meager

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (Canada, US, common) Having little flesh; lean; thin.
2. (Canada, US, common) Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
3. (Canada, US, common) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
4. (Canada, US, common) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).

Verb

To make lean.

Concepten

mager

schraal

sprietig

schamel

belabberd

🤢

ellendig

schunnig

stumperig

miserabel

zielig

☹️

beklagenswaardig

karig

erbarmelijk

straatarm

vrekkig

arm

onvoldoende

armelijk

armoedig

dun

gierig

hebzuchtig

inhalig

miniem

pinnig

schaars

schraperig

schriel

spichtig

Tegenovergesteld aan

dense

Synoniemen

meagre

lean

thin

poor

skinny

scanty

meagre

gaunt

wretched

skimpy

dismal

miserable

abject

scarce

scant

limited

exiguous

insufficient

sparse

stingy

few

🤏

pitiful

spare

scrawny

unenviable

forlorn

measly

little

mean

lacking

meagerly

half-empty

lank

squalid

scrimpy

incomplete

slender

slab sided

coarse food

lean diet

austere fare

avaricious

bare

bony

deficient

destitute

greedy

impoverished

in short supply

insubstantial

Vertalingen

maigre

pauvre

magro

mager

magro

yetersiz

escasso

misero

dürftig

ισχνός

misérable

miserável

elend

knapp

karg

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈmiɡɚ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: megre

Verwant aan Oudengels: mæġer

Verwant aan Fries: meager

Verwant aan Nederlands: mager

Verwant aan Duits: mager

Verwant aan IJslands: magr

Verwant aan IJslands: magur

Verwant aan Noors - Bokmål: mager

Verwant aan Deens: mager

In summary

From Middle English megre, from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Akin, through the Indo-European root, to Old English mæġer (“meager, lean”), West Frisian meager (“meager”), Dutch mager (“meager”), German mager, Icelandic magr whence the Icelandic magur,
Norwegian Bokmål mager and Danish mager. Doublet of maigre.