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- Rhymes: -ɔːl
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English smal, from Old English smæl (“small, narrow, slender”), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel- (“small, mean, malicious”). Cognate with West Frisian smel (“narrow”), Dutch smal (“narrow”), German schmal (“narrow, small”), Danish små (“small”), Latin malus (“bad”), Russian малый (mályj, “small”).
[edit] Adjective
small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)
- Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.
- A small serving of ice cream.
- A small group.
- He made us all feel small.
- (figuratively) Young, as a child.
- Remember when the children were small?
- (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
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Terms derived from small (adj.)
[edit] Translations
not large
- Albanian: i vogël
- Arabic: صغير (ar) (Saghiir)
- Egyptian: صغير (ṣuğɑyyɑr)
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܙܥܘܪܐ (z‘ūrā, z‘ūro)
- Hebrew: זעורא (z‘ūrā, z‘ūro)
- Armenian: փոքր (hy) (p’ok’r), մանր (hy) (manr), (colloquial) պուճուր (hy) (puč̣ur)
- Azeri: kiçik (az)
- Bashkir: бәләкәй (bələkəy)
- Belarusian: маленькі (be) (malén’ki), малы (be) (mály)
- Bulgarian: малък (bg)
- Burmese: သေး (my) (the:), နုပ် (my) (nok)
- Catalan: petit
- Chamicuro: na'yejchoma
- Chechen: жима (ƶima), кегий (kegij) pl.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 小 (cmn) (xiǎo)
- Min Nan: 細 (sè, suè)
- Chuvash: пӗчӗк (pĕçĕk)
- Crimean Tatar: kiçik, kiçkene
- Czech: malý (cs) m.
- Danish: lille (da), liden (da)
- Dutch: klein (nl), nietig (nl), minuscuul (nl)
- Eshtehardi: خوردیک (xurdik)
- Esperanto: malgranda (eo)
- Ewe: sue
- Faroese: lítil (fo)
- Finnish: pieni (fi)
- French: petit (fr), minuscule (fr)
- Georgian: პატარა (ka) (patara), მცირე (ka) (mc’ire)
- German: klein (de), gering (de)
- Greek: μικρός (el) (mikrós)
- Hebrew: קטן (he) (katán)
- Hindi: छोटा (hi) (choṭā)
- Hungarian: kicsi (hu), kis (hu)
- Icelandic: smár (is), lítill (is)
- Ido: mikra
- Indonesian: kecil (id)
- Irish: beag (ga)
- Italian: piccolo (it)
- Japanese: 小さい (ja) (ちいさい, chiisai)
- Kalmyk: бичкн (bichkn)
- Karachay-Balkar: гитче (gitçe)
- Kazakh: кіші (kişi), кішкене (kişkene)
- Khakas: кічіг (kíçíg), кічиӌек (kíçicek)
- Khmer: តូច (km) (tooc)
- Korean: 작은 (ko) (jageun)
- Koryak: тэгʼыйчыгʼын (tehəjčəhən), ныппулюӄин (nəppuĺuqin)
- Kumyk: гиччи (giççi)
- Kurdish: بچووک
- Kyrgyz: кичине (kiçine), кичинекей (kiçinekey)
- Lao: ນ້ອຽ (lo) (noy)
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- Latin: parvus (la), paulus (la)
- Latvian: mazs (lv) m.
- Lithuanian: mažas (lt)
- Lojban: cmalu (jbo)
- Macedonian: мал (mk) (mal) m.
- Malay: kecil (ms)
- Mapudungun: pichi, pici
- Mongolian: жижиг (žižig)
- Norwegian: liten (no)
- Old Church Slavonic: малъ (malŭ)
- Persian: کوچک (fa) (kuček), خرد (fa) (xord), که (fa) (kah)
- Polish: mały (pl) m.
