less

Signification (Anglais)

1. comparative degree of little
2. Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives and adverbs.
3. To a smaller extent or degree.

moins

moins de

moins que

déduction faite de

d’autre part

strictement inférieur

in the middle

to a lesser extent

still more

the least

very little

-less

lessened by subtraction

the slightest

exclusive of

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lɛs/

Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”). Determiner and preposition from Middle English lees, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣssa (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisizan-, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”) (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian lessa (“less”). Verb from Middle English lessen, from the determiner. Noun from Middle English lesse, from the determiner.

Nouveau

little

1. Small in size.
2. Small in size.
3. Insignificant, trivial.
4. Insignificant, trivial.
5. Very young, of childhood age.
6. Younger.
7. Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
8. Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
9. Having few members.
10. Operating on a small scale.
11. Short in duration; brief.
12. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow, shallow, contracted; mean, illiberal, ungenerous.

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He
👨

looked around at the empty plaza again
🔁

, feeling less desperate than before .

Il regarda à nouveau la place vide, se sentant moins désespérée qu'auparavant.

As a result , the relationship became much less important strategically speaking
🗣️

.

En conséquence, la relation est devenue beaucoup moins importante stratégiquement parlant.

Less often , longer works are referred to as novellas .

Moins souvent, les travaux plus longs sont appelés romans.

In Britain it

flowers less profusely and even has a

reputation for being tender .

En Grande-Bretagne, il fleurit moins abondamment et a même la réputation d'être tendre.

This tension together with some minor injuries made Souness less keen to keep him .

Cette tension ainsi que quelques blessures mineures ont rendu la Souness moins désireuse de le garder.

It

is generally less error-prone than using the built-in " switch to " command .

Il est généralement moins sujet aux erreurs que d'utiliser la commande "Switch en" intégrée ".

High-efficiency detectors produce spectra in less time
⌚

than low-efficiency detectors .

Les détecteurs à haute efficacité produisent des spectres en moins de temps que les détecteurs à faible efficacité.

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