Teeny — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(used informally) very small

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈiːni/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈiːni/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈiːni/

2 syllables Say it as /tˈiːni/.

Examples

a wee tot

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bitty itty-bitty itsy-bitsy teentsy weensy 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

minuscule

(utilisé de manière informelle) très petit

🇪🇸Spanish

chiquitín

(usado informalmente) muy pequeño

🇮🇹Italian

piccolino

(usato in modo informale) molto piccolo

🇳🇱Dutch

klein

(informeel gebruikt) erg klein

🇵🇹Portuguese

pequenininho

(usado informalmente) muito pequeno

🇷🇺Russian

маленький

(используется неофициально) очень маленький

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नन्हा

(अनौपचारिक रूप से प्रयुक्त) बहुत छोटा

🇧🇩Bengali

কিশোর

(অনানুষ্ঠানিকভাবে ব্যবহৃত) খুব ছোট

🇮🇳Tamil

பதின்ம வயது

(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

കൗമാരക്കാരൻ

(അനൗപചാരികമായി ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു) വളരെ ചെറുത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਾਬਾਲਗ

(ਗੈਰ ਰਸਮੀ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ) ਬਹੁਤ ਛੋਟਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

نوعمر

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

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

蝇头

（非正式使用）非常小

🇯🇵Japanese

小さな

（非公式に使われる）非常に小さい

🇰🇷Korean

자그마한

(비공식적으로 사용됨) 매우 작음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhỏ xíu

(dùng không chính thức) rất nhỏ

🇹🇭Thai

เล็ก

(ใช้อย่างไม่เป็นทางการ) เล็กมาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

mungil

(digunakan secara informal) sangat kecil

🇵🇭Filipino

maliit

(ginamit impormal) napakaliit

🇲🇾Malay

kecik

(digunakan secara tidak rasmi) sangat kecil

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

صغير جدا

(تستخدم بشكل غير رسمي) صغيرة جدًا

🇮🇷Persian

نوجوان

(به طور غیررسمی استفاده می شود) بسیار کوچک

🇹🇷Turkish

ufacık

(gayri resmi olarak kullanılır) çok küçük

🇮🇱Hebrew

קְטַנטַן

(בשימוש לא רשמי) קטן מאוד

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