little

Betekenis

Adj

1. Small in size.
2. Small in size.
3. Insignificant, trivial.
4. Insignificant, trivial.
5. Very young, of childhood age.
6. Younger.
7. 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. 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. 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. A small amount.
2. (informal) A child, particularly an infant.
3. An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
4. An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
5. An adult in a child-like role, or in the more junior of two paired roles.
6. Short for little go (“type of examination”).

Met koppelteken als

lit‧tle

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈlɪtl̩/

Etymologie

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”), 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lutjan, “to deceive”); 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.

Zinnen

Fly by night and you waste little time .

Vlieg 's nachts en je verspilt weinig tijd.

Give them a little third degree .

Geef ze een kleine derde graad.

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

Men kan zich deze twee voorstellen, bedekt met zand, de kleine straat in het felle zonlicht oprennen.

They took little food and slept at their oars .

Ze namen weinig eten en sliepen naar hun riemen.

I'm feeling a little tipsy .

Ik voel me een beetje aangeschoten.

Passive recreation typically requires little management and can be provided at very low costs .

Passieve recreatie vereist meestal weinig management en kan tegen zeer lage kosten worden verstrekt.

Great braggers , little doers .

Great Braggers, Little Doers.

According to Victor Vassiliev, Arnold worked comparatively little on topology for topology's sake .

Volgens Victor Vassiliev werkte Arnold relatief weinig aan de topologie omwille van de topologie.