miniature
French, noun/mi.nja.tyʁ/
miniature is spelled M-I-N-I-A-T-U-R-E (9 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written French, the 13,986th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Miniature is a French feminine noun meaning “miniature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lettrine ornée, tracée au vermillon, qui forme l’en-tête des chapitres d’un manuscrit ou d’un missel”.
What does miniature mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineminiature
- 2
femininethumbnail (a miniature preview of a larger image)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Très petit, réduit, menu.
noun: 1. Lettrine ornée, tracée au vermillon, qui forme l’en-tête des chapitres d’un manuscrit ou d’un missel. 2. Délicate peinture qui se fait sur vélin ou sur ivoire, à petits points ou à petits traits, avec des couleurs très fines délayées à l’eau gommée. 3. Ouvrage de petites proportions, modèle réduit, réduction. 4. Synonyme de imagette.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of miniature
- miniatures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce miniature?
- /mi.nja.tyʁ/
- \mi.nja.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to miniature
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is miniature in French?
miniature appears 3.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).