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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”). Cognate with Old Saxon fā (“few”), Old High German fao, fō (“few, little”), Old Norse fár (“few”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”). Also related with Latin paucus (“little, few”) and pauper (“poor”), from which latter English poor and pauper; see these.

From a speech by Winston Churchill that included the phrase "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few".

253 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: маҷк (mačʼkʼ) — indefinite, usually small number
• Albanian: pak — indefinite, usually small number
• Albanian: i fijë — indefinite, usually small number
• Arabic: قَلِيل (qalīl) — indefinite, usually small number
• Arabic: قليل (ʔalīl) — indefinite, usually small number
• Arabic: شوية (šuwayya) — indefinite, usually small number
• Arabic: قَليل (galīl) — indefinite, usually small number
• Arabic: شُوَيَّة (šuwayya) — indefinite, usually small number
• Armenian: քիչ (kʻičʻ) — indefinite, usually small number
• Armenian: սակավ (sakav) — indefinite, usually small number
• Azerbaijani: az — indefinite, usually small number
• Balinese: kikit — indefinite, usually small number
• Bashkir: әҙ (əź) — indefinite, usually small number
• Bashkir: аҙ (aź) — indefinite, usually small number
• Belarusian: ма́ла (mála) — indefinite, usually small number
• Belarusian: не́калькі (njékalʹki) — indefinite, usually small number
• Belarusian: няшма́т (njašmát) — indefinite, usually small number
• Belarusian: нямно́га (njamnóha) — indefinite, usually small number
• Bengali: কম (kom) — indefinite, usually small number
• Bulgarian: ма́лко (málko) — indefinite, usually small number
• Burmese: နည်း (nany:) — indefinite, usually small number
• Catalan: poc — indefinite, usually small number
• Catalan: poca — indefinite, usually small number
• Eastern Min Chinese: 少 (jiu) — indefinite, usually small number
• Chinese Mandarin: 少 (shǎo) — indefinite, usually small number
• Chinese Mandarin: 一些 (yīxiē) — indefinite, usually small number
• Choctaw: achafoa — indefinite, usually small number
• East Circassian: мащӏэ (maśʼɛ) — indefinite, usually small number
• West Circassian: макӏэ (makʼɛ) — indefinite, usually small number
• Czech: málo — indefinite, usually small number
• Czech: trochu — indefinite, usually small number
• Czech: jen pár — indefinite, usually small number
• Danish: få — indefinite, usually small number
• Dutch: weinig — indefinite, usually small number
• Dutch: enkele — indefinite, usually small number
• Dutch: een paar — indefinite, usually small number
• Esperanto: malmulta — indefinite, usually small number
• Estonian: vähe — indefinite, usually small number
• Estonian: vähesed — indefinite, usually small number
• Finnish: harva — indefinite, usually small number
• Finnish: muutama — indefinite, usually small number
• Finnish: jokunen — indefinite, usually small number
• French: peu — indefinite, usually small number
• Friulian: pôc — indefinite, usually small number
• Georgian: ცოტა (coṭa) — indefinite, usually small number
• German: wenig — indefinite, usually small number
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus) — indefinite, usually small number
• Greek: λίγοι — indefinite, usually small number
• Greek: μερικοί (merikoí) — indefinite, usually small number
• Ancient Greek: ὀλίγος (olígos) — indefinite, usually small number
• Hawaiian: kakaikahi — indefinite, usually small number
• Hebrew: אֲחָדִים (akhadím) — indefinite, usually small number
• Hindi: कुछ (kuch) — indefinite, usually small number
• Hindi: अल्प (alp) — indefinite, usually small number
• Hindi: न्यून (nyūn) — indefinite, usually small number
• Hungarian: kevés — indefinite, usually small number
• Icelandic: fáir — indefinite, usually small number
• Ido: poka — indefinite, usually small number
• Indonesian: sedikit — indefinite, usually small number
• Irish: beag — indefinite, usually small number
• Irish: beagán — indefinite, usually small number
• Old Irish: úathad — indefinite, usually small number
• Old Irish: terc — indefinite, usually small number
• Istriot: puoco — indefinite, usually small number
• Italian: poco — indefinite, usually small number
• Japanese: 少し (sukoshi) — indefinite, usually small number
• Kaitag: кам (kam) — indefinite, usually small number
