Litelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

副詞

litel (comparative more litel, superlative most litel)

1. Obsolete form of little, not much.

限定詞

litel

1. Obsolete form of little, not much.

代名詞

litel

1. Obsolete form of little, not much.

名詞

litel (plural litels)

1. Obsolete form of little, a small amount, a small person, a small thing.

参照

• “little, adj., pron., n., adv.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 lȳtel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil, from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz.

発音

• IPA: /ˈlitəl/, /ˈliːtəl/
• (Southern, West Midlands) IPA: /ˈlytəl/, /ˈlyːtəl/

形容詞

litel

1. little (small; not large)
   • 14 Century, Chaucer, General Prologue

     He koude in litel thyng have suffisaunce.

     He could find contentment in little things

派生した語

• English: little
• Scots: lytil, litil
• Yola: lethel, lithel, litha, lythea

参照

• “lī̆tel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.