miniskirt

English

A plaid rah-rah miniskirt.

Alternative forms

• mini-skirt, mini skirt

Etymology

From mini- +‎ skirt.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnɪskəːt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

miniskirt (plural miniskirts)

1. 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), minirokje (nl)
• 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

See also

• minidress
• sundress
• hot pants
• rah-rah
• Daisy Dukes
• microskirt

Cebuano

Etymology

From English miniskirt.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧skirt

Noun

miniskirt

1. a miniskirt

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miniskirt.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English miniskirt.

Noun

miniskirt (Jawi spelling مينيسکرت, informal 1st possessive miniskirtku, 2nd possessive miniskirtmu, 3rd possessive miniskirtnya)

1. miniskirt

   Synonym: rok mini (Indonesian)

Further reading

• “miniskirt” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.