peu

Inherited from Old French poi, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic *paukos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few”, “little”). Compare Catalan poc, Italian poco, Portuguese pouco, Spanish poco. Cognate with English few.

Cognate with Catalan

poc

Cognate with Portuguese

pouco

Cognate with Spanish

poco

Cognate with English

few

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Sentences

Oui , un peu , merci .

Yes, a little, thank you.

Moins que peu , presque rien .

Less than a little, almost nothing.

Dany quitte alors la politique pour peu de temps
⌚

.

Dany then leaves politics for a short time.

En conséquence , il
👨

se vendit peu .

As a result, it sold little.

Il
👨

connaît peu son
🔉

père
👨‍👦

, qui est séparé de Bolonia.

He knows little about his father, who is separated from Bolonia.

Or

, ces formules y

sont peu applicables .

However, these formulas are not very applicable.

Wattie et Broome quittent peu après le groupe .

Wattie and Broome leave shortly after the group.

À

ce moment , il
👨

a

peu d'organisation économique ou politique centralisée sur
🔛

le territoire .

At this time, it has little centralized economic or political organization on the territory.

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/pø/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin

paucus