Dictionary Definition
miniature adj : being on a very small scale; "a
miniature camera"
Noun
1 painting or drawing included in a book
(especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) [syn: illumination]
2 copy that reproduces something in greatly
reduced size [syn: toy]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From the miniatura (manuscript illumination), from miniare (to illuminate), from the miniāre (to colour red), from minium (red lead).Adjective
Derived terms
Translations
- Hebrew:
- Spanish: miniatura
Noun
- A musical composition which is
short in duration.
- Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.
- A small, highly detailed painting; a portrait miniature.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- A model of reduced scale.
- There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece.
- In the context of "gaming": A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleanic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.
Translations
a musical composition which is short in
duration
a model of reduced scale
- Finnish: miniatyyri
a token in a game representing a unit or
character
- Finnish: miniatyyri
Derived terms
Italian
Noun
miniature- Plural of miniatura
Extensive Definition
A miniature is a small-scale reproduction, or a
small variation.
In certain contexts, miniature may mean:
- Miniature (illuminated manuscript), a small painting in an illuminated text
- Persian miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album
- Ottoman miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album
- Portrait miniature, a very small painted portrait (or other type of painting)
- Miniature figure (gaming), a small figurine used in role playing games and tabletop wargames
- Miniature fowl, any small breed of fowl (See bantam (chicken))
- Miniature model, a small representation or reproduction of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual object being represented (see scale model, dollhouse or room box)
- Miniature (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The Twilight Zone
- A collectible figurine
- A miniature toy soldier
- A Miniature park
- A Miniature railway
- A physical model of a larger object used to represent it in filmmaking.
- A miniature chess problem
miniature in Danish: Miniature
miniature in German: Miniatur
miniature in Hebrew: מיניאטורה
miniature in Italian: Miniatura
(disambigua)
miniature in Japanese: ミニチュア
miniature in Dutch: Miniatuur
miniature in Swedish: Miniatyr
miniature in Turkish: Minyatür
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Elzevir, Lilliputian, abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, baby, baby-sized, bantam, banty, block print, collage, color print, compact, companion, copy, cursory, cyclorama, daub, dead ringer, depthless, diminutive, diptych, doll, double, duodecimo, duplicate, dwarf, effigy, engraving, exact likeness,
fellow, few, footling, fresco, handy, head, icon, idol, illumination, illustration, image, inconsequential,
inconsiderable,
insignificant,
itty-bitty, likeness,
lilliputian,
little, living image,
living picture, low,
match, mate, meager, micro, microcosm, microscopic, midget, mini, miniaturized, minikin, minimal, minny, minuscule, minute, mirroring, model, montage, mosaic, mural, negligible, no great shakes,
panorama, petty, photograph, picayune, picayunish, picture, pocket, pocket edition,
pocket-sized, pony,
portrait, portraiture, portrayal, print, profile, puppet, pygmy, reflection, representation, reproduction, resemblance, rubbing, semblance, shadow, shallow, short, silhouette, similitude, simulacrum, skin-deep,
small, small-scale, spit
and image, spitting image, stained glass window, stencil, still life, subminiature, superficial, tableau, tapestry, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, toy, trace, tracing, trifling, triptych, trivial, twelvemo, twin, very image, very picture,
vest-pocket, wall painting, wee, weeny