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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Determiner 1.5.1 Translations 1.5.2 Usage notes 1.6 Related terms

[ English

[ Etymology

Old English lȳtel, from West Germanic *lutila-. Cognate with Dutch luttel, dialectal German lützel.

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪtl̩/, SAMPA: /"lItl=/
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• Hyphenation: lit·tle
• Rhymes: -ɪtəl

[ Adjective

little (comparative less, lesser or littler, superlative least or littlest)

1. small

   This is a little table.

   It's of little importance.

2. (of a sibling) younger

   This is my little sister.

[ Antonyms

• large, big

[ Translations

small

Aragonese: chicote Chinese: 小 (xiǎo) Crimean Tatar: kiçik, kiçkene Czech: malý cs(cs) Danish: lille da(da) Dutch: klein nl(nl) Finnish: pieni fi(fi) French: petit fr(fr) German: klein de(de) wenig de(de)

Greek: μικρός el(el) (mikrós), λίγος el(el) Hungarian: kicsi hu(hu), kis hu(hu) Italian: piccolo it(it) Kurdish: Sorani: بچووک ku(ku) (bichook), بچکۆله‌ ku(ku) (bichkola) Sanskrit: अल्प sa(sa) (álpa) Spanish: pequeño es(es) Swedish: liten sv(sv)

(of a sibling) younger

Czech: malý cs(cs) Danish: lille da(da) Dutch: jongere nl(nl), klein nl(nl) Finnish: pikku- fi(fi) French: cadet fr(fr) German: klein de(de)

Greek: μικρός el(el) (mikrós) Hungarian: kis, younger brother: öcs, younger sister: húg Italian: piccolo it(it) Kurdish: Sorani: بچووک ku(ku) (bichook), بچکۆله‌ ku(ku) (bichkola) Swedish: yngre, lille-

[ Adverb

little (comparative less, superlative least)

1. Not much.

   This is a little known fact.

   She spoke little and listened less.

[ Antonyms

• much

[ Translations

not much

Armenian: որոշ բան (vorosh ban) Czech: málo cs(cs) Dutch: een beetje Finnish: vähän fi(fi) French: peu de fr(fr) German: wenig de(de) Greek: λίγο el(el) Gujarati: થોડું Hebrew: קצת he(he), מעט he(he)

Hungarian: keveset hu(hu), kevéssé hu(hu) Ido: poka Indonesian: sedikit id(id) Italian: poco it(it) Kurdish: Sorani: که‌م ku(ku) (kam) Old English: lyt ang(ang) Romanian: puţin ro(ro) Spanish: poco es(es)

[ Determiner

little (comparative less, superlative least)

1. A small amount

   There is little water left.

[ Translations

small amount

Finnish: hieman fi(fi), vähän fi(fi) German: wenig de(de)

Kurdish: Sorani: نه‌ختێ ku(ku) (nakhtae), که‌م ku(ku) (kam)

[ Usage notes

• Little is used with uncountable nouns. Few is used with plural countable nouns.

[ Related terms

• a little
• little by little