Little – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
little
adv.
not at all; slightly
adj.
small, tiny; young; few, not many; not much, sparse; some; short, brief; petty; unimportant, minor
n.
few; small amount; short distance; short period of time
Little
Little is a
surname in the
English language. The name is ultimately derived from the
Middle English littel, and the
Old English lȳtel, which mean "little". In some cases the name was originally a
nickname for a little man. In other cases, the name was used to distinguish the younger of two bearers of the same
personal name. Early records of the name include:
Litle, in 972;
Litle, in about 1095; and
le Lytle, in 1296. The surname has absorbed several non English-language surnames. For example,
Little is sometimes a translation of the
Irish Ó Beagáin, meaning "descendant of
Beagán".
Little can also be a translation of the
French Petit and
Lepetit, as well as other surnames in various languages with the same meaning ("little"), especially the German name Klein during World War II.
little
Noun
1. a small amount or duration; "he accepted the little they gave him"
(hypernym) small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Adjective
1. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"; "a small voice"
(synonym) small
(antonym) large, big
(similar) bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck
(attribute) size
2. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little hope remained"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "a little time is left"
(synonym) little(a)
(antonym) much(a)
(similar) small(a)
(see-also) less(a)
3. of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"
(synonym) brief
(similar) short
4. not fully grown; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
(synonym) small
(similar) young, immature
5. (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
(synonym) fiddling, footling, lilliputian, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
(similar) unimportant
(classification) colloquialism
6. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
(synonym) small
(similar) soft
7. younger brother or sister; "little brother"
(synonym) little(a), younger
(antonym) big(a), elder, older
8. lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
(synonym) minuscule, small
(similar) lowercase
9. small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context); "a nice little job"; "bless your little heart"; "my dear little mother"; "a sweet little deal"; "I'm tired of your petty little schemes"; "filthy little tricks"; "what a nasty little situation"
(similar) emotional
Adverb
1. not much; "he talked little about his family"
little
přísl.
málo; trochu
příd.jm.
malý; chvilku; kousek (jenom o trochu dál)
little
Przysł
mało; niewiele
Przym.
mały; młodszy; krótki
Rzecz.
mało co
