midget

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• /ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/
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From midge (chiefly in the figurative sense of “small thing”, literally “small fly”) + -et (diminutive suffix), (from Old English myċġ (“mosquito”), from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-; cognate with Dutch mug (“mosquito”) and German Mücke (“midge, gnat”)).

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَزَم (qazam) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Armenian: թզուկ (tʻzuk) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Azerbaijani: cırtdan — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Basque: nano — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Basque: epotx — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Central Bikol: mungan — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Bulgarian: джудже (džudže) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Burmese: ပုတို (pu.tui) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Chinese Mandarin: 侏儒 (zhūrú) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Czech: trpaslík — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Danish: dværg — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Dutch: dwerg — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Finnish: kääpiö — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• French: nain — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• French: naine — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Georgian: ჯუჯა (ǯuǯa) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• German: Zwerg — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• German: Zwergin — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• German: Liliputaner — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• German: Liliputanerin — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Italian: nano — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Italian: nana — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Japanese: 小人 (kobito) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Japanese: ちび (chibi) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Japanese: ミゼット (mizetto) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Lao: ຄົນແຈ້ (khon chǣ) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Latin: salapūtium — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Macedonian: џуџе (džudže) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Macedonian: кепец (kepec) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Māori: whito — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Māori: whē — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Māori: whena — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Mongolian: одой хүн (odoj xün) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Polish: karzeł — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Polish: karlica — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Polish: liliput — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Polish: liliputka — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Portuguese: anão — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Portuguese: anã — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Russian: лилипу́т (lilipút) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Russian: лилипу́тка (lilipútka) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Slovak: trpaslík — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Spanish: enano — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Swedish: dvärg — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Tagalog: unano — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Thai: คนเล็ก (kon lék) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Thai: คนแคระ (kon kráe) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Tibetan: མིའུ་ཐུང (mi'u thung) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Tibetan: མི་ཆུང (mi chung) — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Vietnamese: rất nhỏ — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Vietnamese: chú lùn — person of small stature of adult height less than 4'10"
• Albanian: shkurtabiq — derogatory: any short person
• Albanian: shkurtalaq — derogatory: any short person
• Albanian: shkurtaq — derogatory: any short person
• Bulgarian: дребосък (drebosǎk) — derogatory: any short person
• Czech: zakrslík — derogatory: any short person
• Danish: gnom — derogatory: any short person
• Danish: mandsling — derogatory: any short person
• Dutch: dwerg — derogatory: any short person
• Finnish: kääpiö — derogatory: any short person
• Finnish: skäfä — derogatory: any short person
• French: nain — derogatory: any short person
• French: naine — derogatory: any short person
• French: nabot — derogatory: any short person
• Galician: rebolo — derogatory: any short person
• German: Zwerg — derogatory: any short person
• German: Zwergin — derogatory: any short person
• German: Winzling — derogatory: any short person
• German: Gnom — derogatory: any short person
• Irish: cnádaí — derogatory: any short person
• Italian: nano — derogatory: any short person
• Italian: nana — derogatory: any short person
• Latin: nanus — derogatory: any short person
• Latin: nana — derogatory: any short person
• Macedonian: џуџе (džudže) — derogatory: any short person
• Macedonian: кепец (kepec) — derogatory: any short person
• Polish: kurdupel — derogatory: any short person
• Portuguese: anão — derogatory: any short person
• Russian: ка́рлик (kárlik) — derogatory: any short person
• Russian: ка́рлица (kárlica) — derogatory: any short person
• Russian: короты́шка (korotýška) — derogatory: any short person
• Russian: гном (gnom) — derogatory: any short person
• Spanish: chichón de piso — derogatory: any short person
• Spanish: retaco — derogatory: any short person
• Swedish: dvärg — derogatory: any short person
• Tagalog: pandak — derogatory: any short person
• Yiddish: קאַרליק (karlik) — derogatory: any short person
• Czech: mini- — attributively: that is the small version of something
• Czech: malý — attributively: that is the small version of something
• Czech: maličký — attributively: that is the small version of something
• Danish: dværg- — attributively: that is the small version of something
• Danish: mini- — attributively: that is the small version of something
• Dutch: dwerg- — attributively: that is the small version of something
• Dutch: mini- — attributively: that is the small version of something
• Finnish: kääpiö- — attributively: that is the small version of something
• German: Zwerg- — attributively: that is the small version of something
• German: mini- — attributively: that is the small version of something
• German: Mini- — attributively: that is the small version of something
• Italian: mini- — attributively: that is the small version of something
• Portuguese: mini- — attributively: that is the small version of something
• Swedish: dvärg- — attributively: that is the small version of something
• Swedish: mini- — attributively: that is the small version of something