miniature

Other forms of miniature

plural

miniatures·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about miniature

What does miniature mean?

miniature means "painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in miniature?

miniature has 4 syllables: min-i-a-ture. The stress falls on "min". In IPA it is /ˈmɪniəˌtʃʊɹ/.

What is another word for miniature?

Close synonyms include illumination, toy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is miniature a common word?

miniature is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with miniature?

2 words rhyme with miniature. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.