paltry

Significat (Anglès)

1. Trashy, trivial, of little value.
2. Of little monetary worth.
3. Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.

Conceptes

magre

parc

🏞️

pobre

miserable

sobri

insignificant

mesquí

mediocre

Sinònims

trivial

trifling

petty

insignificant

worthless

negligible

little

unimportant

slight

miserable

piddling

minor

niggling

inconsiderable

inadequate

poor

measly

small

despicable

immaterial

unimposing

unimpressive

uninfluential

nickel-and-dime

inconsequential

potty

small-time

pitiful

peddling

contemptible

tiny

nugatory

lowly

low-level

footling

lousy

fiddling

chintzy

limited

lightweight

exiguous

lean

invalid

dirty

cheap

baseborn

nonessential

null and void

only

no good

🙅

Traduccions

dérisoire

misérable

pauvre

miserable

dürftig

piètre

pobre

mesquin

insuffisant

insignificante

irrisorio

erbärmlich

peu

négligeable

karg

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpɑltɹi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb baix alemany: palterig

Cognat amb alemany: palterig

Cognat amb baix alemany: palte

Cognat amb frisó occidental: palt

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Palte

Cognat amb alemany: Palter

Cognat amb danès: pjalt

Cognat amb suec: palta

In summary

From Middle Low German paltrig (“ragged, rubbishy, worthless”), from palter, palte (“cloth, rag, shred”), from Old Saxon *paltro, *palto (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *paltrô, *paltô (“scrap, rag, patch”). Of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *polto- (“cloth”), see also Proto-Slavic *poltьno (“linen”).
Cognate with Low German palterig (“ragged, torn”), dialectal German palterig (“paltry”). Compare also Low German palte (“rag”), West Frisian palt (“rag”), Saterland Frisian Palte (“strip; band; tape”), dialectal German Palter (“rag”), Danish pjalt (“rag, tatter”), Swedish palta (“rag”). See also palterly and pelting.