noun
Meaning 1
A simple map connecting a small number of nearby landmarks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
minimap
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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/ˈmɪ.ni.mæp/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æp
noun
Meaning 2
A small on-screen map to aid players in orienting themselves within the game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From mini- + map; (simple map of landmarks): introduced by Siegel and White (1975).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: pienoiskartta — small map in a video game
- Finnish: pikkukartta — small map in a video game
- Japanese: ミニマップ — small map in a video game
- Korean: 미니맵 (minimaep) — small map in a video game
- Polish: minimapa — small map in a video game
- Spanish: minimapa — small map in a video game
- Swedish: minikarta — small map in a video game
- Swedish: minimap — small map in a video game