diminish

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• /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/
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Formed under the influence of both diminue (from Old French diminuer, from Latin dīminuo) and minish.

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vogëloj — To make smaller
• Arabic: خَسَّ (ḵassa) — To make smaller
• Assamese: দমোৱা (domüa) — To make smaller
• Bulgarian: намалявам (namaljavam) — To make smaller
• Catalan: disminuir — To make smaller
• Czech: zmenšit — To make smaller
• Dutch: verkleinen — To make smaller
• Dutch: verminderen — To make smaller
• Esperanto: malgrandigi — To make smaller
• Esperanto: plimalgrandigi — To make smaller
• Finnish: pienentää — To make smaller
• French: réduire — To make smaller
• Galician: diminuír — To make smaller
• Georgian: ამცირებს (amcirebs) — To make smaller
• Georgian: შეამცირებს (šeamcirebs) — To make smaller
• Georgian: აპატარავებს (aṗaṭaravebs) — To make smaller
• Georgian: დააპატარავებს (daaṗaṭaravebs) — To make smaller
• German: vermindern — To make smaller
• German: verkleinern — To make smaller
• German: reduzieren — To make smaller
• German: verringern — To make smaller
• Ancient Greek: μειόω (meióō) — To make smaller
• Ancient Greek: ἐλασσόω (elassóō) — To make smaller
• Hungarian: csökkent — To make smaller
• Hungarian: kisebbít — To make smaller
• Ido: diminutar — To make smaller
• Irish: beagaigh — To make smaller
• Irish: laghdaigh — To make smaller
• Italian: diminuire — To make smaller
• Italian: ridurre — To make smaller
• Latin: dēdūcō — To make smaller
• Latin: minuō — To make smaller
• Latin: diminuō — To make smaller
• Latvian: samazināt — To make smaller
• Ligurian: chinâ — To make smaller
• Lithuanian: sumažinti — To make smaller
• Māori: whakamimiti — To make smaller
• Māori: tāharahara — To make smaller
• Portuguese: diminuir — To make smaller
• Quechua: asllayachiy — To make smaller
• Quechua: chikachay — To make smaller
• Quechua: huch'uiyachiy — To make smaller
• Romanian: micșora — To make smaller
• Romanian: diminua — To make smaller
• Romanian: reduce — To make smaller
• Russian: уменьша́ть (umenʹšátʹ) — To make smaller
• Russian: уме́ньшить (uménʹšitʹ) — To make smaller
• Sanskrit: क्षीयते (kṣīyate) — To make smaller
• Sicilian: abbacari — To make smaller
• Spanish: disminuir — To make smaller
• Spanish: diminuir — To make smaller
• Spanish: jibarizar — To make smaller
• Spanish: amenguar — To make smaller
• Spanish: parvificar — To make smaller
• Swedish: minska — To make smaller
• Armenian: պակասել (pakasel) — To become smaller
• Armenian: փոքրանալ (pʻokʻranal) — To become smaller
• Armenian: նվազել (nvazel) — To become smaller
• Assamese: দমা (doma) — To become smaller
• Bulgarian: отслабвам (otslabvam) — To become smaller
• Catalan: disminuir — To become smaller
• Dutch: afnemen — To become smaller
• Dutch: verkleinen — To become smaller
• Esperanto: malgrandiĝi — To become smaller
• Esperanto: plimalgrandiĝi — To become smaller
• Finnish: pienentyä — To become smaller
• French: rétrécir — To become smaller
• French: rapetisser — To become smaller
• French: diminuer — To become smaller
• Galician: diminuír — To become smaller
• Georgian: მცირდება (mcirdeba) — To become smaller
• Georgian: შემცირდება (šemcirdeba) — To become smaller
• Georgian: პატარავდება (ṗaṭaravdeba) — To become smaller
• Georgian: დაპატარავდება (daṗaṭaravdeba) — To become smaller
• German: schrumpfen — To become smaller
• Hungarian: csökken — To become smaller
• Hungarian: fogy — To become smaller
• Hungarian: fogyatkozik — To become smaller
• Ido: diminutar — To become smaller
• Irish: laghdaigh — To become smaller
• Latin: dēcrescō — To become smaller
• Ligurian: chinâ — To become smaller
• Māori: whakatōririki — To become smaller
• Navajo: áádįįł — To become smaller
• Portuguese: diminuir — To become smaller
• Quechua: huch'uiyay — To become smaller
• Quechua: yawyay — To become smaller
• Russian: уменьша́ться (umenʹšátʹsja) — To become smaller
• Russian: уме́ньшиться (uménʹšitʹsja) — To become smaller
• Spanish: disminuir[se] — To become smaller
• Spanish: diminuirse — To become smaller
• Spanish: diminuecer — To become smaller
• Spanish: parvificarse — To become smaller
• Spanish: amenguar — To become smaller
• Swedish: minska — To become smaller
• Tocharian B: spāw- — To become smaller
• Bulgarian: заострям (zaostrjam) — To taper
• Esperanto: maldikiĝi — To taper
• Esperanto: mallarĝiĝi — To taper
• Finnish: kaventua — To taper
• French: amincir — To taper
• German: schmälern — To taper
• German: abschwächen — To taper
• German: verringern — To taper
• Hungarian: csökken (fokozatosan) — To taper
• Italian: diminuire — To taper
• Portuguese: diminuir — To taper
• Dutch: verlagen — To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone
• French: diminuer — To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone