mirim

See also: mířím and Mirim

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi mirĩ (“small”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ĩ

Adjective

mirim m or f (plural mirins) (Brazil)

  1. tiny, little, wee; often in compound animal names of Tupi origin
    saimiri ― squirrel monkey (literally, “small monkey”)
    tamanduá-mirim ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. childish (having childlike, juvenile characteristics)
  3. suitable for children or made for them
    a escola tem um jardim mirim ― the school has a kindergarten
  4. (soccer) a category for players in the 14-year age group

Noun

mirim m (plural mirins)

  1. (Brazil) any small, stingless bee, especially those of the genus Plebeia
    Synonym: abelha-mirim

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

mirim (Cyrillic spelling мирим)

  1. first-person singular present of miriti
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