peu

Meaning

Concepts

few
🤏
little
bit
spot
a little

a little bit

some

small quantity

small
inadequate
paltry
pinch
powerlessly

not much

moment

not very

number
🔢
piece
pip
preferably
quantifier
rather
routine
scrap
second
2nd
slenderly
slightly
slimly
slur
smear
smirch
smudge
somewhat
sooner
sparsely
too much
turn
weakly
while

not many

a bit

a large number of

act

a little while

at all
be
blot
chip
daub
flake
Synonyms

point
A1
un peu
légèrement
C1
assez
A1
dérisoire
31k
bit
25k

pas beaucoup

faiblement
35k
morceau
B1
fragment
C2
acte
B1
petit
A1
insuffisamment

petit morceau

insuffisant
C2

plutôt

presque
A1
puce
B1
quelques
A1
rare
B2
second
B1
2nd
seconde
A2
tache
C1
tacher
38k
terrain
B1
texte
B2
trop
A1
vite
A1
volontiers
C1
démolition
C2
du tout

petit peu

peu de temps

routine
B2
spot
C2

déchirage

part
A1

second|seconde

à peine

bribe

copeau
éclat
C1
instant
A1
loi
A2
médiocrement
minute
A1
moment
A1
nombre
B1
🔢
numéro
A1
🔢

peu de

Translations

wenig
poco
poco
pouco
weinig
poc
az
🤏
poucos
beetje
mica
pochi

λίγος

ein bisschen

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pø/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French
poi
Inherited from Latin
Latin
paucus
Cognate with Catalan
Catalan
poc
Cognate with Italian
Italian
poco
Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
pouco
Cognate with Spanish
Spanish
poco
Cognate with English
English
few
In summary

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.

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