little

Senso (Inglese)

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”).

Concetti

piccolo

poco

un po’

breve

un poco

corto

piccola

minuscolo

scarso

qualcosa

insignificante

limitato

meschino

minore

basso

giovane

pochi

piccino

piuttosto

minuto

bambino

🧒

alquanto

cadetto

di poco conto

insufficiente

meno

minimo

pesciolino

pìcculu

tavolino

leggero

un pò

fiorellino

esiguo

piccola quantità

pochino

poca quantità

… etto

… ino

po’

ciùcu

Opposto di

big

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

petit

poco

pequeño

klein

wenig

peu

klein

pequeno

μικρός

chico

petit

weinig

parvus

pouco

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈlɪtl̩/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: litel

Ereditato da inglese antico: lyttel

Affine olandese: luttel

Affine tedesco: lütt

Affine saterfriesisch: litje

Affine frisone occidentale: lyts

Affine basso tedesco: lütt

Affine inglese antico: lūtan

Affine inglese antico: lytiġ

Affine gotico: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃

Affine islandese: lítill

Affine faroese: lítil

Affine svedese: liten

Affine danese: liden

Affine gotico: 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.

Frasi

But you were a little girl .

Ma eri una bambina.

There was very little talking .

Si parlava molto poco.

Fly by night and you waste little time .

Vola di notte e perdi poco tempo.

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

Sembrava una cosa così piccola, così luminosa, piccola e immobile.

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

Ho trovato una piccola folla di circa venti persone che circondavano l'enorme buco.

One can imagine these two , covered with sand , running up the little street in the bright sunlight .

Si può immaginare questi due, coperti di sabbia, correndo lungo la piccola strada alla luce del sole.