less

Signification (Anglais)

Adv

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

Det

1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of little: more little; of inferior size, degree or extent; smaller, lesser.
2. A smaller amount of; not as much.
3. (nonstandard, proscribed) Fewer; a smaller number of.

Prep

Minus; not including

Verb

To make less; to lessen.

Adj

Lesser; smaller.

Noun

A smaller amount or quantity.

Conj

unless

Verb

Alternative form of let's.

little

• Adj
• Adv
• Det
• Pron
• Noun

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Concepts

moins

moins de

moins que

plus

inférieur

déduction faite de

pratiquement

sans

d’autre part

davantage

strictement inférieur

encore

enfin

lie

mineur

moindre

Opposé de

greater

Synonymes

fewer

below

smaller

little

lesser

few

🤏

minus

without

younger

more

minor

least

inadequate

in the middle

small

decrease

under

reduce

to a lesser extent

inferior

still

still more

tenuous

weal

yet

youngest

the least

very little

-less

lessened by subtraction

a few

🤏

the slightest

after

beneath

decayed

decreased

deficient

either

except

exclusive of

further

furthermore

greater

lack

less than

lower

much less

scant

scanty

short

Traductions

meno

weniger

menos

minder

minore

menos

menys

menor

kleiner

min

sin

daha az

abzüglich

weniger als

ohne

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lɛs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: les

Hérité de ancien anglais: lǣs

Appartenant à Old Frisian: lēs

Appartenant à Old Saxon: lēs

Appartenant à lituanien: liesas

Hérité de moyen anglais: lees

Hérité de ancien anglais: lǣssa

Appartenant à Old Frisian: lessa

Hérité de moyen anglais: lessen

Hérité de moyen anglais: lesse

In summary

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.

Phrases

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.

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.