece.

    Miniatur

    миниатю́раminiatjúra

  3. A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.

  4. The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.

  5. An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.

    Miniatur, mittelalterliche Buchmalerei, mittelalterliche Handschriftenillustration

    миниатю́раminiatjúra

  6. A musical composition which is short in duration.

    Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.

    миниатю́раminiatjúra

  7. A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.

  8. A token in a game representing a unit or character.

    Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.

  9. Lettering in red; rubric distinction.

  10. A particular feature or trait.

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Tom and Mary played miniature golf.

    deTom und Mary spielten Minigolf.

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  2. Tom and I played miniature golf.

    deTom und ich haben Minigolf gespielt.

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  3. Tom beat Mary at miniature golf.

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  4. Have you ever played miniature golf?

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  5. They played miniature golf.

    ruОни играли в мини-гольф.

    deSie spielten Minigolf.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a model of reduced scale:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a model of reduced scale:
manuscript illustration:

Origin

Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”

Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead, minium”). Not related to minimum, minor or min (which are all from a different root, *mi-n-), though the sense development may have been influenced by association with them or sound symbolism.

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Forms

plural: miniatures
Singularminiature
Pluralminiatures

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size:toy
  • painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts):illumination

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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