adjective · rare

wee

wee · weer · weest

маленький, крошечный, ничтожный, крохотный

klein, winzig

Small, littleSmall, little.

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/wiː/

» I helped Tom weed the garden.

Я допоміг Тому прополоти в городі.

Meaning

1 senses

(Ireland, New Zealand, Northern England, Scotland)Small, little.
You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.
winzig, klein
кро́шечныйkróšečnyj, кро́хотныйkróxotnyj, малю́сенькийmaljúsenʹkij
(used informally) little or tiny

Examples

394 sentences

I helped Tom weed the garden.
Я допоміг Тому прополоти в городі. — deniko
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I have to weed the garden.
ruЯ должен пропалывать сад. — scriptin
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We helped Tom weed the garden.
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I wish Tom would weed the garden.
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I hired Tom to weed our garden.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

small, little:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

small, little:

Origin

From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġ

From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).

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