"peu à peu" meaning in Français

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Adverb

IPA: \pø a pø\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-peu à peu.wav
  1. En avançant lentement, progressivement, par un progrès presque imperceptible.
    Sense id: fr-peu_à_peu-fr-adv-LvcvuQDh Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: petit à petit Translations: allmählich (Allemand), langsam (Allemand), nach und nach (Allemand), peu à peu (Allemand), little by little (Anglais), bit by bit (Anglais), piecemeal (Anglais), شَيْئًا فَشَيْئًا (Arabe), a-nebeudoù (Breton), tamm-ha-tamm (Breton), de mica en mica (Catalan), a poc a poc (Catalan), poco a poco (Espagnol), iom post iom (Espéranto), a châ pou (Francoprovençal), graenuch a graenaylh (Gallo), poco a poco (Italien), adre (Kotava), paulatim (Latin), pauc a pauc (Occitan), pauc a cha pauc (Occitan), a cha pauc (Occitan), chiquet a chiquet (Occitan), pouco a pouco (Portugais), veahážiid (Same du Nord), dađistaga (Same du Nord), dađis (Same du Nord), mieđaid mieđaid (Same du Nord), mireres'ol (Solrésol), så småningom (Suédois), pö om pö (Suédois), azar azar (Turc)
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