"exiguous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪɡˈzɪ.ɡju.əs/, /ɛɡˈzɪ.ɡju.əs/ Audio: en-us-exiguous.ogg Forms: more exiguous [comparative], most exiguous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪɡjuəs Etymology: From Latin exiguus (“strict, exact”), from exigere (“to measure against a standard”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|exiguus||strict, exact}} Latin exiguus (“strict, exact”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} exiguous (comparative more exiguous, superlative most exiguous)
  1. scanty; meager Derived forms: exiguate, exiguity, exiguously, exiguousness, unexiguous Related terms: exigency Translations (extremely scanty): оскъден (oskǎden) (Bulgarian), незначителен (neznačitelen) (Bulgarian), exigu (Catalan), exigu (French), esiguo [masculine] (Italian), ごく僅かの(ごくわずかの (Japanese), goku wazuka no) (Japanese), qaştîk (Northern Kurdish), zeîfok (Northern Kurdish), hestî (Northern Kurdish), exíguo [masculine] (Portuguese), exígua [feminine] (Portuguese), ску́дный (skúdnyj) [masculine] (Russian), ску́дная (skúdnaja) [feminine] (Russian), ску́дное (skúdnoje) [neuter] (Russian), exiguo (Spanish), незначний (neznačnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), малий (malyj) (alt: дуже) [masculine] (Ukrainian), мізерний (mizernyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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