Few

//fjuː//

Synonyms for "few" (62 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

Noun(1 words)
couple

Strong matches (18)

Determiner(1 words)
little

Related words (31)

Determiner(1 words)
scant

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

2 entries

Antonyms

5 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

2 entries

capable of

2 entries

derived

29 entries

Showing 16 of 29 words.

distinct from

3 entries

etymologically related_to

2 entries

has context

5 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

49 entries

Showing 16 of 49 words.

similar

7 entries

Translations

251 translations across 106 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • маҷк det (indefinite, usually small number)

Adyghe

1 entries
  • макӏэ det (indefinite, usually small number)

Albanian

2 entries
  • i fijë det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • pak det (indefinite, usually small number)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ὀλίγος det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • ὀλίγος det (small number)

Arabic

4 entries
  • شوية det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • شُوَيَّة det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • قليل det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • قَليل det (indefinite, usually small number)

Armenian

4 entries
  • սակավ det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • սակավ det (small number)
  • քիչ det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • քիչ det (small number)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • az det (indefinite, usually small number)

Balinese

1 entries
  • kikit det (indefinite, usually small number)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • аҙ det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • әҙ det (indefinite, usually small number)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ма́ла det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • не́калькі det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • нямно́га det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • няшма́т det (indefinite, usually small number)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কম det (indefinite, usually small number)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • ма́лко det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • ма́лко det (small number)

Burmese

2 entries
  • နည်း det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • နည်း det (small number)

Catalan

4 entries
  • poc det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • poca det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • pocs det (small number)
  • poques det (small number)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • کەم det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • کەم det (small number)
  • کەمێ det (small number)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 一些 det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • 少 det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • 少 det (small number)
  • 少數 /少数 det (small number)

Czech

4 entries
  • jen pár det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • málo det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • málo det (small number)
  • nemnoho det (small number)

Danish

1 entries
  • få det (indefinite, usually small number)

Dutch

4 entries
  • een paar det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • enkele det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • weinig det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • weinig det (small number)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 少 det (indefinite, usually small number)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • malmulta det (indefinite, usually small number)

Estonian

3 entries
  • vähe det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • vähe det (small number)
  • vähesed det (indefinite, usually small number)

Finnish

4 entries
  • harva det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • jokunen det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • muutama det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • muutama det (small number)

French

4 entries
  • peu det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • peu det (small number)
  • peu det (meteorology: obscuring 1–2 eighths of the sky)
  • quelques det (meteorology: obscuring 1–2 eighths of the sky)

Friulian

1 entries
  • pôc det (indefinite, usually small number)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ცოტა det (indefinite, usually small number)

German

1 entries
  • wenig det (indefinite, usually small number)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 det (indefinite, usually small number)

Greek

2 entries
  • λίγοι det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • μερικοί det (indefinite, usually small number)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kakaikahi det (indefinite, usually small number)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אֲחָדִים det (indefinite, usually small number)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अल्प det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • कम det (small number)
  • कुछ det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • न्यून det (indefinite, usually small number)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kevés det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • kevés det (small number)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • fáir det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • fár det (small number)

Ido

1 entries
  • poka det (indefinite, usually small number)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • sedikit det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • segelintir det (small number)
  • sedikit pron (few people, few things)

Irish

4 entries
  • beag det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • beag det (small number)
  • beagán det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • beagán det (small number)

Istriot

1 entries
  • puoco det (indefinite, usually small number)

Italian

2 entries
  • pochi det (small number)
  • poco det (indefinite, usually small number)

Japanese

3 entries
  • わずか det (small number)
  • 少し det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • 少数 det (small number)

Kabardian

1 entries
  • мащӏэ det (indefinite, usually small number)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • кам det (indefinite, usually small number)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • аз det (indefinite, usually small number)

Khmer

2 entries
  • តិច det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • ប៉ុន្មាន det (small number)

Korean

2 entries
  • 적다 det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • 조금 det (indefinite, usually small number)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • аз det (indefinite, usually small number)

Lao

1 entries
  • ນ້ອຍ det (indefinite, usually small number)

Latgalian

3 entries
  • drupeit det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • kuri nakuri det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • nazcik det (indefinite, usually small number)

Latin

2 entries
  • aliquot det (small number)
  • paucus det (indefinite, usually small number)

Latvian

2 entries
  • daži det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • nedaudz det (indefinite, usually small number)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nedaug det (indefinite, usually small number)

