Diminutive
Diminutive A diminutive is a formation of a word used ... routinely done with all names; a possible diminutive for "Larry", which would be "Lazza" under ... system, a word quite close to Lizzy (diminutive of the female name Elizabeth) and lass ... or "Corro" by its fans. Sometimes a diminutive lengthens the original word as seen ...
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Diminutive   (translated from Dutch)
Diminutive diminutive (or diminutief) is woord of which the ... hondje (= small dog) house - maisonnette (= small house) diminutive is formed by behind the word: - you ... boontje comes for its loontje Sometimes a diminutive gets its own meaning, apart from the ... to the outside of a window) A diminutive must not always indicate on a ...
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Diminutive   (translated from Portuguese)
Diminutive In língua Portuguese , the diminutive one is the degree of substantivo that ... Cat - Gatinho/Gatito Table - Mesinha/Mesita The diminutive one serves well defined estilísticas and pragmatic ... is called augmentative, for opposition to the diminutive one.
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Talk:Diminutive
Talk:Diminutive What is the direct opposite of "diminutive", in language? Enlargative? Increasimal? English doesn't ... From the introduction (3 June 2005): A diminutive is a formation of a word used ... do people consider "States" to be a diminutive for the USA?). True diminutives (like the ... It seems to me that the world "diminutive" is used in a broader and ...
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Forms of diminutive in Dutch   (translated from Dutch)
Forms of diminutive in Dutch Forming verkleinwoord happen by behind ... the list below (the character of the diminutive which tevens the last character of the word of which the diminutive, is descends thick has been pressed): Regular forming the diminutive: mamaatje (ma-ma ...
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John (name)
... Greek Γιαννης ( Yannis ), Γιαννη (Yanni), Γιαννος ( Yannos ), diminutive Γιαννακης ( Yannakis ), female Γιαννα ( Yanna ), female diminutive Γιαννουλα ( Yannoula ) Bulgarian Яни, Янко ( Yani , Yanko ... feminine Ioanna , Joanna Albanian Gjon Catalan Joan, diminutive Jan, feminine Joana Cornish Jehan , Jowan , Jowann ... Johann, Joann , feminine Johanna, Joanna Czech Jan (diminutive Jeníček ), feminine Jana (diminutive Janička ) Danish/Dutch/Swedish Jan, Jonny ...
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List of 5 the first 000 surnames of France   (translated from French)
... cf moresque or Moorish). Moreau is the diminutive of the adjective. Dubois: is a description ... good Germanic meaning prayer. Bonnet is a diminutive derived in all the cases. Baker: the ... shining). Müller: mean miller in German. Rousseau: diminutive form the Russet-red one with perhaps ... Gauthier: Germanic WALT-HERI "powerful-army". Guerin: diminutive derivation of name in WARN- "precaution" like ... e. the blacksmith. Of Latin faber. Perrin: diminutive derivation of PIERRE. Mathieu: biblical name ...
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James
... Jago, Jammes , Jamma Czech: Jakub , Jakoubek , Kubicek (diminutive), Kubes Kubes, Kuba (diminutive) Danish: Jakob, Jeppe, Ib. Dutch: Jacobus, Jaap (diminutive), Cobus (diminutive), Coos (diminutive), Chime (diminutive) Finnish: Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaakko ...
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Ordinary (heraldry)
... fillet is sometimes inaccurately described as a diminutive of the chief, but the chief has no diminutive. It is important to note that a ... F. J. Matthews [6], is not a diminutive. Probert [7], Guillim [8] and others say ... of them on the same field. The diminutive of the pale is the pallet and the diminutive of the fess is the bar. ( ...
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Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries
... Greek Xenia) Екатерина (Yekaterina, equivalent to Catherine) Diminutive forms Diminutive forms (e.g. Tony for Anthony in ... every name. Some common names and their diminutive forms are: Aleksandr (Александр) - Sasha (Саша) - Shura ... Настя) - Asya (Ася) Some names have several diminutive forms (e.g. Alexei - Alyosha or Lyosha). Some diminutive forms can include colloquial variants, eg. ...
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