smidgen

Anlam (İngilizce)

1. (informal) Chiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.
2. (broadly, informal) Chiefly in the form a smidgen of a: a very small or insignificant person or thing; also, an instance of such a person or thing.

Kavramlar

bir nebze

bir parça

Eş anlamlılar

smidgin

smidge

iota

scintilla

shred

smidgeon

tad

tittle

whit

trace

trifle

dash

💨

soupcon

speck

spot

bit

grain

tiny bit

modicum

particle

particulate

pinch

tiny amount

Çeviriler

chouïa

Quentchen

Quäntchen

insignifiant

petit

iota

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir

/ˈsmɪd͡ʒən/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

Middle Low German ile aynı kökten türemiştir: smudde

Ortaçağ Yüksek Almancası ile aynı kökten türemiştir: smotzen

In summary

Origin uncertain; possibly from smitch (“(originally Scotland, chiefly US) very small amount or quantity”) + possibly -in (a variant of -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting things considered collectively)). Smitch is possibly:
* derived from smitch (“smoke from a burning or smouldering thing; spot of dirt; blemish; dirt, grime”), a variant of smeech (“(southwest England) (dense or pungent) smoke; airborne dust”), from Middle English smeche, smek, smiche (“smoke from a burning or smouldering thing; cloud of smoke; fumes, vapour; smell”), from Old English smēc, smīc (“smoke; steam; vapour”), from Proto-West Germanic *smauki (“smoke”), related to Proto-Germanic *smeukaną (“to fume, smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *smewgʰ- (“smoke”); or
* borrowed from Scots smitch (“smudge, stain; blemish; very small amount, speck, trace; small insignificant person”), possibly a variant of English smutch (“dirty mark, smudge, stain; dirt, grime; slight indication”) (probably related to smudge, ultimate etymology unknown) and influenced by English smit (“(UK, dialectal) a stain”).