Definition/Meaning of little

• English - Adjective: little ( comparative less or lesser or littler , superlative least or littlest ) Small in size . This is a little table . Insignificant , trivial . It's of little importance . Very young . Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little ? That's the biggest little boy I've ever seen . ( of a sibling ) Younger . This is my little sister . Used with the name of place ,…
• English - Adverb: little ( comparative less or lesser , superlative least ) Not much . This is a little known fact . She spoke little and listened less . 1914 , Louis Joseph Vance , Nobody , chapter I: Little disappointed , then , she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World ," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence . She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those…
• English - Determiner: little ( comparative less , superlative least ) Not much , only a little: only a small amount (of). There is little water left . We had very little to do . Usage notes Little is used with uncountable nouns , few with plural countable nouns . Antonyms ( not much ) : much Translations
• English - Etymology: From Middle English litel , from Old English lȳtel , from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz ( “ tending to stoop , crouched , little ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- ( “ to bend , bent , small ” ), equivalent to lout +‎ -le . Cognate with Dutch luttel , German lütt and lützel , West Frisian lyts , Low German lütt , Old High German luzzil , Middle High German lützel , Old English lūtan ( “ to bow ,…
• English - Pronunciation: ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key) : /ˈlɪtl̩/ , [ˈlɪ.tɫ̩] ( General American ) IPA (key) : /ˈlɪtl̩/ , [ˈlɪɾl̩] , [ˈlɪtl̩] Rhymes: -ɪtəl Hyphenation: lit‧tle