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miniskirt

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈmɪnɪskəːt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 N IY0 S K ER2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a very short skirt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mini

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skirt

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minium Italian minio Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Old Norse skyrtabor. Middle English skyrte English skirt English miniskirt From mini- + skirt.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: minirok — skirt
  • Arabic: تَنُّورَة قَصِيرَة (tannūra qaṣīra) — skirt
  • Arabic: مِنِي جُوب (minī žǖb) — skirt
  • Armenian: կարճ կիսաշրջազգեստ (karč kisašrǰazgest) — skirt
  • Armenian: մինիյուբկա (miniyubka) — skirt
  • Basque: minigona — skirt
  • Belarusian: міні-спадні́ца (mini-spadníca) — skirt
  • Catalan: minifaldilla — skirt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 迷你裙 (mínǐqún) — skirt
  • Czech: minisukně — skirt
  • Danish: miniskørt — skirt
  • Dutch: minirok — skirt
  • Dutch: minirokje — skirt
  • Esperanto: minijupo — skirt
  • Estonian: miniseelik — skirt
  • Finnish: minihame — skirt
  • French: minijupe — skirt
  • Galician: minisaia — skirt
  • Galician: minifaldra — skirt
  • Georgian: მოკლე კაბა (moḳle ḳaba) — skirt
  • Georgian: არს.სახელი (ars.saxeli) — skirt
  • German: Minirock — skirt
  • German: Miniröckchen — skirt
  • Greek: μίνι φούστα (míni foústa) — skirt
  • Hungarian: miniszoknya — skirt
  • Ido: jupeto — skirt
  • Indonesian: rok mini — skirt
  • Italian: minigonna — skirt
  • Japanese: ミニスカート (minisukāto) — skirt
  • Japanese: ミニスカ (minisuka) — skirt
  • Kazakh: қысқа белдемше (qysqa beldemşe) — skirt
  • Korean: 미니스커트 (miniseukeoteu) — skirt
  • Northern Kurdish: kurtedehmen — skirt
  • Northern Kurdish: kurtedang — skirt
  • Northern Kurdish: kurtedawên — skirt
  • Northern Kurdish: kurtedaw — skirt
  • Northern Kurdish: kurtetenore — skirt
  • Malay: miniskirt — skirt
  • Maltese: dublett qasir — skirt
  • Norman: mini-cotelle — skirt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: miniskjørt — skirt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: miniskjørt — skirt
  • Persian: مینی ژوپ (mini-žup) — skirt
  • Polish: mini — skirt
  • Polish: miniówka — skirt
  • Polish: minispódniczka — skirt
  • Portuguese: minissaia — skirt
  • Russian: мини-ю́бка (mini-júbka) — skirt
  • Spanish: minifalda — skirt
  • Spanish: putifalda — skirt
  • Swedish: kortkortkjol — skirt
  • Swedish: minikjol — skirt
  • Turkish: mini etek — skirt
  • Ukrainian: міні-спідни́ця (mini-spidnýcja) — skirt
  • Volapük: brefajuüp — skirt
  • Welsh: sgert fini — skirt