piecemeal

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈpiːs.miːl/
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• CMU ARPABET: P IY1 S M IY2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English pecemele, from pece (“piece”) + mele (from Old English mǣlum (“at a time”), dative plural form of mǣl (“time, measure”), taking the place of Old English styċċemǣlum (“in pieces, bit by bit, piecemeal; to pieces, to bits; here and there, in different places; little by little, by degrees, gradually”); equivalent to piece + -meal.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: постепе́нен (postepénen) — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Bulgarian: ета́пен (etápen) — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Finnish: vähittäinen — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Finnish: asteittainen — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Finnish: askelittainen — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Finnish: paloittainen — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• German: scheibchenweise — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• German: häppchenweise — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• German: bruchstückhaft — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• German: kleinteilig — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• German: in kleinen Schritten — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• German: stückweise — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Icelandic: smám saman — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Italian: frammentario — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Māori: kōhikohiko — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Māori: tūāporoporo — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Polish: fragmentaryczny — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Polish: wyrywkowy — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Portuguese: fragmentado — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Portuguese: fragmentada — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Russian: постепе́нный (postepénnyj) — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Russian: поша́говый (pošágovyj) — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Spanish: por partes — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Ukrainian: покро́ковий (pokrókovyj) — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Ukrainian: поета́пний (poetápnyj) — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Ukrainian: фрагмента́рний (frahmentárnyj) — made or done in pieces or one stage at a time
• Bulgarian: едно по едно (edno po edno) — piece by piece
• Bulgarian: на парче (na parče) — piece by piece
• Dutch: mondjesmaat — piece by piece
• Finnish: asteittain — piece by piece
• Finnish: vähä vähältä — piece by piece
• Finnish: pala palalta — piece by piece
• German: einzeln — piece by piece
• German: in Portiönchen — piece by piece
• German: häppchenweise — piece by piece
• German: scheibchenweise — piece by piece
• German: Stück für Stück — piece by piece
• Latin: carptim — piece by piece
• Latin: intercīsē — piece by piece
• Old English: dǣlmǣlum — piece by piece
• Old English: brytmǣlum — piece by piece
• Old English: styċċemǣlum — piece by piece
• Polish: po trochu — piece by piece
• Polish: po kawałku — piece by piece
• Portuguese: aos poucos — piece by piece
• Russian: по частя́м (po častjám) — piece by piece
• Russian: постепе́нно (postepénno) — piece by piece
• Scottish Gaelic: mean air mhean — piece by piece
• Spanish: por partes — piece by piece
• Ukrainian: части́нами (častýnamy) — piece by piece
• Ukrainian: поступо́во (postupóvo) — piece by piece
• Dutch: met stukjes en beetjes — into pieces or parts
• Finnish: palasiksi — into pieces or parts
• German: in Einzelteile — into pieces or parts
• Polish: na kawałki — into pieces or parts
• Russian: на куски́ (na kuskí) — into pieces or parts
• Russian: на ча́сти (na části) — into pieces or parts
• Spanish: en partes/piezas/pedazos — into pieces or parts
• Ukrainian: на шматки́ (na šmatký) — into pieces or parts
• Ukrainian: на части́ни (na častýny) — into pieces or parts