See least in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"中英語 leste, lest, last < 古英語 lǣst (læsast, læsest, lærest の短縮) < ゲルマン祖語 *laisistaz"
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"[W]hen the context — unemotional statement of everyday facts — is taken into account, at a less price ought to be at a lower price, and a lesser prize ought to be a smaller prize.（1965, H. W. Fowler, Fowler’s Modern English Usage: Second Edition）\n:**（訳）日常の出来事を感情を交えず述べるという文脈の下では、「よりやすい価格で」はat a less priceではなくat a lower priceとすべきであるし、「より少額の賞金」はa lesser prizeではなく、a smaller prizeと表現すべきである。",
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37
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10,
15
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],
"glosses": [
"（\"little\"の最上級）最も少なく。最も小さく。他のどれよりも低い程度。"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "liːst"
},
{
"homophones": [
"leased"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "イタリア語",
"lang_code": "it",
"word": "meno"
},
{
"lang": "スペイン語",
"lang_code": "es",
"word": "menos"
},
{
"lang": "フィンランド語",
"lang_code": "fi",
"word": "vähiten"
},
{
"lang": "フランス語",
"lang_code": "fr",
"word": "moindre"
},
{
"lang": "フランス語",
"lang_code": "fr",
"word": "moins"
}
],
"word": "least"
}
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