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Diminutives is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Diminutives in a sentence

Related words

Diminutives | Diminutive

Diminutives meaning

plural of diminutive

Using Diminutives

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of diminutive
  • In the example corpus, diminutives often appears in combinations such as: the diminutives, and diminutives.

Context around Diminutives

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

ted 1× snoep 1× rondet 1× bantu 1×

Sentence patterns with Diminutives

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and its diminutives rondet rondel 1× and the diminutives ted or 1× common to diminutives in many 1× made by diminutives snoep sweets 1× mostly and diminutives bantu class 1× plurals and diminutives much as 1× typical of diminutives which are 1× where the diminutives are expected 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an extension common 1× atete benzinge wahome 1× consequently these dialects 1× edward did not 1× in dutch singulative 1× in northern france 1×

Common sentence endings:

ancestral to swahili 1× even less appropriate 1× germanic languages do 1× ish in english 1× kenya and uganda 1× piece of candy 1×

Words around Diminutives

Just before it in the word index:

diminutive 145 diminutions 6 diminution 34 diminishment 15 diminishing 313 diminishes 96

Just after it in the word index:

dimitar 14 dimitra 2 dimitri 58 dimitrij 2 dimitrija 2 dimitrios 22

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Diminutives

  • In this selection, "diminutives" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ted, snoep and rondet stand out and add context to how "diminutives" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and its diminutives rondet rondel and and the diminutives ted or. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "diminutives" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with diminutives

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Edward did not seem to suit me and the diminutives Ted or Ned were even less appropriate. (17 words)

In Dutch, singulative forms of collective nouns are occasionally made by diminutives: snoep "sweets, candy" → snoepje "sweet, piece of candy". (20 words)

Consequently, these dialects also make grammatical use of umlaut to form plurals and diminutives, much as most other modern Germanic languages do. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Semantic motivation The ki-/vi- class historically consisted of two separate genders, artefacts (Bantu class 7/8, utensils and hand tools mostly) and diminutives (Bantu class 12), which were conflated at a stage ancestral to Swahili. (36 words)

Atete Benzinge, Wahome Mutai, Trey Garner and Zawadi Nyachae will compete in MX50 Class where the diminutives are expected to add some zest to the occasion held annually in Kenya and Uganda. (32 words)

In northern France, other terms for this type of dance included "ronde" and its diminutives "rondet", "rondel", and "rondelet" from which the more modern music term "rondeau" derives. (28 words)

Example sentences (8)

Atete Benzinge, Wahome Mutai, Trey Garner and Zawadi Nyachae will compete in MX50 Class where the diminutives are expected to add some zest to the occasion held annually in Kenya and Uganda.

An extension common to diminutives in many languages is approximation and resemblance (having a 'little bit' of some characteristic, like -y or -ish in English).

Consequently, these dialects also make grammatical use of umlaut to form plurals and diminutives, much as most other modern Germanic languages do.

Edward did not seem to suit me and the diminutives Ted or Ned were even less appropriate.

In Dutch, singulative forms of collective nouns are occasionally made by diminutives: snoep "sweets, candy" → snoepje "sweet, piece of candy".

In northern France, other terms for this type of dance included "ronde" and its diminutives "rondet", "rondel", and "rondelet" from which the more modern music term "rondeau" derives.

Semantic motivation The ki-/vi- class historically consisted of two separate genders, artefacts (Bantu class 7/8, utensils and hand tools mostly) and diminutives (Bantu class 12), which were conflated at a stage ancestral to Swahili.

These and the postalveolar sounds are typical of diminutives, which are used frequently in child language and motherese (mainly to show affection rather than size).

Common combinations with diminutives

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "diminutives" in a sentence?
An example: "Atete Benzinge, Wahome Mutai, Trey Garner and Zawadi Nyachae will compete in MX50 Class where the diminutives are expected to add some zest to the occasion held annually in Kenya and Uganda." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "diminutives" from authentic English texts.
What does "diminutives" mean?
Diminutives means: plural of diminutive
How many example sentences with "diminutives" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "diminutives", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.