less

Senso (Inglese)

Adv

1. (comparative, diminutive, form-of) comparative degree of little
2. (comparative, diminutive) Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives and adverbs.
3. (comparative, diminutive) To a smaller extent or degree.

Det

1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of little: more little; of inferior size, degree or extent; smaller, lesser.
2. A smaller amount of; not as much.
3. (nonstandard, proscribed) Fewer; a smaller number of.

Prep

Minus; not including

Verb

To make less; to lessen.

Adj

Lesser; smaller.

Noun

A smaller amount or quantity.

Conj

unless

Verb

Alternative form of let's.

little

• Adj
• Adv
• Det
• Pron
• Noun

Per saperne di più

Concetti

meno

minore

senza

più giovane

Opposto di

greater

sinonimi

fewer

below

smaller

little

lesser

few

🤏

minus

without

younger

more

minor

least

inadequate

in the middle

small

decrease

under

reduce

to a lesser extent

inferior

still

still more

tenuous

weal

yet

youngest

the least

very little

-less

lessened by subtraction

a few

🤏

the slightest

after

beneath

decayed

decreased

deficient

either

except

exclusive of

further

furthermore

greater

lack

less than

lower

much less

scant

scanty

short

Traduzioni

weniger

menos

moins

minder

menos

menys

menor

kleiner

min

moins de

abzüglich

sin

weniger als

moins que

daha az

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/lɛs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: les

Ereditato da inglese antico: lǣs

Affine Old Frisian: lēs

Affine Old Saxon: lēs

Affine lituano: liesas

Ereditato da inglese medio: lees

Ereditato da inglese antico: lǣssa

Affine Old Frisian: lessa

Ereditato da inglese medio: lessen

Ereditato da inglese medio: lesse

In summary

Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”), Old Saxon lēs (“less”). According to Kroonen (2013), from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, which he connects to Lithuanian liesas (“lean”).
Determiner and preposition from Middle English lees, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣssa (“less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisizan-, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”) (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian lessa (“less”).
Verb from Middle English lessen, from the determiner.
Noun from Middle English lesse, from the determiner.

Frasi

He looked around at the empty plaza again , feeling less desperate than before .

Si guardò di nuovo intorno alla piazza vuota, sentendosi meno disperato di prima.

Less often , longer works are referred to as novellas .

Meno spesso, le opere più lunghe sono indicate come novelle.

In Britain it flowers less profusely and even has a reputation for being tender .

In Gran Bretagna fiorisce meno abbondantemente e ha persino la reputazione di essere tenero.

This tension together with some minor injuries made Souness less keen to keep him .

Questa tensione insieme ad alcune lesioni lievi ha reso la SOUNESS meno desiderosa di tenerlo.

It is generally less error-prone than using the built-in " switch to " command .

È generalmente meno soggetto a errori rispetto all'utilizzo del comando "switch to" integrato.

High-efficiency detectors produce spectra in less time than low-efficiency detectors .

I rilevatori ad alta efficienza producono spettri in meno tempo rispetto ai rilevatori a bassa efficienza.