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less

1. determiner moins de;
   ~ beer moins de bière;
   I have ~ money than him j'ai moins d'argent que lui.

2. pronoun moins;
   I have ~ than you j'en ai moins que toi;
   ~ than 10 moins de dix;
   in ~ than three hours en moins de trois heures;
   even ~ encore moins.

3. adverb moins;
   I read ~ these days je lis moins à présent;
   the more I see him, the ~ I like him plus je le vois, moins je l'aime.

4. preposition moins;
   ~ 15% discount moins 15% de remise;
   ~ tax avant impôts.

5. less and less phrase de moins en moins.

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'less' found in these entries:

English:

better - care - dear - little - more - much - point - slightly - spite - sprain - than - the - training - trial - under - usual - well-off - worse off

French:

atténuer - autant - balancer - cher - de - désenfler - discours - éperdument - espacer - faire - inférieur - moins - partout - plus - prou - rien - royalement - tant

less: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

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) plus petit	moins grand adj
Your pile of things is less than my pile of things.
Ta pile d'affaires est moins grande que la mienne.
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.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
become less salty		v	se dessaler ⇒
couldn't care less about		v	s'en moquer complètement
less advanced			moins avancé
less and less			de moins en moins
less than			moins que
make less alarming		v	dédramatiser ⇒
make less tense		v	décrisper ⇒ (une personne)
more or less			comme ci comme ça
more or less			plus ou moins
neither more nor less		adv	juste
no less			pas moins de
no less		adj	pas moins
no less than			pas moins que
no more and no less			ni plus ni moins
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "less".

-2 less than previously noted level
-less adjective construction en francais - grammaire
[FR] " Sans " : Without/--less ?
"little Latin and less Greek"
"moins clair" = "less clear"?
"the more he tries, the less he ..."
"there is less to worry about"
"to be relieved that" et "less and less"
35% Less fat
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 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
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!
Any less
any less of a miracle
anything less
at a level no less (Insurance Policy)
be a less expensive postal cost
But they can't even get it to start up, much less move
by doing less work
by either eating more or less than the daily...
cats need much less maintenance than dogs
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