a little

little (English)

Etymology

enm

- lang=enm, from - en - lȳtel|lang=ang, from - lītilaz|lang=en (West Germanic *lutilaz), from - lewd-|to bend, bent, small. Cognate with Dutch - lang=nl, German - lang=de and - lang=de, - - - lang=fy, - - - lang=nds, - - - lang=goh, - - - lang=gmh, - - - lūtan||to bow, bend low; and perhaps to Old English - |deceitful, lot deceit|lang=ang, - - - |deceitful|tr=liuts|sc=Goth|lang=got, - |to deceive|tr=lutjan|sc=Goth|lang=got; compare also Icelandic - |little|lang=is, Swedish - lang=sv, Danish - lang=da, - lang=da, - - - |tr=leitils|sc=Goth|lang=got, which appear to have a different root vowel. More at lout.

Pronunciation

  • - 1=/"lItl=/
  • - /ˈlɪdl̩/
  • en-us-little.ogg
  • - Audio (UK)
  • Rhymes: ɪtəl
  • - tle

    • Adjective

    small|Small in size.

  • This is a little table.

    • Insignificant, trivial.

  • It's of little importance.

    • Very young.

  • Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little?
  • That's the biggest little boy I've ever seen.

    • of a sibling

    young|Younger.

  • This is my little sister.

    • * 1871 October 18, The One-eyed Philosopher pseudonym, "Street Corners", in Judy: or the London serio-comic journal, volume 9, page 255 

    *: If you want to find Little France, take any turning on the north side of Leicester square, and wander in a zigzag fashion Oxford Streetwards. The Little is rather smokier and more squalid than the Great France upon the other side of the Manche.

    * 2004, Barry Miles, Zappa: A Biography, 2005 edition, ISBN 080214215X, page 5:

    *: In the forties, hurdy-gurdy men could still be heard in all those East Coast cities with strong Italian neighbourhoods: New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston. A visit to Baltimore's Little Italy at that time was like a trip to Italy itself.

    Usage notes

    Some authorities regard both littler and littlest as non-standard. The OED says of the word little: "the adjective has no recognized mode of comparison. The difficulty is commonly evaded by resort to a synonym (as smaller, smallest); some writers have ventured to employ the unrecognized forms littler, littlest, which are otherwise confined to dialect or imitations of childish or illiterate speech."

    Antonyms

  • small

    large, big

  • young

    big

  • younger

    big

    • Translations

    small

  • Arabic:

    صغير

    (ṣaġīr)
  • Aragonese: chicote
  • Aramaic:
  • : Syriac: ܙܥܘܪܐ (z‘ūrā, z‘ūro) , ܙܥܘܪܬܐ (z‘ūrtā, z‘ūrto)
  • : Hebrew: זעורא (z‘ūrā, z‘ūro) , זעורתא (z‘ūrtā, z‘ūrto)
  • Armenian: փոքր (p'ok'r), - մանր|tr=manr
  • Azeri - kiçik
  • Basque - txiki|xs=Basque
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 小|tr=xiǎo|sc=Hani
  • Crimean Tatar: kiçik, kiçkene
  • Kroatiska - malo
  • Tjeckiska - malý
  • Danska - lille
  • Holländska - klein
  • Esperanto - malgranda|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - pieni
  • Franska - petit
  • Georgian - პატარა|tr=patara|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian, - მცირე|tr=mc’ire|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian
  • Tyska - klein
    • , wenig
  • Tyska - lütt
    • , lützel
  • Grekiska - μικρός
    • , λίγος
  • Hebrew - קטן|tr=katán
  • Hindiska - छोटा
    • (ćhoṭā)
  • Ungerska - kicsi
    • , kis
  • Interlingua - parve|xs=Interlingua
  • Irländska - beag
  • Italienska - piccolo
  • Japanese: 小さい (ちいさい, chiisai)
  • Koreanska - 작은
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani - بچووک|tr=bichook|sc=ku-Arab, - بچکۆله‌|tr=bichkola|sc=ku-Arab
  • Lao - ນ້ອຍ|tr=nööj|sc=Laoo|xs=Lao
  • Latin - parvus, - paulus
  • Litauiska - Šėtoniškasis
  • Makedonska - мал
  • Mapudungun - pichi|m
  • Norska - liten
    • , liten
  • Pashto - وړوکی|tr=waṛukay, - کوچنی|tr=kučnay
  • Rapa Nui - iti, - rikiriki
  • Ryska - маленький
  • Sanskrit - अल्प|tr=álpa|xs=Sanskrit
  • Santali - ᱯᱤᱞᱪᱩ|tr=pilcu|sc=Olck
  • Scots - wee|xs=Scots
  • Scottish Gaelic - beag|xs=Scottish Gaelic, - mean|xs=Scottish Gaelic, - meanbh|xs=Scottish Gaelic, - mion|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Sicilian - nicu|m|xs=Sicilian
  • Spanska - pequeño
  • Svenska - liten
  • Telugu - చిన్న (chinna)
  • Tok Pisin - liklik
  • Turkiska - küçük
  • Urdu - چھوٹا|xs=Urdu (ćhoṭā)
  • Walesiska - bach
  • West Frisian - lyts|xs=West Frisian

