Teentsy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(used informally) very small

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈiːntsi/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈiːntsi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈiːntsi/

2 syllables Say it as /tˈiːntsi/.

Examples

a wee tot

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bitty itty-bitty itsy-bitsy weensy teeny teeny-weeny wee teensy-weensy teensy weeny bittie

Parts of Speech

adjective

(used informally) very small

“a wee tot”

Word Forms

bit	noun	a small piece or quantity of something
weeness	noun	the property of being very small in size

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

winzig

(informell verwendet) sehr klein

🇫🇷French

adolescent

(utilisé de manière informelle) très petit

🇪🇸Spanish

adolescente

(usado informalmente) muy pequeño

🇮🇹Italian

piccolissimo

(usato in modo informale) molto piccolo

🇳🇱Dutch

tienerachtig

(informeel gebruikt) erg klein

🇵🇹Portuguese

pequenininho

(usado informalmente) muito pequeno

🇷🇺Russian

маленький

(используется неофициально) очень маленький

India

🇮🇳Hindi

किशोर

(अनौपचारिक रूप से प्रयुक्त) बहुत छोटा

🇮🇳Tamil

இளம் வயதினர்

(முறைசாரா முறையில் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது) மிகச் சிறியது

🇮🇳Telugu

యుక్తవయస్సు

(అనధికారికంగా ఉపయోగించబడుతుంది) చాలా చిన్నది

🇮🇳Marathi

किशोर

(अनौपचारिकपणे वापरलेले) खूप लहान

🇮🇳Gujarati

કિશોર

(અનૌપચારિક રીતે વપરાયેલ) ખૂબ નાનું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹದಿಹರೆಯದ

(ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕವಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ) ತುಂಬಾ ಚಿಕ್ಕದಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൗമാരക്കാർ

(അനൗപചാരികമായി ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു) വളരെ ചെറുത്

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹینٹی

(غیر رسمی طور پر استعمال کیا جاتا ہے) بہت چھوٹا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

青少年

（非正式使用）非常小

🇯🇵Japanese

ちっちゃい

（非公式に使われる）非常に小さい

🇰🇷Korean

십대

(비공식적으로 사용됨) 매우 작음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhỏ nhắn

(dùng không chính thức) rất nhỏ

🇹🇭Thai

ขี้น้อยใจ

(ใช้อย่างไม่เป็นทางการ) เล็กมาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

sangat kecil

(digunakan secara informal) sangat kecil

🇵🇭Filipino

malabata

(ginamit impormal) napakaliit

🇲🇾Malay

remaja

(digunakan secara tidak rasmi) sangat kecil

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

في سن المراهقة

(تستخدم بشكل غير رسمي) صغيرة جدًا

🇮🇷Persian

نوجوان

(به طور غیررسمی استفاده می شود) بسیار کوچک

🇹🇷Turkish

genç

(gayri resmi olarak kullanılır) çok küçük

🇮🇱Hebrew

עשרה

(בשימוש לא רשמי) קטן מאוד

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