few

Senso (Inglese)

Det

1. An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
2. Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.
3. Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky.
4. (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.

Pron

Few people, few things.

Concetti

pochi

poco

alcuni

un po’

raro

poca

qualche

🤏

alquanti

la crema

minimo

poche

pocu

poco

corto

limitato

magro

meno

piccolo

qualcosa

insufficiente

sinonimi

little

some

several

small

not many

scarce

scanty

a little

sparse

rare

scant

bit

a little bit

less

not much

poor

small quantity

in short supply

thin

tiny

small amount

minority

meager

a bit

uncommon

meagre

limited

any

gaunt

trifling

many

couple

👫

tenuous

slight

a few

🤏

skimpy

seldom

lack

jot

insignificant

precious

short

infrequent

dispersed

indistinct

inadequate

dietetic

idle

humiliated

nothing much

Traduzioni

peu

poco

wenig

weinig

pocos

pouco

poc

az

🤏

wenige

quelques

poucos

algunos

λίγοι

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/fjuː/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: fewe

Ereditato da inglese antico: fēaw

Affine Old Saxon: fā

Affine tedesco antico alto: fao

Affine norse antico: fár

Affine gotico: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃

Affine latino: paucus

In summary

From Middle English fewe, from Old English fēaw (“few”), from Proto-West Germanic *fau, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz (“few”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”).
Cognate with Old Saxon fā (“few”), Old High German fao, fō (“few, little”), Old Norse fár (“few”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”). Also related with Latin paucus (“little, few”) and pauper (“poor”), from which latter English poor and pauper; see these.

Frasi

Have many acquaintances , but few friends .

Avere molti conoscenti, ma pochi amici.

In those days , very few of the people had any idea about astronomy .

A quei tempi, pochissime persone avevano idea dell'astronomia.

The driver died the following day , and the stoker a few days after that .

L'autista morì il giorno seguente e lo stoker pochi giorni dopo.

We got few vegetables and fruits , and became fish eaters .

Abbiamo avuto poche verdure e frutta e siamo diventati mangiatori di pesce.

Wright , Mike Payne , Mary Holt and Ken Hawkins to name a few .

Wright, Mike Payne, Mary Holt e Ken Hawkins per citarne alcuni.

There are only a few episodes that do not contain a summation .

Ci sono solo pochi episodi che non contengono una somma.