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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "many"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "a fair few"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "a few"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "a few clowns short of a circus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "a few fries short of a Happy Meal"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "a few roos loose in the top paddock"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "a few spanners short of a tool box"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "a good few"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "cover-few"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "few and far between"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "few cards short of a full deck"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "few cards shy of a full deck"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "few-flowered sedge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "few sandwiches short of a picnic"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "few-shot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "few-shot learning"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "have a few"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "have a few too many"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "in a few shakes"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "man of few words"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "pull a few strings"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "quite a few"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "some few"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "to name a few"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "woman of few words"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*peh₂w-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "fewe"
},
"expansion": "Middle English fewe",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "fēaw",
"t": "few"
},
"expansion": "Old English fēaw (“few”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*fau"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fau",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*fawaz",
"t": "few"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fawaz (“few”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*peh₂w-",
"4": "",
"5": "few, small"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "fā",
"3": "",
"4": "few"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon fā (“few”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "fao"
},
"expansion": "Old High German fao",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "fō",
"t": "few, little"
},
"expansion": "fō (“few, little”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "fár",
"t": "few"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse fár (“few”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃",
"t": "few"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "paucus",
"t": "little, few"
},
"expansion": "Latin paucus (“little, few”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pauper"
},
"expansion": "pauper",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "poor"
},
"expansion": "poor",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "poor"
},
"expansion": "poor",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English fewe, from Old English fēaw (“few”), from Proto-West Germanic *fau, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz (“few”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”).\nCognate with Old Saxon fā (“few”), Old High German fao, fō (“few, little”), Old Norse fár (“few”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”), Latin paucus (“little, few”) (whence English pauper, poor etc.). More at poor.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fewer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "less",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "fewest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "least",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"10": "least",
"2": "determiner",
"3": "comparative",
"4": "fewer",
"5": "or",
"6": "less",
"7": "superlative",
"8": "fewest",
"9": "or"
},
"expansion": "few (comparative fewer or less, superlative fewest or least)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "det",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "paucity"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "poor"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848",
"text": "No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street."
},
{
"text": "Quite a few people (=a significant number) were pleasantly surprised."
},
{
"text": "I think he's had a few drinks. [This usage is likely ironic.]"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An indefinite, but usually small, number of."
],
"id": "en-few-en-det-CsowLrRt",
"links": [
[
"indefinite",
"indefinite"
],
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"number",
"number"
]
],
"qualifier": "preceded by another determiner",
"raw_glosses": [
"(preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of."
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ab",
"lang": "Abkhaz",
"roman": "mačʼkʼ",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "маҷк"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ady",
"lang": "Adyghe",
"roman": "makʼɛ",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "макӏэ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pak"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "i fijë"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qalīl",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "قَلِيل"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔalīl",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "قليل"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šuwayya",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "شوية"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "galīl",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "قَليل"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šuwayya",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "شُوَيَّة"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿičʿ",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "քիչ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sakav",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "սակավ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "az"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ban",
"lang": "Balinese",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "kikit"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "əź",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "әҙ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "aź",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "аҙ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mála",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ма́ла"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njékalʹki",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "не́калькі"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njašmát",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "няшма́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njamnóha",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "нямно́га"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "kom",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "কম"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "málko",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ма́лко"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "nany:",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "နည်း"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poc"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poca"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "jiu",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "少"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǎo",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "少"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīxiē",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "一些"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "málo"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "trochu"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "jen pár"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "få"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "weinig"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "enkele"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "een paar"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "malmulta"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "vähe"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "vähesed"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "harva"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "muutama"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "jokunen"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "peu"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pôc"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "coṭa",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ცოტა"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "wenig"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "faus",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"raw_tags": [
"of λίγος (lígos)"
],
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "λίγοι"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "merikoí",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "μερικοί"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "olígos",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ὀλίγος"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "mbovy"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "kakaikahi"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "akhadím",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "אֲחָדִים"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kuch",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "कुछ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "alp",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "अल्प"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nyūn",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "न्यून"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "kevés"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "fáir"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "poka"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "sedikit"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "beag"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "beagán"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "úathad"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "terc"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ist",
"lang": "Istriot",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "puoco"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "poco"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"alt": "すこし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sukoshi",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "少し"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "kbd",
"lang": "Kabardian",
"roman": "maśʼɛ",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "мащӏэ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "аз"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "təc",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "តិច"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeokda",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "적다"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jogeum",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "조금"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kem",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "کەم"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "аз"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "nǭi",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ນ້ອຍ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "nazcik"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "kuri nakuri"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "drupeit"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "paucus"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "nedaudz"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "daži"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "nedaug"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "poo"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pu"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "málku",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ма́лку"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "sedikit"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "okotahi"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ruarua"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "toru toru"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "itiiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "kōtahitahi"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ngōuruuru"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ouou"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "mi",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "tokoiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "mi",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "tokoitiiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xeden",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "хэдэн"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "få"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "noen"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pauc"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "otk",
