"smallness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: smallnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English smalnesse; equivalent to small + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smalnesse}} Middle English smalnesse, {{suffix|en|small|ness}} small + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} smallness (countable and uncountable, plural smallnesses)
  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being small. Tags: uncountable Translations (state of being small): μικρότης (mikrótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), صِغَر (ṣiḡar) [masculine] (Arabic), eteco (Esperanto), petitesse [feminine] (French), Kleinheit [feminine] (German), smæð [feminine] (Icelandic), mikreso (Ido), peenys (Ingrian), laghad [masculine] (Irish), piccolezza [feminine] (Italian), parvitās [feminine] (Latin), małość [feminine] (Polish), micime [feminine] (Romanian), ма́лость (málostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ме́лкость (mélkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), pequeñez [feminine] (Spanish), menudencia [feminine] (Spanish), küçüklük (Turkish), ubuncane [class-14] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-smallness-en-noun-vFm3QqbK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'state of being small': 76 24
  2. (countable) The result or product of being small. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-smallness-en-noun-MD5n~ElP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smallnesse [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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