Значение

значений: 4
  1. An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

    There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street.

    Quite a few people (=a significant number) were pleasantly surprised.

    wenig

    немно́гийnemnógij, ма́лоmálo, не́сколькоnéskolʹko

    ма́лоmálo, кі́лькаkílʹka, небага́тоnebaháto

  2. Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.

    Very few did she have not to go there, did she?

    I was expecting a big crowd at the party, but very few people (=almost none) turned up.

    ма́лоmálo

  3. Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky.

    Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness overnight.

  4. (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.

Примеры

предложений: 5869
  1. Your composition has a few mistakes.

    В твоём сочинении есть несколько ошибок.

    deDein Aufsatz hat ein paar Fehler.

  2. I want a few empty glasses.

    Я хочу несколько пустых стаканов.

    deIch möchte ein paar leere Gläser.

  3. Only a few people understood me.

    Только лишь несколько человек поняли меня.

    deNur ein paar wenige Leute verstanden mich.

  4. It only takes a few minutes.

    Это займёт только пару минут.

  5. I've been there a few times.

    Я был там несколько раз.

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 1
indefinite, usually small number:
Русский
По значениям 1
indefinite, usually small number:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
indefinite, usually small number:

Происхождение

From Middle English fewe, from Old English fēaw (“few”), from Proto-West Germanic *fau, fr

From Middle English fewe, from Old English fēaw (“few”), from Proto-West Germanic *fau, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz (“few”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”).

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Формы

fewer/less, fewest/least

Синонимы

синонимов: 1

Антонимы

антонимов: 1

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 11

Сочетаемость

шаблонов: 12
  • few days days
  • for a few
  • a few minutes
  • a few days
  • few minutes
  • few days
  • a few more
  • a few years
  • a few hours
  • few more days
  • only a few
  • have a few

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