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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
less /les/ (comparative of little)
- quantif moins de;
~ beer moins de bière;
I have ~ money than him j'ai moins d'argent que lui;
of ~ importance de moindre importance;
to grow ~ diminuer.
- pronoun moins;
I have ~ than you j'en ai moins que toi;
even ~ encore moins;
~ than half moins de la moitié;
in ~ than three hours en moins de trois heures;
13 is ~ than 18 13 est plus petit que 18; a sum of not ~ than £1,000 une somme qui s'élève au moins à 1 000 livres sterling;
he was ~ than helpful il était loin d'être serviable;
it's an improvement, but ~ of one than I had hoped c'est un progrès, mais pas au point que j'aurais espéré;
she's nothing ~ than a liar elle n'est rien de moins qu'une menteuse;
it's nothing ~ than a scandal! c'est un véritable scandale!;
they let me have it for ~ ils me l'ont laissé pour moins;
he's ~ of a fool than you think il est moins bête que tu ne le penses;
they will think all the ~ of her for it ça va la faire descendre dans leur estime;
£100 and not a penny ~! cent livres et pas un centime de moins!;
the ~ said about it the better moins on en parle, mieux ça vaut;
people have been shot for ~! il y en a qui ont été tués pour moins que ça!
- adverb moins;
I liked it ~ than you did je l'ai moins aimé que toi;
I dislike him no ~ than you je ne l'aime pas plus que toi;
it matters ~ than it did before cela a moins d'importance qu'avant;
she is no ~ qualified than you elle n'est pas moins qualifiée que toi;
it's ~ a village than a town c'est plutôt une ville qu'un village;
the more I see him, the ~ I like him plus je le vois, moins je l'aime;
no ~ than 85% au moins 85%;
they live in Kensington, no ~! ils habitent à Kensington, rien que ça!;
no ~ a person than the emperor l'empereur en personne;
he was ~ offended than shocked il était plus choqué qu'offensé.
- preposition moins;
~ 15% discount moins 15% de remise;
~ tax avant impôts.
- less and less adv phr de moins en moins.
Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
little1 / ˈlɪtl/ (comparative less;
superlative least)
superlative least)
NOTE:
When little is used as a quantifier (little hope, little damage) it is translated by peu de: peu d'espoir, peu de dégâts. For examples and particular usages see I below. When a little is used as a pronoun (give me a little) it is translated by un peu: donne-m'en un peu. When little is used alone as a pronoun (there's little I can do) it is very often translated by pas grand-chose: je ne peux pas faire grand-chose. For examples of these and other uses of little as a pronoun (to do as little as possible etc) see II below. For uses of little and a little as adverbs see the entry below. Note that less and least are treated as separate entries in the dictionary.
When little is used as a quantifier (little hope, little damage) it is translated by peu de: peu d'espoir, peu de dégâts. For examples and particular usages see I below. When a little is used as a pronoun (give me a little) it is translated by un peu: donne-m'en un peu. When little is used alone as a pronoun (there's little I can do) it is very often translated by pas grand-chose: je ne peux pas faire grand-chose. For examples of these and other uses of little as a pronoun (to do as little as possible etc) see II below. For uses of little and a little as adverbs see the entry below. Note that less and least are treated as separate entries in the dictionary.
- quantif ~ chance peu de chances;
there's so ~ time il y a si peu de temps;
too ~ money trop peu or pas assez d'argent;
~ or no influence presque pas d'influence;
I have ~ time for cheats je ne supporte pas les tricheurs;
I see ~ of Paul these days je ne vois pas beaucoup Paul en ce moment.
- pronoun save a ~ for me gardes-en un peu pour moi;
I only ate a ~ je n'en ai mangé qu'un peu;
I did what ~ I could j'ai fait le peu que j'ai pu;
he remembers very ~ il ne se souvient pas bien;
there's ~ I can do je ne peux pas faire grand-chose;
age has ~ to do with it l'âge n'a pas grand-chose à voir là-dedans;
to do as ~ as possible faire le moins possible;
~ of note rien de bien particulier;
~ or nothing quasiment rien.
- adverb
- (not much) peu;
I go there very ~ j'y vais très peu;
the next results were ~ better les résultats suivants étaient à peine meilleurs;
~ more than an hour ago il y a à peine plus d'une heure;
it's ~ short of madness cela frise la folie;
a ~-known novel un roman peu connu;
- (not at all) ~ did she realize elle ne s'est pas du tout rendu compte;
~ did they know that ils étaient bien loin de se douter que.
- (not much) peu;
- a little (bit) adv phr (slightly) un peu;
a ~ (bit) anxious un peu inquiet;
a ~ less/more un peu moins/plus;
stay a ~ longer reste encore un peu.
