Meagre

//ˈmiːɡɚ//

Synonyms for "meagre" (55 found)

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Translations

51 translations across 26 languages.

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Asturian

2 entries
  • corvina noun (Argyrosomus regius)
  • roballiza noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Breton

1 entries
  • treut adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • беден adj (deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying)
  • мършав adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)
  • оскъден adj (deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying)
  • слаб adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)

Catalan

1 entries
  • reig noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 大西洋白姑魚 /大西洋白姑鱼 noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Danish

1 entries
  • almindelig ørnefisk noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Dutch

1 entries
  • ombervis noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kotkaskala noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kotkakala noun (Argyrosomus regius)

French

2 entries
  • maigre adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)
  • maigre noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Galician

3 entries
  • magro adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)
  • magro adj (deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying)
  • corvina noun (Argyrosomus regius)

German

1 entries
  • Adlerfisch noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • sashal noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Irish

1 entries
  • scáiliasc Atlantach noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Italian

4 entries
  • esiguo adj (deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying)
  • magra adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)
  • magro adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)
  • scarno adj (deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying)

Māori

3 entries
  • kōhoi adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)
  • kōhoka adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)
  • kōhoka adj (deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • ørnefisk noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Polish

2 entries
  • kulbin noun (Argyrosomus regius)
  • orłoryb noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • corvina noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Russian

4 entries
  • бе́дный adj (deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying)
  • недоста́точный adj (deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying)
  • скудный adj (deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying)
  • то́щий adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • hama noun (Argyrosomus regius)
  • хама noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Spanish

4 entries
  • enjuto adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)
  • escuálido adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)
  • exiguo adj (deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying)
  • corvina noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Swedish

1 entries
  • havsgös noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • мізе́рний adj (deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying)
  • убо́гий adj (deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying)

Walloon

1 entries
  • maigue adj (having little flesh; lean; thin)

Welsh

1 entries
  • drymiwr noun (Argyrosomus regius)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He lived in a rather meagre house.

Source: tatoeba (2461127)

Despite her meagre salary, she works very hard.

Source: tatoeba (2717943)

It's a shame that one obtains such a meagre payment in return for such a lot of work.

Source: tatoeba (4265312)

They ate a meagre lunch, and then set off.

Source: tatoeba (10187478)

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