Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diminutivization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: diminu-tiviza-tion
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of turning a word into its diminutive form.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The word resulting from this process.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From diminutivize + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: diminutivize

Usage

Inflected Forms

diminutivizations (plural) diminutivisation (alternative)

Questions

What does diminutivization mean?: The process of turning a word into its diminutive form.
Where does diminutivization come from?: From diminutivize + -ation.

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