- as little as adv phr for as ~ as 10 dollars a day pour seulement 10 dollars par jour;
as ~ as £60 juste 60 livres sterling.
little2 / ˈlɪtl/ adjective
- (small) (house, smile, voice) petit (before n);
poor ~ thing pauvre petit/-e m/f;
she's a nice ~ thing elle est adorable;
- (young) (sister, boy) petit (before n);
when I was ~ quand j'étais petit;
- (in a small way) (farmer, businessman) petit (before n);
- (expressing scorn) a poky ~ flat un petit appartement minable;
a nasty ~ boy un méchant petit garçon;
- (short) (snooze) petit (before n);
a ~ holiday quelques jours de vacances;
a ~ break une petite pause.
IDIOMS:
~ by ~ petit à petit;
to make ~ of (not understand) ne pas comprendre grand-chose à (speech).
Pour le comparatif et le superlatif on préférera les formes smaller et smallest à littler and littlest. to make ~ of (not understand) ne pas comprendre grand-chose à (speech).
'less' found in these Oxford entries:
English:
awe
- below
- better
- care
- clean
- dear
- decline
- essentially
- fortunate
- haste
- hatred
- ill
- little
- loosen
- more
- much
- no
- note
- nothing
- otherwise
- point
- public
- realize
- satisfactory
- savoury
- seem
- settle
- short
- sincerely
- soften
- spite
- sprain
- subservient
- substantially
- than
- the
- training
- trial
- under
- usual
- well-off
- worse off
- would
French:
amoindrir
- assouplir
- atténuer
- autant
- avoir
- beaucoup
- bien
- blanc
- ça
- cher
- complètement
- de
- dédramatiser
- désenfler
- discours
- dispenser
- en
- encore
- enlever
- éperdument
- espacer
- faire
- graisse
- gratter
- inférieur
- mériter
- moins
- mois
- ni
- ôter
- partout
- perdre
- permettre
- peu
- plus
- prou
- réjouir
- rien
- royalement
- savoir
- Syndicats
- tant
- textuellement
- Verlan
less: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| less | adv | (to a smaller degree) | moins adv |
| He exercised less than she did. | |||
| Il s'entraînait moins qu'elle. | |||
| less | pron | (smaller amount) | moins adv |
| The price is fifty dollars, and I won't take less. | |||
| Le prix est cinquante dollars, je ne vendrai pas à moins. | |||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||
| less | adj | (smaller) | moins grand adj |
| Your pile of things is less than my pile of things. | |||
| Ton tas est moi grand que le mien. | |||
| less | adj | uncountable (fewer) | moins adv |
| There are less here than before. | |||
| Il y en a moins ici qu'avant. | |||
| less | prep | (minus) | moins prep |
| Four less three equals one. | |||
| Quatre moins trois égale un. | |||
| Report an error | |||
less: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| any less | adj | (to any lesser degree) | moins adv |
| Even though I disapprove of what you did, that doesn't mean that I love you any less. | |||
| Même si je n'ai pas aimé ce que tu as fait lors de la soirée, cela ne signifie pas que je suis moins amoureux. | |||
| become less salty | se dessaler v | ||
| couldn't care less about | v | (feel completely apathetic towards) fam | se ficher de v pron |
| I couldn't care less about the tabloid headlines. | |||
| Je me fiche complètement de la presse à scandale. | |||
| fam | se balancer de v pron | ||
| La presse à scandale, je m'en balance. | |||
| se moquer complètement de v pron | |||
| Je me moque complètement du qu'en-dira-t-on. | |||
| c'est le dernier de mes soucis expr | |||
| Regarder la télé, c'est le dernier de mes soucis. | |||
| even less | adj | (not so, not as) | encore moins adj |
| This year's episodes of "Love or Lust" on TV are even less interesting than last year's. | |||
| far less | adj | (not nearly so, nowhere near as) | bien moins adv |
| beaucoup moins | |||
| largement moins adv | |||
| far less | adj | (not nearly as much) | bien moins adv |
| far less | adv | (to a much lesser degree) | bien moins adv |
| beaucoup moins adv | |||
| less advanced | moins avancé | ||
| less and less | adv | (to a progressively smaller degree) | de moins en moins loc adv |
| As I get older, I like the hot weather less and less every year. | |||
| En vieillissant, je supporte de moins en moins la canicule. | |||
| less than | adj | (number: under, not as high as) | moins de loc adj |
| Her low score was less than satisfactory. | |||
| They have less than two weeks to finish the job. | |||
| Ils ont moins de deux semaines pour finir les travaux. | |||
| less than | adj | (not as much or as great as) | moins que |
| She ate less than her brother. | |||
| Five is less than seven. | |||
| Elle mange moins que son frère. | |||
| make less alarming | vtr | (lessen the shock of sth) | dédramatiser⇒ vtr |
| The prime minister was accused of 'doctoring' crime figures to make them less alarming. | |||
| L'accusé tente de dédramatiser les faits. | |||
| make less tense | une personne | décrisper v | |
