paucité

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French paucité, apparently borrowed in the mid 14th century from Latin paucitās (a small number, fewness, scarcity), from paucus (few, little).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

paucité f (plural paucités)

  1. paucity (fewness in number; a small number)

References[edit]

  1. ^ paucité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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