paucity

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) Fewness in number; too few.
2. (countable, uncountable) A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.

Concepts

pénurie

manque

rareté

maigreur

indigence

urgence

carence

paucité

disette

insuffisance

Synonymes

scarcity

dearth

insufficiency

fewness

poverty

poorness

lack

scantiness

shortage

inadequacy

pittance

scantness

shortness

smallness

sparseness

stringency

tenuity

touch

want

not many

microcontent

microdosis

microscale

little quantity

absence

microdosage

defect

deficiency

deprivation

exiguity

few

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leanness

littleness

meagerness

minority

Traductions

Knappheit

yetersizlik

Mangel

escassez

azlık

scarsità

kıtlık

poquedad

ελαχιστότητα

gering aantal

escasez

ανεπάρκεια

έλλειψη

ضئال

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɒs.ɪ.ti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: paucete

In summary

From Middle English paucete, paucite, paucyte, partly from Middle French paucité and partly from its etymon, Latin paucitās (“a small number, fewness, scarcity”), from paucus (“few, little”). Related to few.