English search results for: few

#1

adjective

Definitions:

  1. few, infrequent
  2. in small groups
  3. loose knit
  4. rare
  5. thin, scattered
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#2

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. a few
  2. a select few
  3. only a small/an indefinite number of people (pl.), few
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

adjective

Definitions:

  1. few (usu. pl.)
  2. just a few
  3. little, small in quantity/extent
  4. small number of
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. only a small/an indefinite number of/few things (pl.), a few words/points
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#5

adverb

Definitions:

  1. in a few words
  2. in a short time
  3. shortly, briefly
  4. [in brevi => in brief]
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Literature, Schools
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#6

adjective

Definitions:

  1. considerable
  2. one and another
  3. some, several, a few
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#7

adjective

Definitions:

  1. (only) a small number (pl.), few, a few
  2. not very much, a little
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#8

adjective

Definitions:

  1. a few
  2. a number (of)
  3. more than one
  4. not many
  5. some, several
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#9

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. a short/brief space of time
  2. shallow water, shallows
  3. short speech, a few words
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#10

adjective

Definitions:

  1. a few
  2. a number (of)
  3. more than one
  4. not many
  5. some, several
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#11

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. some (pl.), several, a few
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#12

adjective

Definitions:

  1. select
  2. very few (pl.)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#13

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. very few (pl.), very little
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#14

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. a number
  2. more than one
  3. some/several/a few people
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#15

noun

  • declension: undeclined

Definitions:

  1. a number
  2. more than one
  3. some/several/a few people
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#16

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: common

Definitions:

  1. some persons, a few
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#17

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. some (pl.), several, a few
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#18

adjective

Definitions:

  1. very few (pl.)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Charles Beard, “Cassell’s Latin Dictionary”, 1892 (CAS)
#19

adverb

Definitions:

  1. how few
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)