| More haste, less speed | expr | UK (A task is done faster when care is taken) | il ne faut pas confondre vitesse et précipitation expr |
| more or less | adv | (to a greater or lesser extent) | plus ou moins adv |
| I have more or less decided to delay going to college for a year. | |||
| Je me suis plus ou moins décidé à chercher un nouvel atelier. | |||
| much less | n | (a considerably smaller quantity) | beaucoup moins |
| Men have fought wars for much less. | |||
| * Pierre a beaucoup moins de patience que Paul. | |||
| bien moins | |||
| * Certains s'énervent pour bien moins que cela. | |||
| much less | adv | (to a lesser degree) | encore moins adv |
| I don't like horror films, much less comedy. | |||
| * Il ne pensait pas aller à la fête, et encore moins depuis qu'il sait que son ex y sera. | |||
| neither more nor less | n | (the same amount or degree) | ni plus ni moins |
| Put a single egg , neither more nor less, into the bowl. | |||
| Her daughter received neither more nor less from her will than her son did. | |||
| neither more nor less | adv | (to the same amount or degree) | plus ou moins loc adv |
| This horse runs neither more nor less quickly than that one. | |||
| no less | adv | (however surprising that seems) | rien que ça ! expr |
| He came top of his class, no less! | |||
| Elle a eu mention très bien, rien que ça ! | |||
| rien de moins adv | |||
| Il est sorti premier de sa promotion, rien de moins ! | |||
| no less | pron | (nothing inferior) | rien de moins |
| I want no less than a front row seat at this concert - I've been looking forward to it for months. | |||
| Il ne veut rien de moins que devenir président. | |||
| pas moins de adv | |||
| Il a passé son permis pas moins de six fois avant de l'obtenir. | |||
| no less | adv | (not any less, not to any lesser degree) | au minimum adv |
| au moins adv | |||
| pour le moins adv | |||
| no less than | prep | (at least, the same as or more) | rien de moins que |
| It is no less than a scandal that the minister of health believes such discredited theories. | |||
| Ce n'est rien de moins qu'un scandale. | |||
| pour le moins loc | |||
| C'est pour le moins un scandale que le ministre de la Santé accrédite des théories aussi douteuses. | |||
| no more and no less | n | (an equal amount or degree) | ni plus ni moins |
| Put in one pint of oil, no more and no less. | |||
| Ajoutez une cuillère de sucre, ni plus ni moins. | |||
| no more and no less | adj | (exactly) | ni plus ni moins |
| I will accept the proper fee, no more and no less. | |||
| Ajoutez une cuillère de sucre, ni plus ni moins. | |||
| Report an error | |||
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< (less than), > (greater than) - name of these symbols in French
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"there is less to worry about"
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10:00, more or less
35% Less fat
A "typical document" is less than 1000 words.
A bit less so
a good deal less
A google search takes a broadband user less than a second
a life less lived
a little less water
a lot less complicated than I had thought
A record drought two years ago reduced the Amazon to less than a trickle in large sections
a regional less-than truckload motor carrier
a sufficient though less pointed caution
a unique blending process that leaves less dust in each box
a whole lot less stiff since the date started and ended
also much less
although less so
an incentive to pollute less
and because they would be working less hours, they would be the first to be unemployed during hard times
and condoned less than a century earlier.
And that (one) even less!
And the less clear me
Any less
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any less of a miracle
anything less
Suite...
"the more he tries, the less he ..."
"The more you talk, the less you have to hear how dumb every
"there is less to worry about"
"to be relieved that" et "less and less"
10:00, more or less
35% Less fat
A "typical document" is less than 1000 words.
A bit less so
a good deal less
A google search takes a broadband user less than a second
a life less lived
a little less water
a lot less complicated than I had thought
A record drought two years ago reduced the Amazon to less than a trickle in large sections
a regional less-than truckload motor carrier
a sufficient though less pointed caution
a unique blending process that leaves less dust in each box
a whole lot less stiff since the date started and ended
also much less
although less so
an incentive to pollute less
and because they would be working less hours, they would be the first to be unemployed during hard times
and condoned less than a century earlier.
And that (one) even less!
And the less clear me
Any less
any less
any less of a miracle
anything less
Suite...
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