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# little — English to French

How English *little* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [little in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/little/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: little (41 495). By style: everyday 2 196 · literary 409 · biblical 206 · parliamentary 10 275 · legal and administrative 819 · UN documents 27 590.

## peu

Used about 18 660 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 556 · literary ≈ 136 · biblical ≈ 73 · parliamentary ≈ 6 208 · legal and administrative ≈ 341 · UN documents ≈ 10 346).

- It's a **little** dated.
  C'est un **peu** démodé.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1557250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1557250) [\#1557257](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1557257))

- "You feel strong enough to walk a **little** way now?" he asked.
  «Te sens-tu la force de te promener un **peu**? me demanda-t-il.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2595)

- Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a **little** food.’
  Notre père a dit: Retournez, achetez-nous un **peu** de vivres.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 44:25)

- Unfortunately, **little** information exists.
  Malheureusement, il existe **peu** d'informations.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1752725)

- For pellets with relatively **little** starch sediment:
  Extraits concentrés contenant relativement **peu** d’amidon:
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 900697)

## petit

Used about 1 476 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 366 · literary ≈ 51 · biblical ≈ 21 · parliamentary ≈ 428 · legal and administrative ≈ 34 · UN documents ≈ 575).

- You're a **little** liar.
  Tu es un **petit** menteur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1209949](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1209949) [\#1211209](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1211209))

- Djali raised his **little** gilt hoof, and struck six blows on the tambourine.
  Djali leva son **petit** pied d'or et frappa six coups sur le tambour.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 905)

- Whoever receives one such **little** child in my name receives me,
  Et quiconque reçoit en mon nom un **petit** enfant comme celui-ci, me reçoit moi-même.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 18:5)

- There is a **little** game of 'oh yes it is, oh no it isn't' going on here: Mr Weber says it is true, Mr Kallas says it is not.
  On assiste ici à un **petit** jeu de ping-pong entre M. Weber, qui dit que c'est vrai, et M. Kallas, qui dit que non.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1002461)

- The **little** finger shall be in contact with the seat cushion.
  Le **petit** doigt doit toucher le coussin du siège.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5454953)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- That **little** girl is my sister's friend.
  Cette petite fille est l'amie de ma sœur.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#68229](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/68229) [\#398033](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/398033))

- I just want a **little** more time.
  Je ne veux qu'un supplément de temps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2014292](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2014292) [\#2447887](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2447887))

- He had **little** choice.
  Il n'avait guère d'autre choix.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#1912005](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1912005) [\#7166505](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7166505))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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