• Kazakh: аз (az) — indefinite, usually small number
• Khmer: តិច (təc) — indefinite, usually small number
• Korean: 적다 (jeokda) — indefinite, usually small number
• Korean: 조금 (jogeum) — indefinite, usually small number
• Central Kurdish: کەم (kem) — indefinite, usually small number
• Kyrgyz: аз (az) — indefinite, usually small number
• Lao: ນ້ອຍ (nǭi) — indefinite, usually small number
• Latgalian: nazcik — indefinite, usually small number
• Latgalian: kuri nakuri — indefinite, usually small number
• Latgalian: drupeit — indefinite, usually small number
• Latin: paucus — indefinite, usually small number
• Latvian: nedaudz — indefinite, usually small number
• Latvian: daži — indefinite, usually small number
• Lithuanian: nedaug — indefinite, usually small number
• Lombard: poo — indefinite, usually small number
• Lombard: pu — indefinite, usually small number
• Macedonian: ма́лку (málku) — indefinite, usually small number
• Malay: dikit — indefinite, usually small number
• Malay: sedikit — indefinite, usually small number
• Māori: riki — indefinite, usually small number
• Māori: okotahi — indefinite, usually small number
• Māori: ruarua — indefinite, usually small number
• Māori: torutoru — indefinite, usually small number
• Māori: itiiti — indefinite, usually small number
• Māori: kōtahitahi — indefinite, usually small number
• Māori: ngōuruuru — indefinite, usually small number
• Māori: ouou — indefinite, usually small number
• Māori: tokoiti — indefinite, usually small number
• Māori: tokoitiiti — indefinite, usually small number
• Mongolian: хэдэн (xeden) — indefinite, usually small number
• Norwegian: få — indefinite, usually small number
• Norwegian: noen — indefinite, usually small number
• Occitan: pauc — indefinite, usually small number
• Old Turkic: 𐰀𐰕 (āz) — indefinite, usually small number
• Papiamentu: poko — indefinite, usually small number
• Pashto: لږ (lëģ) — indefinite, usually small number
• Persian: کم (kam) — indefinite, usually small number
• Persian: اندک (andak) — indefinite, usually small number
• Polish: mało — indefinite, usually small number
• Polish: niewiele — indefinite, usually small number
• Portuguese: poucos — indefinite, usually small number
• Portuguese: poucas — indefinite, usually small number
• Romagnol: pöc — indefinite, usually small number
• Romanian: câțiva — indefinite, usually small number
• Romanian: ceva — indefinite, usually small number
• Romansh: pauc — indefinite, usually small number
• Russian: немно́гий (nemnógij) — indefinite, usually small number
• Russian: ма́ло (málo) — indefinite, usually small number
• Russian: не́сколько (néskolʹko) — indefinite, usually small number
• Sanskrit: ईषत् (īṣat) — indefinite, usually small number
• Sanskrit: स्वल्प (svalpa) — indefinite, usually small number
• Scottish Gaelic: beagan — indefinite, usually small number
• Scottish Gaelic: beag — indefinite, usually small number
• Scottish Gaelic: corra — indefinite, usually small number
• Scottish Gaelic: deannan — indefinite, usually small number
• Serbo-Croatian: мало — indefinite, usually small number
• Serbo-Croatian: malo — indefinite, usually small number
• Sicilian: pocu — indefinite, usually small number
• Sindhi: ٿورا (thorā) — indefinite, usually small number
• Slovak: málo — indefinite, usually small number
• Slovak: zopár — indefinite, usually small number
• Slovak: niekoľko — indefinite, usually small number
• Slovene: malo — indefinite, usually small number
• Slovene: nekaj — indefinite, usually small number
• Lower Sorbian: mało — indefinite, usually small number
• Spanish: poco — indefinite, usually small number
• Sundanese: sakedik — indefinite, usually small number
• Swedish: få — indefinite, usually small number
• Tahitian: riʻi — indefinite, usually small number
• Tajik: кам (kam) — indefinite, usually small number
• Talysh: kam — indefinite, usually small number
• Tarantino: pìcche — indefinite, usually small number
• Tat: kəm — indefinite, usually small number
• Tatar: аз (az) — indefinite, usually small number
• Telugu: కొద్ది (koddi) — indefinite, usually small number
• Telugu: కొలది (koladi) — indefinite, usually small number
• Thai: น้อย (nɔ́ɔi) — indefinite, usually small number
• Tooro: -ke — indefinite, usually small number
• Tooro: -taito — indefinite, usually small number
• Turkish: az — indefinite, usually small number
• Ottoman Turkish: آز (az) — indefinite, usually small number
