- little
- 'litl
1. adjective
1) (small in size: He is only a little boy; when she was little (= a child).) liten2) (small in amount; not much: He has little knowledge of the difficulties involved.) lite, litt3) (not important: I did not expect her to make a fuss about such a little thing.) lite(n)2. pronoun((only) a small amount: He knows little of the real world.) lite, litt3. adverb1) (not much: I go out little nowadays.) bare litt, ikke mye2) (only to a small degree: a little-known fact.) lite-3) (not at all: He little knows how ill he is.) ikke i det hele tatt•- a little- little by little
- make little ofkort--------lite--------liten--------littIadj. (less eller lesser - least) \/ˈlɪtl\/1) liten, små (flertall)• little childrensmå barn• a dear little boyen søt liten gutt• little green mangrønn mann (fra verdensrommet)• when I was a little girlda jeg var liten2) lille-, små- (flertall)• little fingerlillefinger• little toelilletå3) liten, ung• my little brothermin lillebror4) småskåren, smålig, lumpen5) kort stund, kort varighet• please stay for a little whilevær så snill å bli en stundthe little black dress (hverdagslig, om anvendelig svart kjole) den lille sortelittle farmer småbrukerLittle Italy det italienske kvarteret (i storby)the little man vanlige mennesker, den lille mannlittle people (alver, nisser e.l.) småfolk (folk i dårlige kår) småfolk, fattigfolk, småkarer småbarn, småunger• here come the little Smithsher kommer barna til Smithdverger, små menneskera little thing en liten sak, en småting• don't worry over little thingsikke bekymre deg over småtingen liten pjokk, en liten unge• a nice little thingen søt liten ungelittle things please little minds (ordspråk) små barn, små glederthe little woman (spøkefullt) fruenIIadv. (less - least) \/ˈlɪtl\/1) lite, ikke mye, ikke stort, knapt, i liten grad• he slept very little last nighthan sov lite i natt• you remind me a little of my uncledu minner meg litt om onkelen min• she is a little known painterhun er en lite kjent maler• little did he know that she'd become his wife one dayhan ante ikke at hun en dag skulle bli konen hans2) sjelden, ikke ofte• I see her very littledet er ikke så ofte jeg treffer henneIIIdeterm. (less eller lesser - least) \/ˈlɪtl\/lite, ikke mye, knapt• this book is of little valuedenne boken er av ubetydelig verdi• there is little hopedet er knapt håp• of little importanceknapt viktig• he had but little moneyhan hadde bare litt pengerevery little helps\/counts hvert minste bidrag mottas med takk, alle monner drar, mange bekker små gjør en stor åin little (gammeldags) i liten skala, i miniatyra little lite, en smule, en tanke, lite grann• he had a little money lefthan hadde litt penger igjen• a little reflection would have helpedlitt ettertanke ville vært nyttig• he is a little better todayhan er en tanke bedre i dag• a little of everythinglitt av hvert \/ alt mulig(om tid) litt, et øyeblikk, en liten stund• wait a little!vent et øyeblikk• after a littleetter en stund• I'll be there in a littlejeg er der på et øyeblikk(om strekning) en liten bit, en tur• go for a little walkta en liten spasertur• we can walk a littlevi kan gå en turthe little det lille, det ubetydelige• the little of his work I have seendet lille jeg har sett av hans arbeider• the little English I knowden lille engelsken jeg kanlittle better ikke stort bedre• he is little better than his fatherhan er ikke stort bedre enn sin farlittle by little litt etter litt, gradvis, etter hvert• little by little you'll get used to itetter hvert vil du venne deg til detlittle or nothing lite eller ingenting, så godt som ingentinglittle short of nesten (det samme som)a little too much (vanligvis om alkohol) litt for mye, nok til å bli full\/miste kontrollenmake little of bagatellisere, ikke gjøre stort vesen ut av, ikke bry seg stort om, slå bort forstå lite av• I can make little of this documentjeg blir ikke særlig klok på dette dokumentetno little ikke så lite, temmelig mye• it takes no little courage to do thatdet trengs ikke så lite mot for å gjøre detnot a little ikke så lite, ganske mye, ganske, temmelig• not a little courage is neededdet kreves temmelig mye mot• I was not a little surprisedjeg var ikke lite overrasketonly a little litt, knapt, minimalt• there was only a little snow leftdet var bare litt snø igjen• only a litter better thanknapt bedre enn• the coat was only a little usedjakken var så vidt brukt
English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.
