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few

/fjuː/ determiner A1 (estimated)

1. indefinite, usually small number

German	ein paar
French	le peu, peu
Portuguese	poucos, pouco
Czech	málo, málo, málo
Italian	poco, qualche
Spanish	poco
Dutch	weinig, enkele
Swedish	få, få
Latin	pauci, paucus, nonnullus

2. small number

French	peu
Portuguese	pouco, poucos
Czech	několik
Italian	poco
Spanish	poco
Dutch	weinig
Swedish	ett fåtal
Latin	aliquot

3. meteorology: obscuring 1–2 eighths of the sky

French	quelques

4. less, fewer

German	weniger
French	moins
Portuguese	menos
Czech	málo
Italian	meno
Spanish	menos
Dutch	minder
Swedish	få, mindre
Latin	paucus

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few

/fjuː/ pronoun A1 (estimated)

1. few people, few things

French	peu
Portuguese	menos, poucos
Czech	málokterý, málokdo
Swedish	få

2. few

German	paar
French	quelques
Portuguese	poucos
Czech	pár
Spanish	poco
Dutch	paar
Swedish	ett par

3. some, a few, plenty

German	einig
French	d’accord

4. some, a few

French	quelques-uns

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