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- (British) IPA: /smɔːl/, SAMPA: /smO:l/
- (US) IPA: /smɔl/, SAMPA: /smOl/
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Etymology
Middle English smal, from Old English smæl, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz 'narrow' (compare West Frisian smel, Dutch smal, German schmal), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁l 'small animal' (compare Dutch maal 'calf', Welsh mil 'animal', Russian malŭ 'sheep', Ancient Greek mêlon 'sheep', Armenian mal 'sheep, ram').
Adjective
small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)
- Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.
- A small serving of ice cream.
- A small group.
- He made us all feel small.
- (figuratively) Young, as a child.
- Remember when the children were small?
- (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
Synonyms
- Wikisaurus has an entry for “tiny” in the sense of “small in size”.
- (not large or big): little, microscopic, minuscule, minute, tiny
- (young, as a child): little, wee (Scottish), young
- (of written letters): lowercase, minuscule
Antonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:large
- (not large or big): capital, big, generous (said of an amount of something given), large
- (young, as a child): adult, grown-up, old
- (of written letters): big, capital, majuscule, uppercase
Derived terms
Terms derived from small (adj.)
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Adverb
small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)
- In a small fashion.
Derived terms
- writ small
Noun
small (plural smalls)
- Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
- (UK, in plural) Underclothes.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Swedish
Verb
small
- past tense of smälla.
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