• Turkmen: az — indefinite, usually small number
• Ukrainian: ма́ло (málo) — indefinite, usually small number
• Ukrainian: кі́лька (kílʹka) — indefinite, usually small number
• Ukrainian: небага́то (nebaháto) — indefinite, usually small number
• Urdu: کچھ (kuch) — indefinite, usually small number
• Urdu: کم (kam) — indefinite, usually small number
• Uzbek: oz — indefinite, usually small number
• Venetan: puòco — indefinite, usually small number
• Venetan: poco — indefinite, usually small number
• Vietnamese: ít — indefinite, usually small number
• Waray-Waray: gu-ti — indefinite, usually small number
• Waray-Waray: di-to — indefinite, usually small number
• Welsh: ychydig — indefinite, usually small number
• Yaghnobi: кам (kam) — indefinite, usually small number
• Yiddish: ווייניק (veynik) — indefinite, usually small number
• Yiddish: עטלעכע (etlekhe) — indefinite, usually small number
• Zealandic: weinig — indefinite, usually small number
• Arabic: قَلِيل (qalīl) — small number
• Armenian: քիչ (kʻičʻ) — small number
• Armenian: սակավ (sakav) — small number
• Bulgarian: ма́лко (málko) — small number
• Burmese: နည်း (nany:) — small number
• Catalan: pocs — small number
• Catalan: poques — small number
• Chinese Mandarin: 少 (shǎo) — small number
• Chinese Mandarin: 少數 /少数 (shǎoshù) — small number
• Ngazidja Comorian: -shashi — small number
• Czech: málo — small number
• Czech: několik — small number
• Czech: nemnoho — small number
• Dutch: weinig — small number
• Estonian: vähe — small number
• Finnish: vähän — small number
• Finnish: muutama — small number
• French: peu — small number
• Ancient Greek: ὀλίγος (olígos) — small number
• Hindi: कम (kam) — small number
• Hungarian: kevés — small number
• Icelandic: fár — small number
• Indonesian: segelintir — small number
• Irish: beag — small number
• Irish: beagán — small number
• Irish: tearc — small number
• Italian: pochi — small number
• Japanese: わずか (wazuka) — small number
• Japanese: 少数 (shōsū) — small number
• Khmer: ប៉ុន្មាន (ponmaan) — small number
• Central Kurdish: کەم (kem) — small number
• Central Kurdish: کەمێ (kemê) — small number
• Latin: aliquot — small number
• Macedonian: ма́лку (málku) — small number
• Macedonian: малку́мина (malkúmina) — small number
• Māori: riki — small number
• Māori: okotahi — small number
• Māori: ruarua — small number
• Māori: toru toru — small number
• Māori: itiiti — small number
• Māori: kōtahitahi — small number
• Māori: ngōuruuru — small number
• Māori: ouou — small number
• Māori: tokoiti — small number
• Māori: tokoitiiti — small number
• Mongolian: цөөн (cöön) — small number
• Mongolian: цөөхөн (cööxön) — small number
• Mongolian: цөөн тооны (cöön toony) — small number
• Norwegian: få — small number
• Persian: کم (kam) — small number
• Persian: وید (veyd) — small number
• Persian: اندک (andak) — small number
• Phoenician: 𐤌𐤎𐤊 (msk) — small number
• Polish: kilka — small number
• Polish: parę — small number
• Portuguese: poucos — small number
• Portuguese: poucas — small number
• Romanian: puțini — small number
• Russian: ма́ло (málo) — small number
• Sanskrit: ईषत् (īṣat) — small number
• Sanskrit: स्वल्प (svalpa) — small number
• Sikkimese: ཉུང (nyung) — small number
• Slovak: nemnohí — small number
• Spanish: pocos — small number
• Spanish: pocas — small number
• Swedish: fåtal — small number
• Tahitian: riʻi — small number
• Turkish: az — small number
• Urdu: کم (kam) — small number
• Vietnamese: ít — small number
• Yiddish: ווייניק (veynik) — small number
• Yiddish: אַ פּאָר (a por) — small number
• Zealandic: weinig — small number
• Finnish: selkeä (see: pilvisyys) — meteorology: obscuring 1–2 eighths of the sky
• French: peu — meteorology: obscuring 1–2 eighths of the sky
• French: quelques — meteorology: obscuring 1–2 eighths of the sky
• Arabic: قَلِيل (qalīl) — few people, few things
• Czech: nemnoho — few people, few things
• Finnish: harva — few people, few things
• French: peu — few people, few things
• Indonesian: sedikit — few people, few things
• Māori: tokoitiiti — few people, few things
• Māori: tokoiti — few people, few things
• Persian: اندک (andak) — few people, few things
• Spanish: [unos] pocos / cuantos — few people, few things
• Sundanese: sakedik — few people, few things
• Swedish: få — few people, few things
• Tocharian B: totka — few people, few things