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Translate fewer from English to French

Summary

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fewer:
- moins; plus petit; à un moindre degré
few:
- un peu de; peu; maigre; rarement; rare
- peu de
Wiktionary:
- fewer → moins
- few → peu, quelques
- few → peu
- few → insuffisant, maigre, rare
- few → peu, quelques
- few → peu

English

Detailed Translations for fewer from English to French

fewer:

fewer adj

fewer (less)
moins; plus petit
- moins adj
- plus petit adj
fewer (less; more restricted)
à un moindre degré
- à un moindre degré adj
fewer (smaller; more restricted; shorter; less)
plus petit
- plus petit adj

Translation Matrix for fewer:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
moins		minus; minus sign
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
moins	fewer; less	fewest; least; lowest; minus; slightest; smallest
plus petit	fewer; less; more restricted; shorter; smaller	shorter; smaller
à un moindre degré	fewer; less; more restricted

Synonyms for "fewer":

less; few

Antonyms for "fewer":

more

Related Definitions for "fewer":

(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of¹
- fewer birds came this year¹
- the birds are fewer this year¹
- fewer trains were late¹

Wiktionary Translations for fewer:

fewer

en-det

comparative of few; a smaller number
- fewer → moins

few:

few adj

few
un peu de; peu; maigre; rarement; rare
- un peu de adj
- peu adj
- maigre adj
- rarement adj
- rare adj

few

few (not much; not many; little; not a lot)
peu de
- peu de

Translation Matrix for few:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
peu		a little bit; little
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
peu		something
peu de	few; little; not a lot; not many; not much
-	few in number
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
maigre	few	bony; delicate; emaciated; fat-free; flimsy; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; lean; lightly built; lousy; low-fat; meager; meagre; miserable; parched; petite; poor; poverty stricken; puny; shabby; skinny; slender; slight; small-boned; spidery; spiky; sunken; thin; weedy
peu	few	parched
rare	few	extraordinary; flimsy; funny; hardly ever; incidentally; lean; little; miserable; occasionally; odd; phenomenal; poor; prodigious; rare; rarefied; rarely; scarce; seldom; shabby; sporadic; strange; teneous; thin; uncommon; unique
rarement	few	extraordinary; funny; hardly ever; little; odd; phenomenal; prodigious; rare; rarely; scarce; seldom; strange; uncommon; unique
un peu de	few

Related Words for "few":

fewness, fewest

Synonyms for "few":

a few; a couple of; hardly a; fewer; some
small indefinite quantity; small indefinite amount
elite; elite group

Antonyms for "few":

many

Related Definitions for "few":

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number¹
- a few weeks ago¹
- a few more wagons than usual¹
- an invalid's pleasures are few and far between¹
- few roses were still blooming¹
- few women have led troops in battle¹
a small elite group¹
- it was designed for the discriminating few¹

Wiktionary Translations for few:

few

determiner

meteorology: obscuring 1-2 eighths of the sky
- few → peu; quelques
small number
- few → peu
indefinite, usually small number
- few → peu

en-pron

few people, few things
- few → peu

few

adjective

Qui ne suffire pas.
- insuffisant → insufficient; in short supply; scant; scanty; scarce; few; poor; thin; sparse
Traductions à trier
- maigre → scanty; scarce; few; poor; sparse; gaunt; skimpy
Qui est en petit nombre, qui se trouve difficilement.
- rare → rare; in short supply; scanty; scarce; few; poor; thin; sparse; precious; uncommon

-
- peu → few; little; hardly

noun

Petite quantité.
- peu → few; little

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• few	→ quelques	↔ einige — unbestimmte Anzahl von Personen oder Dingen einer Art: mehrere
• few	→ quelques	↔ paar — Pronomen: einige (der gleichen Art)
• few	→ peu	↔ weinig — in een klein aantal

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