paucity

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒs.ɪ.ti/
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• General-American: /ˈpɔs.ɪ.ti/
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• General-American: [ˈpɔs.ɪ.ɾi]
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈpɑ.sɪ.ti/
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• cot-caught-merger: [ˈpɑ.sɪ.ɾi]
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• Australian: /ˈpɔs.ɪ.ti/
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• Australian: [ˈpɔs.ɪ.ɾi]
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From Middle English paucete, paucite, paucyte, partly from Middle French paucité and partly from its etymon, Latin paucitās (“a small number, fewness, scarcity”), from paucus (“few, little”). Related to few.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: малобройност (malobrojnost) — fewness in number; a small number
• Bulgarian: оскъдност (oskǎdnost) — fewness in number; a small number
• Chinese Mandarin: 少量 (shǎoliàng) — fewness in number; a small number
• Czech: nedostatek — fewness in number; a small number
• Dutch: gering aantal — fewness in number; a small number
• Finnish: niukkuus — fewness in number; a small number
• French: paucité — fewness in number; a small number
• German: Mangel — fewness in number; a small number
• Greek: ελαχιστότητα (elachistótita) — fewness in number; a small number
• Greek: σπανιότητα (spaniótita) — fewness in number; a small number
• Hindi: अल्पता (alpatā) — fewness in number; a small number
• Hindi: दुर्लभता (durlabhtā) — fewness in number; a small number
• Irish: laghad — fewness in number; a small number
• Central Kurdish: کەمی (kemî) — fewness in number; a small number
• Latin: paucitās — fewness in number; a small number
• Macedonian: недо́статок (nedóstatok) — fewness in number; a small number
• Macedonian: не́достиг (nédostig) — fewness in number; a small number
• Māori: ngōuruuru — fewness in number; a small number
• Polish: niedostatek — fewness in number; a small number
• Portuguese: penúria — fewness in number; a small number
• Russian: недоста́точность (nedostátočnostʹ) — fewness in number; a small number
• Russian: нехва́тка (nexvátka) — fewness in number; a small number
• Russian: малочи́сленность (maločíslennostʹ) — fewness in number; a small number
• Slovak: nedostatok — fewness in number; a small number
• Spanish: penuria — fewness in number; a small number
• Spanish: escasez — fewness in number; a small number
• Spanish: paucidad — fewness in number; a small number
• Spanish: poquedad — fewness in number; a small number
• Spanish: carencia — fewness in number; a small number
• Spanish: carestía — fewness in number; a small number
• Swahili: uchache — fewness in number; a small number
• Swahili: uhaba — fewness in number; a small number
• Swedish: fåtalighet — fewness in number; a small number
• Swedish: knapphet — fewness in number; a small number
• Ottoman Turkish: قلت (kıllet) — fewness in number; a small number
• Ukrainian: нечисленність (nečyslennistʹ) — fewness in number; a small number
• Ukrainian: мала кількість (mala kilʹkistʹ) — fewness in number; a small number
• Dutch: geringheid — smallness in size or amount
• Finnish: niukkuus — smallness in size or amount
• German: Knappheit — smallness in size or amount
• Greek: έλλειψη (élleipsi) — smallness in size or amount
• Irish: laghad — smallness in size or amount
• Latin: paucitās — smallness in size or amount
• Macedonian: о́скудност (óskudnost) — smallness in size or amount
• Norwegian Bokmål: knapphet — smallness in size or amount
• Norwegian Nynorsk: knappleik — smallness in size or amount
• Russian: ску́дность (skúdnostʹ) — smallness in size or amount
• Slovak: nedostatok — smallness in size or amount
• Ottoman Turkish: قلت (kıllet) — smallness in size or amount
• Ukrainian: нестача (nestača) — smallness in size or amount
• Ukrainian: недостатність (nedostatnistʹ) — smallness in size or amount