English
Etymology
From mini- + skirt.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnɪskəːt/
Noun
miniskirt (plural miniskirts)
- A short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level.
1966 May 29, Russell Baker, “Observer: London Is I-Cumen In, Sing Cu-Cu”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:People who are “switched-on” and can twitch to prove it. And now–the latest—the chest toupee and the mini-skirt. […] For the benefit of those who are neither switched-on nor gear, the mini-skirt is actually a semi-skirt.
Translations
skirt
- Afrikaans: minirok (af)
- Arabic: تَنُّورَة قَصِيرَة f (tannūra qaṣīra), مِنِي جُوب m (minī žǖb)
- Armenian: կարճ կիսաշրջազգեստ (karč kisašrǰazgest), մինիյուբկա (miniyubka) (colloquial)
- Basque: minigona (eu)
- Belarusian: міні-спадні́ца f (mini-spadníca)
- Catalan: minifaldilla (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 迷你裙 (zh) (mínǐqún)
- Czech: minisukně (cs) f
- Danish: miniskørt n
- Dutch: minirok (nl) m, minirokje (nl) n
- Esperanto: minijupo
- Estonian: miniseelik
- Finnish: minihame (fi)
- French: minijupe (fr) f
- Galician: minisaia (gl) f, minifaldra f
- Georgian: მოკლე კაბა (moḳle ḳaba), მოკლე კაბა (moḳle ḳaba), არს.სახელი (ars.saxeli)
- German: Minirock (de) m, Miniröckchen n
- Greek: μίνι φούστα f (míni foústa)
- Hungarian: miniszoknya (hu)
- Ido: jupeto (io)
- Indonesian: rok mini (id)
- Italian: minigonna (it) f
- Japanese: ミニスカート (ja) (minisukāto), ミニスカ (ja) (minisuka)
- Kazakh: қысқа белдемше (qysqa beldemşe)
- Korean: 미니스커트 (ko) (miniseukeoteu)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: kurtedehmen (ku), kurtedang, kurtedawên (ku), kurtedaw (ku), kurtetenore (ku)
- Malay: miniskirt
- Maltese: dublett qasir m
- Norman: mini-cotelle f (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: miniskjørt n
- Nynorsk: miniskjørt n
- Persian: مینی ژوپ (fa) (mini-žup)
- Polish: mini (pl) f, miniówka (pl) f, minispódniczka (pl) f
- Portuguese: minissaia f
- Russian: мини-ю́бка (ru) f (mini-júbka)
- Spanish: minifalda (es) f
- Swedish: kortkortkjol c, minikjol (sv) c
- Turkish: mini etek (tr)
- Ukrainian: міні-спідни́ця f (mini-spidnýcja)
- Volapük: brefajuüp
- Welsh: sgert fini f
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See also
Cebuano
Etymology
From English miniskirt.
Pronunciation
Noun
miniskirt
- a miniskirt
- 2015 — Flores, Oliver P., To Love is to Let Go (06 November), SuperBalita Cebu
Nagsul-ob kog miniskirt. Milutaw pag-ayo ang akong kaguwapa ug kaseksi. Siguradong matental ko si Edgar.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English miniskirt.
Noun
miniskirt (Jawi spelling مينيسکرت)
- miniskirt
- Synonym: rok mini (Indonesian)
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