Lombard

2 entries
  • poo det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • pu det (indefinite, usually small number)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • mało det (indefinite, usually small number)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • ма́лку det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • ма́лку det (small number)
  • малку́мина det (small number)

Malay

2 entries
  • dikit det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • sedikit det (indefinite, usually small number)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • хэдэн det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • цөөн det (small number)
  • цөөн тооны det (small number)
  • цөөхөн det (small number)

Māori

4 entries
  • itiiti det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • itiiti det (small number)
  • kōtahitahi det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • kōtahitahi det (small number)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • shashi det (small number)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • få det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • få det (small number)
  • noen det (indefinite, usually small number)

Occitan

1 entries
  • pauc det (indefinite, usually small number)

Old Irish

2 entries
  • terc det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • úathad det (indefinite, usually small number)

Old Turkic

1 entries
  • 𐰀𐰕 det (indefinite, usually small number)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • آز det (indefinite, usually small number)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • poko det (indefinite, usually small number)

Pashto

1 entries
  • لږ det (indefinite, usually small number)

Persian

4 entries
  • اندک det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • اندک det (small number)
  • وید det (small number)
  • کم det (indefinite, usually small number)

Phoenician

1 entries
  • 𐤌𐤎𐤊 det (small number)

Polish

4 entries
  • kilka det (small number)
  • mało det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • niewiele det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • parę det (small number)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • poucas det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • poucas det (small number)
  • poucos det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • poucos det (small number)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • pöc det (indefinite, usually small number)

Romanian

3 entries
  • ceva det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • câțiva det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • puțini det (small number)

Romansch

1 entries
  • pauc det (indefinite, usually small number)

Russian

4 entries
  • ма́ло det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • ма́ло det (small number)
  • не́сколько det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • немно́гий det (indefinite, usually small number)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • ईषत् det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • ईषत् det (small number)
  • स्वल्प det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • स्वल्प det (small number)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • beag det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • beagan det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • corra det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • deannan det (indefinite, usually small number)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • malo det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • мало det (indefinite, usually small number)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • pocu det (indefinite, usually small number)

Sikkimese

1 entries
  • ཉུང det (small number)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • ٿورا det (indefinite, usually small number)

Slovak

4 entries
  • málo det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • nemnohí det (small number)
  • niekoľko det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • zopár det (indefinite, usually small number)

Slovene

2 entries
  • malo det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • nekaj det (indefinite, usually small number)

Spanish

4 entries
  • pocas det (small number)
  • poco det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • pocos det (small number)
  • [unos] pocos / cuantos pron (few people, few things)

Sundanese

2 entries
  • sakedik det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • sakedik pron (few people, few things)

Swedish

3 entries
  • få det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • fåtal det (small number)
  • få pron (few people, few things)

Tahitian

2 entries
  • riʻi det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • riʻi det (small number)

Tajik

1 entries
  • кам det (indefinite, usually small number)

Talysh

1 entries
  • kam det (indefinite, usually small number)

Tarantino

1 entries
  • pìcche det (indefinite, usually small number)

Tat

1 entries
  • kəm det (indefinite, usually small number)

Tatar

1 entries
  • аз det (indefinite, usually small number)

Telugu

2 entries
  • కొద్ది det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • కొలది det (indefinite, usually small number)

Thai

1 entries
  • น้อย det (indefinite, usually small number)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • totka pron (few people, few things)

Tooro

2 entries
  • ke det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • taito det (indefinite, usually small number)

Turkish

2 entries
  • az det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • az det (small number)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • az det (indefinite, usually small number)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • кі́лька det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • ма́ло det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • небага́то det (indefinite, usually small number)

Urdu

3 entries
  • کم det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • کم det (small number)
  • کچھ det (indefinite, usually small number)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • oz det (indefinite, usually small number)

Venetan

2 entries
  • poco det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • puòco det (indefinite, usually small number)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • ít det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • ít det (small number)

Waray-Waray

2 entries
  • di-to det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • gu-ti det (indefinite, usually small number)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ychydig det (indefinite, usually small number)

Yaghnobi

1 entries
  • кам det (indefinite, usually small number)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • אַ פּאָר det (small number)
  • ווייניק det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • ווייניק det (small number)
  • עטלעכע det (indefinite, usually small number)

Zealandic

2 entries
  • weinig det (indefinite, usually small number)
  • weinig det (small number)

Sample sentences

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If I wanted to scare you, I would tell you what I dreamt about a few weeks ago.

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It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.

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Will you listen to me for a few minutes?

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You will find it stated a few pages further on.

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