slight

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Minor; small in amount
2. Minor; small in amount
3. Minor; small in amount
4. (archaic, rare) Minor; small in amount
5. Of slender build.
6. (regional) Even, smooth or level.
7. (especially) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
8. (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
9. (obsolete, regional) Bad, of poor quality.
10. (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.

Verb

1. (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
2. (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
3. (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
4. (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.
5. (transitive) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To make even or level.
7. (transitive) To throw heedlessly.

Noun

1. The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
2. (obsolete) Sleight.

Concepts

affront

léger

insignifiant

négliger

faible

petit

modique

menu

insulte

maigre

mépris

mépriser

😡

mince

minime

offense

offenser

outrage

surpasser

svelte

ténu

un peu

se préserver de

sacrifié

bénin

dédain

dépasser

endurer

éviter

ignorer

injurier

Opposé de

respect, value, esteem, honor

Synonymes

disregard

neglect

small

little

insult

despise

disdain

trifling

thin

insignificant

contempt

scorn

light

ignore

slim

look down upon

slender

minor

trivial

fragile

affront

petty

disrespect

delicate

unimportant

tiny

frail

belittle

disparage

weak

gentle

tenuous

flimsy

snub

feeble

contemn

avoid

humiliate

subtle

eschew

easy

alienate

faint

paltry

shun

mild

underestimate

negligible

svelte

hold in contempt

Traductions

geringfügig

leggero

scarso

Geringfügigkeit

unbedeutend

insignificante

leve

ελαφρός

Kränkung

Verachtung

ασήμαντος

schwach

dünn

unwichtig

gering

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/slaɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: slight

Hérité de ancien anglais: sliht

Appartenant à anglais: slick

Appartenant à écossais: slicht

Appartenant à frison occidental: sljocht

Appartenant à néerlandais: slecht

Appartenant à bas-allemand: slecht

Appartenant à allemand: schlecht

Appartenant à danois: slet

Appartenant à suédois: slät

Appartenant à norvégien: slett

Appartenant à islandais: sléttur

In summary

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Swedish slät (“smooth”), Norwegian slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).