slight

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Minor; small in amount
2. Minor; small in amount
3. Minor; small in amount
4. (archaic, rare) Minor; small in amount
5. Of slender build.
6. (regional) Even, smooth or level.
7. (especially) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
8. (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
9. (obsolete, regional) Bad, of poor quality.
10. (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.

Verb

1. (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
2. (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
3. (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
4. (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.
5. (transitive) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To make even or level.
7. (transitive) To throw heedlessly.

Noun

1. The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
2. (obsolete) Sleight.

Conceptes

lleu

desatendre

fi

prim

lleig

menyspreu

sense importància

esvelt

insubstancial

retret

desestimar

estilitzat

delicat

despreci

Oposat a

respect, value, esteem, honor

Sinònims

disregard

neglect

small

little

insult

despise

disdain

trifling

thin

insignificant

contempt

scorn

light

ignore

slim

look down upon

slender

minor

trivial

fragile

affront

petty

disrespect

delicate

unimportant

tiny

frail

belittle

disparage

weak

gentle

tenuous

flimsy

snub

feeble

contemn

avoid

humiliate

subtle

eschew

easy

alienate

faint

paltry

shun

mild

underestimate

negligible

svelte

hold in contempt

Traduccions

geringfügig

scarso

leggero

affront

unbedeutend

insignificante

léger

leve

Geringfügigkeit

ελαφρός

schwach

ασήμαντος

Verachtung

unwichtig

klein

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/slaɪt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: slight

Heretat de anglès antic: sliht

Cognat amb anglès: slick

Cognat amb escocès: slicht

Cognat amb frisó occidental: sljocht

Cognat amb neerlandès: slecht

Cognat amb baix alemany: slecht

Cognat amb alemany: schlecht

Cognat amb danès: slet

Cognat amb suec: slät

Cognat amb noruec: slett

Cognat amb islandès: sléttur

In summary

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Swedish slät (“smooth”), Norwegian slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).