little

Signification

Adj

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.

Adv

1. Not much.
2. Not at all.

Det

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

Pron

Not much; not a large amount.

Noun

1. A small amount.
2. (informal) A child, particularly an infant.
3. An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
4. An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
5. An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
6. Short for little go (“type of examination”).

Coupé comme

lit‧tle

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlɪtl̩/

Étymologie

From Middle English litel, from Old English lyttel, lȳtel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil, from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz (“tending to stoop, crouched, little”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to bend, bent, small”), equivalent to lout + -le. Cognate with Dutch luttel, regional German lütt and lützel, Saterland Frisian litje, West Frisian lyts, Low German lütt, lüttje. Related also to Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend low”); and perhaps to Old English lytiġ (“deceitful”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃 (liuts, “deceitful”), 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lutjan, “to deceive”); compare also Icelandic lítill (“little”), Faroese lítil, Swedish liten, Danish liden, lille, Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (leitils), which appear to have a different root vowel. More at lout.

Phrases

Fly by night and you waste little time .

Volez la nuit et vous perdez peu de temps.

Give them a little third degree .

Donnez-leur un petit troisième degré.

One can imagine these two , covered with sand , running up the little street in the bright sunlight .

On peut imaginer ces deux, recouverts de sable, coulant dans la petite rue au soleil brillant.

They took little food and slept at their oars .

Ils ont pris peu de nourriture et ont dormi à leurs rames.

I'm feeling a little tipsy .

Je me sens un peu issue.

Passive recreation typically requires little management and can be provided at very low costs .

Les loisirs passifs nécessitent généralement peu de gestion et peuvent être fournis à des coûts très bas.

Great braggers , little doers .

Grands vantors, petits faits.

According to Victor Vassiliev, Arnold worked comparatively little on topology for topology's sake .

Selon Victor Vassiliev, Arnold a travaillé relativement peu sur la topologie pour la topologie.