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Pronunciation / Transliteration: mẽnuʃ
"Há menos pessoas na reunião."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A smaller number of; not as many as.
"There are fewer students in the classroom today than yesterday."
- 1
A smaller number or amount.
"Of the two options, I chose the one with fewer risks."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English fēwra, meaning 'fewer, less', originating from Proto-Germanic *fewaraz. It has historically functioned as the comparative form of 'few', used specifically for countable quantities.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fewer" is said worldwide
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moins de
Transliteration: mwan də
"Il y a moins de voitures sur la route."
weniger
Transliteration: veːnɪɡɐ
"Es gibt weniger Autos auf der Straße."
meno
Transliteration: mɛno
"Ci sono meno persone oggi."
menos
Transliteration: menos
"Hay menos libros en la mesa."
menos
Transliteration: mẽnuʃ
"Há menos pessoas na reunião."
कम
Transliteration: kam
"आज कक्षा में कम छात्र हैं।"
更少
Transliteration: gèng shǎo
"今天路上的人更少了。"
더 적은
Transliteration: deo jeok-eun
"오늘은 사람이 더 적다."
より少ない
Transliteration: yori sukunai
"今日は車がより少ないです。"
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