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How to pronounce diminutive
“diminutive” pronunciation in American and British English
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“diminutive” in real sentences
83 clips in the index · 4 American · 3 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Pluto's small and diminutive.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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Here I display our diminutive catch before release.
USGS
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MA: It's a Scottish diminutive of "Margaret."
TED
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this should be more straightforward because of sophie's majestic but diminutive statue
Taskmaster
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of diminutive. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.