"lang": "Old Turkic",
"roman": "āz",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "𐰀𐰕"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "آز"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "poko"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "lëģ",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "لږ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kam",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "کم"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "andak",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "اندک"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "mało"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "niewiele"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poucos"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poucas"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pöc"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "puțin"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "puțini"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "puține"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pauc"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "used in plural",
"roman": "nemnógij",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "немно́гий"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "málo",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ма́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "néskolʹko",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "не́сколько"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "īṣat",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ईषत्"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "svalpa",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "स्वल्प"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "beagan"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "beag"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "corra"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "gd",
"english": "South Uist",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "deannan"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "мало"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "malo"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pocu"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sd",
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"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ٿورا"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "málo"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "zopár"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "niekoľko"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "malo"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "nekaj"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "mało"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "poco"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "sakedik"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "få"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "kam",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "кам"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "tly",
"lang": "Talysh",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "kam"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "roa-tar",
"lang": "Tarantino",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pìcche"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ttt",
"lang": "Tat",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "kəm"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "аз"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "koddi",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "కొద్ది"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "koladi",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "కొలది"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nɔ́ɔi",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "น้อย"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "totka"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "az"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "az"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "málo",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ма́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kílʹka",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "кі́лька"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nebaháto",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "небага́то"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kuch",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "کچھ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "kam",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "کم"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "oz"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "puòco"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "poco"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ít"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "gu-ti"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "di-to"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ychydig"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "yai",
"lang": "Yagnobi",
"roman": "kam",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "кам"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "veynik",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ווייניק"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "etlekhe",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "עטלעכע"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 25 1 3",
"code": "zea",
"lang": "Zealandic",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "weinig"
}
]
},
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{
"_dis": "2 39 24 22 11",
"kind": "other",
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},
{
"_dis": "2 44 27 23 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 39 26 26 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 37 13 13 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English indefinite pronouns",
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"Indefinite pro-forms",
"Pronouns",
"Pro-forms",
"Lemmas",
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},
{
"_dis": "6 42 23 21 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English positive polarity items",
"parents": [
"Positive polarity items",
"Terms by semantic function"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 42 19 17 20",
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 37 25 28 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
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{
"text": "There are very few people who understand quantum theory.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I was expecting a big crowd at the party, but very few people (=almost none) turned up."
}
],
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"Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of."
],
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[
"many",
"many"
]
],
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"(used alone) Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of."
],
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"used alone"
],
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"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qalīl",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "قَلِيل"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿičʿ",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "քիչ"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sakav",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "սակավ"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "málko",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "ма́лко"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "nany:",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "နည်း"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "small number",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "pocs"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "small number",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "poques"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǎo",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "少"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "少數"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǎoshù",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "少数"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "málo"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "několik"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "weinig"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "vähe"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "vähän"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "muutama"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "peu"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "olígos",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "ὀλίγος"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kam",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "कम"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "fár"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "segelintir"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "beag"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "beagán"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "pochi"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "wazuka",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "わずか"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"alt": "しょうすう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shōsū",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "少数"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ponmaan",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "ប៉ុន្មាន"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kem",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "کەم"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kemê",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "کەمێ"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "aliquot"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "málku",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "ма́лку"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "malkúmina",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "малку́мина"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 56 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "small number",
"word": "okotahi"
},
{
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"7": "superlative",
"8": "fewest",
"9": "or"
},
"expansion": "few (comparative fewer or less, superlative fewest or least)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "det",
"related": [
{
"word": "paucity"
},
{
"word": "poor"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848",
"text": "No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street."
},
{
"text": "Quite a few people (=a significant number) were pleasantly surprised."
},
{
"text": "I think he's had a few drinks. [This usage is likely ironic.]"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An indefinite, but usually small, number of."
],
"links": [
[
"indefinite",
"indefinite"
],
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"number",
"number"
]
],
"qualifier": "preceded by another determiner",
"raw_glosses": [
"(preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are very few people who understand quantum theory.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I was expecting a big crowd at the party, but very few people (=almost none) turned up."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of."
],
"links": [
[
"many",
"many"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(used alone) Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of."
],
"raw_tags": [
"used alone"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Meteorology"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness overnight.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "NOAA definition of the term \"few clouds\": An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, descriptive of a sky cover of 1/8 to 2/8. This is applied only when obscuring phenomena aloft are present--that is, not when obscuring phenomena are surface-based, such as fog."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky."
],
"links": [
[
"meteorology",
"meteorology"
],
[
"oktas",
"okta"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(meteorology, of clouds) Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of clouds"
],
"topics": [
"climatology",
"meteorology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Meteorology"
],
"glosses": [
"(US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated."
