little

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Small in size.
2. Small in size.
3. Insignificant, trivial.
4. (offensive) Insignificant, trivial.
5. Very young, of childhood age.
6. Younger.
7. (capitalized, often) 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. (capitalized, derogatory, often) 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. (capitalized, often) 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. (singular, uncountable) A small amount.
2. (countable, informal) A child, particularly an infant.
3. (countable) An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
4. (countable) An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
5. (countable) An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”).

Concepts

petit

peu

un peu

peu de

petite

faible

minime

jeune

court

moins

cadet

infime

insuffisant

petite quantité

dérisoire

d’une certaine façon

exigu

fleurette

guère

pauvre petit

petite taille

à peine

pauvre petite

cadette

insignifiant

menu

Mickey Mouse

minuscule

morceau

peu nombreux

poisson

🐟

presque

seulement

table

tatasse

tout petit

trivial

Opposé de

big

Synonymes

small

few

🤏

tiny

slight

bit

slightly

short

some

young

diminutive

insignificant

minute

a little

not much

small quantity

somewhat

not many

trivial

less

scanty

petty

paltry

wee

trifling

minor

limited

meagre

light

a bit

low

a little bit

scarce

piddling

petite

unimportant

negligible

narrow

fine

poor

not large

nickel-and-dime

minuscule

miniature

niggling

footling

mean

rare

scant

pygmy

humble

Traductions

poco

pequeño

klein

wenig

piccolo

poco

klein

pequeno

μικρός

chico

petit

weinig

parvus

pouco

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlɪtl̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: litel

Hérité de ancien anglais: lyttel

Appartenant à néerlandais: luttel

Appartenant à allemand: lütt

Appartenant à saterlandais: litje

Appartenant à frison occidental: lyts

Appartenant à bas-allemand: lütt

Appartenant à ancien anglais: lūtan

Appartenant à ancien anglais: lytiġ

Appartenant à gotique: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃

Appartenant à islandais: lítill

Appartenant à féroïen: lítil

Appartenant à suédois: liten

Appartenant à danois: liden

Appartenant à gotique: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃

In summary

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”); 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

But you were a little girl .

Mais tu étais une petite fille.

There was very little talking .

Il y avait très peu de discussions.

Fly by night and you waste little time .

Volez la nuit et vous perdez peu de temps.

It seemed such a little thing , so bright and small and still .

Cela semblait si petit, si brillant et petit et encore.

I found a little crowd of about twenty people surrounding the huge hole .

J'ai trouvé une petite foule d'une vingtaine de personnes entourant l'énorme trou.

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.