paucal

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin paucalis (“few, little”), from paucus, plural pauci (“few, little, a few, the select few, the oligarchs”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little”), + Latin adjective suffix -alis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːkəl/
• enPR: päʹkəl, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑkəl/

Adjective

paucal (not comparable)

1. Characterized by having a small number, greater than two, of (usually equivalent) components.
2. (grammar) pertaining to a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial and plural.

   first-person paucal

   paucal number

   paucal and plural pronouns

Antonyms

• (few): multiple

Translations

Translations

• Danish: ^{(please verify)} paucalis, ^{(please verify)} fåtal
• French: paucal (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: paucalis
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} paucalis, ^{(please verify)} fåtal (sv)

Noun

paucal (uncountable)

1. (grammar) a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial and plural.

Derived terms

• paucality

Translations

in grammar: a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten)

• Danish: ^{(please verify)} paucalis, ^{(please verify)} fåtal
• French: paucal (fr)
• German: Paucalis m, Paukal (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} paucalis
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} paucalis, ^{(please verify)} fåtal (sv)

Related terms

English terms prefixed with pauci-

See also

• (grammatical numbers) grammatical number; singular, dual, trial, quadral, quintal, paucal, plural ^{(Category: en:Grammar)}

References

• “paucal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.