- Portuguese: pequeno (pt)
- Punjabi: ਛੋੱਟਾ (pa) (chōṭā)
- Romani: cino
- Romanian: mic (ro)
- Romansch: pitschen
- Russia Buryat: бишыхан (bišyxan)
- Russian: маленький (ru) (málen’kij), малый (ru) (mályj)
- Sanskrit: अल्प (sa) (álpa)
- Santali: ᱯᱤᱞᱪᱩ (pilcu)
- Scottish Gaelic: beag
- Serbo-Croatian: ма̑л (sh), mȃl (sh)
- Shor: кичиг (kiçig)
- Sicilian: nicu
- Sinhalese: කුඩා (si) (kūḍā)
- Slovak: malý (sk)
- Slovene: majhen (sl)
- Sorbian: mały
- Southern Altai: кичинек (kiçinek)
- Spanish: pequeño (es), chico (es)
- Swahili: mdogo (sw)
- Swedish: liten (sv)
- Tajik: хурд (tg) (xurd)
- Tamil: சிறிய் (ta) (ciriya), சிறிய (ta) (ciriya), சிறிய (ta) (ciriya)
- Tatar: keçe (tt), keçek (tt), bäläkäy (tt)
- Telugu: చిన్న (chinna)
- Thai: เล็ก (th) (lék)
- Turkish: küçük (tr)
- Turkmen: kiçi (tk)
- Tuvan: биче (biçe)
- Udmurt: пичи (pići)
- Ukrainian: маленький (uk) (malén’kyj)
- Urdu: چھوٹا (ur) (choṭā)
- Uzbek: kichik (uz)
- Vietnamese: tiểu (vi), nhỏ (vi)
- Volapük: smalik (vo)
- Welsh: bach (cy), bychan (cy), mân (cy)
- West Frisian: lyts
- Yakut: кыра (kıra), аччыгый (aççıgıy)
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young
- Arabic: صغير (ar) (Saghiir)
- Armenian: փոքր (hy) (p’ok’r), պստիկ (hy) (pstik), փոքրիկ (hy) (p’ok’rik)
- Belarusian: маленькі (be) (malén’ki), малады (be) (maladý)
- Catalan: petit
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 小 (cmn) (xiǎo), 年輕 (cmn), 年轻 (cmn) (niánqīng)
- Czech: malý (cs) m., mladý (cs) m.
- Dutch: klein (nl), jong (nl)
- Eshtehardi: جوون (jevōn)
- Esperanto: juna (eo)
- Finnish: pieni (fi), nuori (fi)
- French: petit (fr), jeune (fr)
- German: klein (de), jung (de)
- Greek: νέος (néos) m.
- Hungarian: kicsi (hu)
- Italian: piccolo (it), giovane (it)
- Japanese: 小さい (ja) (ちいさい, chiisai), 若い (ja) (わかい, wakai)
- Latin: iuvenis (la)
- Macedonian: мал (mk) (mal) m.
- Mapudungun: pichi
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- Norwegian: liten (no), ung (no)
- Persian: جوان (fa) (javân), برنا (fa) (bornâ)
- Polish: mały (pl), młody (pl)
- Portuguese: pequeno (pt), jovem (pt)
- Romanian: mic (ro), tânăr (ro)
- Romansch: giuven
- Russian: маленький (ru) (málen’kij), молодой (ru) (molodój)
- Sicilian: nicu (scn), giùvini (scn)
- Spanish: pequeño (es), joven (es)
- Swahili: mdogo (sw)
- Swedish: liten (sv), ung (sv)
- Tamil: இளைய (ta) (ilaya)
- Telugu: చిన్న (chinna)
- Turkish: küçük (tr)
- Ukrainian: маленький (uk) (malén’kyj), молодий (uk) (molodýj)
- Volapük: yunik (vo)
- Welsh: bach (cy), ieuanc (cy), ifanc (cy)
- West Frisian: lyts, jong
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minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
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small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)
- In a small fashion.
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small (plural smalls)
- Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
- (UK, in the plural) Underclothes.
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small
- past tense of smälla.