],
"links": [
[
"meteorology",
"meteorology"
],
[
"isolated",
"isolated"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(meteorology, of rainfall with regard to a location) (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of rainfall with regard to a location"
],
"topics": [
"climatology",
"meteorology",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fjuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/fɪu̯/"
},
{
"ipa": "[fjʉː]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[fjʉ͡u]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uː"
},
{
"homophone": "phew (phonemically)"
},
{
"audio": "En-uk-few.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/En-uk-few.ogg/En-uk-few.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/En-uk-few.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK):"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-few.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/En-us-few.ogg/En-us-few.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/En-us-few.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "see usage",
"word": "little"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ab",
"lang": "Abkhaz",
"roman": "mačʼkʼ",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "маҷк"
},
{
"code": "ady",
"lang": "Adyghe",
"roman": "makʼɛ",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "макӏэ"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pak"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "i fijë"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qalīl",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "قَلِيل"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔalīl",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "قليل"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šuwayya",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "شوية"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "galīl",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "قَليل"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šuwayya",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "شُوَيَّة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿičʿ",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "քիչ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sakav",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "սակավ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "az"
},
{
"code": "ban",
"lang": "Balinese",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "kikit"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "əź",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "әҙ"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "aź",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "аҙ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mála",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ма́ла"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njékalʹki",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "не́калькі"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njašmát",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "няшма́т"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njamnóha",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "нямно́га"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "kom",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "কম"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "málko",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ма́лко"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "nany:",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "နည်း"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poc"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poca"
},
{
"code": "cdo",
"lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
"roman": "jiu",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "少"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǎo",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "少"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīxiē",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "一些"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "málo"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "trochu"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "jen pár"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "få"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "weinig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "enkele"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "een paar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "malmulta"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "vähe"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "vähesed"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "harva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "muutama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "jokunen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "peu"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pôc"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "coṭa",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ცოტა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "wenig"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "faus",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"raw_tags": [
"of λίγος (lígos)"
],
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "λίγοι"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "merikoí",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "μερικοί"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "olígos",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ὀλίγος"
},
{
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "mbovy"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "kakaikahi"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "akhadím",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "אֲחָדִים"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kuch",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "कुछ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "alp",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "अल्प"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nyūn",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "न्यून"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "kevés"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "fáir"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "poka"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "sedikit"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "beag"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "beagán"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "úathad"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "terc"
},
{
"code": "ist",
"lang": "Istriot",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "puoco"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "poco"
},
{
"alt": "すこし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sukoshi",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "少し"
},
{
"code": "kbd",
"lang": "Kabardian",
"roman": "maśʼɛ",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "мащӏэ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "аз"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "təc",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "តិច"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeokda",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "적다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jogeum",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "조금"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kem",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "کەم"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "аз"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "nǭi",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ນ້ອຍ"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "nazcik"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "kuri nakuri"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "drupeit"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "paucus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "nedaudz"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "daži"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "nedaug"
},
{
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "poo"
},
{
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pu"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "málku",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ма́лку"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "sedikit"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "okotahi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ruarua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "toru toru"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "itiiti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "kōtahitahi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ngōuruuru"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ouou"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "refers only to people",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "tokoiti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "Refers only to people",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "tokoitiiti"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xeden",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "хэдэн"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "få"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "noen"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pauc"
},
{
"code": "otk",
"lang": "Old Turkic",
"roman": "āz",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "𐰀𐰕"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "az",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "آز"
},
{
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "poko"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "lëģ",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "لږ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kam",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "کم"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "andak",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "اندک"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "mało"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "niewiele"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poucos"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poucas"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pöc"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "puțin"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "puțini"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "puține"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "pauc"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "used in plural",
"roman": "nemnógij",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "немно́гий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "málo",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ма́ло"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "néskolʹko",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "не́сколько"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "īṣat",
"sense": "indefinite, usually small number",
"word": "ईषत्"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "svalpa",
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"code": "gd",
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "su",
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{
"code": "sv",
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"code": "tg",
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{
"code": "tly",
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{
"code": "roa-tar",
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"code": "ttt",
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"code": "tt",
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{
"code": "te",
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"word": "కొద్ది"
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{
"code": "te",
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"word": "కొలది"
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{
"code": "th",
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"word": "น้อย"
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{
"code": "txb",
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "ur",
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"code": "uz",
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"code": "vec",
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"code": "war",
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"code": "zea",
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"code": "ar",
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"word": "قَلِيل"
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"code": "hy",
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"word": "քիչ"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"code": "bg",
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{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
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"word": "နည်း"
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"code": "ca",
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "et",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "id",
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"code": "ga",
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qalīl",
"sense": "few people, few things",
"word": "قَلِيل"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "few people, few things",
"word": "harva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "few people, few things",
"word": "peu"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "few people, few things",
"word": "sedikit"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "refers only to people",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "few people, few things",
"word": "tokoitiiti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "refers only to people",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "few people, few things",
"word": "tokoiti"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "andak",
"sense": "few people, few things",
"word": "اندک"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "few people, few things",
"word": "sakedik"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "few people, few things",
"word": "få"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "few people, few things",
"word": "totka"
}
],
"word": "few"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/611",
"msg": "suspicious translation with ': ': {'lang': 'Finnish', 'code': 'fi', 'sense': 'meteorology: obscuring 1-2 eighths of the sky', 'word': 'selkeä (see: pilvisyys)'}",
"path": [
"few"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "determiner",
"title": "few",
"trace": ""
}
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