English-French translations for miniature

• miniature
  Certains considèrent dès lors la Belgique comme une Europe en miniature. There are some who therefore say that Belgium is Europe in miniature.
  L'Holocauste est une cicatrice tragique sur la face de l'humanité et elle ne doit jamais se répéter, même pas à une échelle miniature. The Holocaust is a tragic scar on the face of mankind and it must never be repeated, not even on a miniature scale.
  . - Monsieur le Président, la Bosnie-et-Herzégovine est une Yougoslavie en miniature: un État qui abrite différents peuples, chacun formant une minorité. . – Mr President, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Yugoslavia in miniature: a state that is home to different peoples, each forming a minority.
• enluminure
• figurine

Definition of miniature

• Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale
• A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature
• An illustration in an illuminated manuscript
• A chess game which is concluded with very few moves
• Lettering in red; rubric distinction
• Smaller than normal
• To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature

Examples

• There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece.
• Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.
• Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.
• I find miniature dogs annoying; they seem to yap more than full-size dogs

Related words

• microminiature
• Miniature Tit-Babbler
• Miniature Barrel Cactus
• miniature golf
• miniature poodle
• Miniature Pinscher
• miniature sheet
• miniature pig
• miniature bull terrier