"fewness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fewnesses [plural]
Etymology: From few + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|few|ness}} few + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} fewness (usually uncountable, plural fewnesses)
  1. The state, quality, or condition of being few. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: fewness, paucity, scantiness Translations (state of being few): قِلَّة (qilla) [feminine] (Arabic), малобро́йност (malobrójnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), malmulteco (Esperanto), vähyys (Finnish), laghad [masculine] (Irish), paucitās [feminine] (Latin), pouquidade [feminine] (Portuguese), малочи́сленность (maločíslennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), fåtalighet [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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