"à moins" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Français]

IPA: \a mwɛ̃\
  1. Pour moins que cela, pour une moindre cause.
    Sense id: fr-à_moins-fr-adv-7qeyZ3p3 Categories (other): Exemples en français
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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    },
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      "orig": "français",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "À en français",
      "orig": "à en français",
      "parents": [],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de à et de moins."
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Stendhal, Lucien Leuwen, 1834",
          "text": "Ah ! diable, mon jeune ami, comme disent les pères nobles, vous êtes étonné ?\n— On le serait à moins, répond souvent le jeune premier, dit Leuwen. Je croyais que les jésuites seuls et la Restauration…"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Eugène Labiche, Doit-on le dire ?, 1872",
          "text": "Le Marquis.– Vous paraissez contrarié…\nMuserolle.– On le serait à moins !"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pour moins que cela, pour une moindre cause."
      ],
      "id": "fr-à_moins-fr-adv-7qeyZ3p3"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\a mwɛ̃\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "à moins"
}
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    "Compositions en français",
    "Locutions adverbiales en français",
    "français",
    "à en français"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de à et de moins."
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Stendhal, Lucien Leuwen, 1834",
          "text": "Ah ! diable, mon jeune ami, comme disent les pères nobles, vous êtes étonné ?\n— On le serait à moins, répond souvent le jeune premier, dit Leuwen. Je croyais que les jésuites seuls et la Restauration…"
        },
        {
          "ref": "Eugène Labiche, Doit-on le dire ?, 1872",
          "text": "Le Marquis.– Vous paraissez contrarié…\nMuserolle.– On le serait à moins !"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pour moins que cela, pour une moindre cause."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\a mwɛ̃\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "à moins"
}

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