    • very young

  • Aramaic:
  • : Syriac: ܙܥܘܪܐ (z‘ūrā, z‘ūro) , ܙܥܘܪܬܐ (z‘ūrtā, z‘ūrto)
  • Grekiska - μικρός
  • : Hebrew: זעורא (z‘ūrā, z‘ūro) , זעורתא (z‘ūrtā, z‘ūrto)
  • Tjeckiska - malý
  • Holländska - klein
  • Finska - pieni
  • Tyska - klein
  • Hebrew - קטן|tr=katán
  • Irländska - beag
  • Latin - iuvenis
  • Makedonska - мал
  • Makedonska - малечок
  • Norska - liten
  • Pashto - وړوکی|tr=waṛukay, - کوچنی|tr=kučnay
  • Scottish Gaelic - beag|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Walesiska - ifanc

    • (of a sibling) younger

  • Armenian: փոքր (p'ok'r)
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin:

    uses different words for each familial title

  • Tjeckiska - malý
  • Tjeckiska - mladý
  • Danska - lille
  • Holländska - jongere
    • , klein
  • Finska - pikku-
  • Franska - cadet
  • Tyska - klein
  • Tyska - jung
  • Grekiska - μικρός
    • (mikrós)
  • Hebrew - קטן|tr=katán
  • Hindiska - छोटा
    • (ćhoṭā)
  • Hungarian: kis, younger brother: öcs, younger sister: húg
  • Italienska - piccolo
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani - بچووک|tr=bichook|sc=ku-Arab, - بچکۆله‌|tr=bichkola|sc=ku-Arab
  • Latin - iuvenis
  • Makedonska - мал
  • Makedonska - малечок
  • Norska - lille-
  • Pashto - وړوکی|tr=waṛukay, - کوچنی|tr=kučnay
  • Scots: wee#Scots|wee
  • Scottish Gaelic - beag|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Svenska - yngre
    • , lille-
  • Telugu - చిన్న (chinna)
  • Urdu - چھوٹا|xs=Urdu (ćhoṭā)

    • ban

    : cenik

  • gu

    : થોડું

  • is

    : lítill

  • io

    : mikra

  • id

    : kecil

  • es

    : menor (2); poco , poca

    cy

    : bach, bychan

    • Adverb

    Not much.

  • This is a little known fact.
  • She spoke little and listened less.

    • Antonyms

  • much

    • Translations

    not much

  • Arabiska - قليلا
  • Armenian - քիչ|tr=k'ič, - սակավ|tr=sakav
  • Basque - gutxi|xs=Basque
  • Chamicuro - naspejka
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 少|tr=shǎo|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - málo
  • Holländska - weinig
  • Finska - vähän
  • Franska - peu de
  • Tyska - wenig
  • Grekiska - λίγο
  • Gujarati: થોડું
  • Hebrew - קצת, - מעט
  • Hindiska - कम
  • Ungerska - keveset
    • , kevéssé
  • Isländska - lítið
  • Ido: poka
  • Indonesiska - sedikit
  • Italienska - poco
  • Japanska - 少ない
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani - که‌م|tr=kam|sc=ku-Arab
  • Latin - paucus, - non multus
  • Makedonska - малку
  • Old English - lyt|xs=Old English
  • Pashto - لږ|tr=lëģ
  • Persiska - کم
  • Portugisiska - pouco
  • Rumänska - puțin
  • Ryska - мало
  • Scottish Gaelic - beagan|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - poco
  • Spanska - poquito
  • Urdu - کم|tr=kam|sc=ur-Arab
  • Vietnamesiska - ít

    • Determiner

    en|determiner|comparative|less|superlative|least

    Not much, only a_little: only a small amount (of).

  • There is little water left.
  • We had very little to do.

    • Usage notes

  • - Little|lang=en is used with uncountable nouns, - lang=en with plural countable nouns.

    • Antonyms

  • not much

    much

    • Translations

    small amount

  • Armenian - քիչ|tr=k’ič, - սակավ|tr=sakav
  • Katalanska - poc
    • , una mica de
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 少|tr=shǎo|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - málo
  • Holländska - weinig
    • , een_beetje
  • Estniska - pisut
  • Finska - hieman
    • , vähän
  • Tyska - wenig
  • Hindiska - थोड़ा
    • (thoṛā)
  • Koreanska - 적은
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani - نه‌ختێ|tr=nakhtae|sc=ku-Arab, - که‌م|tr=kam|sc=ku-Arab
  • Makedonska - малку
  • Pashto - لږ|tr=lëģ
  • Ryska - мало
  • Scottish Gaelic - beagan|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Telugu - కొంచెం (konchem), - కొంత (konta)
  • Urdu - تھوڑا|xs=Urdu (thoṛā)

    • Related terms

  • a_little
  • li'l
  • little_by_little

    • Statistics

  • - only|like|76|little|now|then|A
    • ang:little simple:little

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