tiny

English

Alternative forms

• tyny (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪni/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪni

Adjective

tiny (comparative tinier, superlative tiniest)

1. Very small.
   • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:

     Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:tiny

Antonyms

• huge
• great

Derived terms

• teeny-tiny
• tinily
• tininess
• tiny home
• tiny house
• Tiny Tim
• tiny wonder

 

Translations

very small

• Arabic: دَقِيق (ar) (daqīq)
• Armenian: պստլիկ (hy) (pstlik), պստիկ (hy) (pstik), փոքրիկ (hy) (pʻokʻrik)
• Assamese: অকণমানি (okonmani), খুদ (khud)
• Azerbaijani: kiçicik
• Belarusian: малю́сенькі (maljúsjenʹki), малю́хны (maljúxny), мале́нечкі (maljénječki), мале́нькі (be) (maljénʹki), дро́бны (dróbny)
• Bulgarian: мъничък (bg) (mǎničǎk)
• Burmese: နုပ် (my) (nup), ဖျ (my) (hpya.)
• Catalan: minúscul (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 係小／系小 (hai⁶ siu²), 細小／细小 (sai³ siu²) (formal), 微細／微细 (mei⁴ sai³) (formal)

  Mandarin: 細小／细小 (zh) (xìxiǎo), 微細／微细 (zh) (wēixì), 小小 (zh) (xiǎoxiǎo), 孑孑 (zh) (jiéjié), 小小 (zh) (xiǎoxiǎo)

• Czech: maličký (cs), malinký (cs)
• Danish: bittesmå
• Dutch: klein (nl), minuscuul (nl), piepklein (nl)
• Finnish: pikkuinen (fi)
• French: minuscule (fr)
• Georgian: პაწია (ṗac̣ia), პაწაწა (ṗac̣ac̣a), ციცქნა (cickna), პაწაწინა (ṗac̣ac̣ina), პაწაწკინტელა (ṗac̣ac̣ḳinṭela), პაწაწა (ṗac̣ac̣a), პაწაწკინტელა (ṗac̣ac̣ḳinṭela), პაწაწინა (ṗac̣ac̣ina), ციცქნა (cickna)
• German: winzig (de)
• Greek: μικροσκοπικός (el) (mikroskopikós)
• Hebrew: קְטַנְטַן (k'tantán)
• Hindi: नन्हा (hi) (nanhā)
• Hungarian: apró (hu)
• Igbo: ìmùlimu, kịrịkịrị
• Ingrian: pikkarain, napakka
• Irish: bídeach
• Italian: minuscolo (it), piccolo (it), piccino (it), minuto (it), microscopico (it)
• Japanese: ちっぽけな (ja) (chippoke na), 小さい (ja) (ちいさい, chīsai)
• Khmer: តូច (km) (touc), ល្អិត (km) (lʼət), តូចតាច (touc taac)
• Korean: 조그맣다 (ko) (jogeumata)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ورد (wird)

• Lao: ຂໍ້ຫລໍ້ (khǭ lǭ), ອະນຸ (ʼa nu)
• Latin: parvulus, pauxillus, minūtus (la), pusillus
• Latvian: sīks (lv)
• Macedonian: малечок (malečok), малецок (malecok), ситен m (siten)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bittesmå

• Persian: خرد (fa) (xord), ریز (fa) (riz), کوچولو (fa) (kučulu)
• Plautdietsch: grennauzje
• Polish: malutki (pl), tyci (pl) m, drobny (pl)
• Portuguese: minúsculo (pt), muito pequeno (pt)
• Romanian: minuscul (ro), micuț (ro)
• Russian: кро́шечный (ru) (króšečnyj), кро́хотный (ru) (króxotnyj), малю́сенький (ru) (maljúsenʹkij) (colloquial), ме́лкий (ru) (mélkij)
• Scots: (standard, Ulster) wee, (modern Orkney) peedie, (Shetland, archaic Orkney) peerie
• Scottish Gaelic: mean, meanbh, mion
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мајушан

  Roman: majušan (sh)

• Sicilian: nicuzzu, nicareḍḍu
• Slovak: maličký
• Slovene: drobcen
• Spanish: diminuto (es), minúsculo (es), pequeñito (es)
• Swedish: jätteliten (sv), pytteliten (sv)
• Tamil: சின்னி (ta) (ciṉṉi)
• Thai: จี๊ด (jíit), นิด (th) (nít), จิ๋ว (th) (jǐu)
• Tocharian B: totka
• Turkish: küçük (tr), minik (tr), minnacık (endearing), mini mini (childish), küçücük (tr) (diminutive)
• Ukrainian: кри́хітний (krýxitnyj), малю́сінький (maljúsinʹkyj), дрібни́й (dribnýj)
• Vietnamese: tí hon (vi)
• Volapük: vemo smalik
• Welsh: bach (cy), pitw (cy), mân (cy)

Noun

tiny (plural tinies)

1. A small child; an infant.
   • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 28:

     ‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was a tiny.’

   • 1982, Young children in China, page 84:

     The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for the tinies and more abstract themes for the older children).

2. Anything very small.
   • 1956, Victoria Sackville-West, Even More For Your Garden, page 102:

     Might I now add a plea for the smaller irises, the tinies? They, also, should be divided up and replanted just now.

Translations

small child

• German: Kleinkind (de) n

Anagrams

• tiyn