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• slīt
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• /slaɪt/
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• British, Southern, Standard: [slɑjt]
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• Canada, US: [sl̥ɐɪt]
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• Canada, US: [sl̥əɪ̯t]
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• /slaːt/ African-American, General South African
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /slɑɪt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /slɒɪt/
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• rhymes with -aɪt
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• homophone: sleight
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• CMU ARPABET: S L AY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Swedish slät (“smooth”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).

Scottish surname from Middle English slight (“smooth; slim, slender, skinny”), a nickname for a slim or skinny person.

183 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: طَفِيف (ṭafīf) — small in amount, insignificant
• Bulgarian: малък (malǎk) — small in amount, insignificant
• Bulgarian: незначителен (neznačitelen) — small in amount, insignificant
• Catalan: feble — small in amount, insignificant
• Catalan: dèbil — small in amount, insignificant
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕微的 /轻微的 (qīngwēi de) — small in amount, insignificant
• Czech: nepatrný — small in amount, insignificant
• Czech: drobný — small in amount, insignificant
• Czech: maličký — small in amount, insignificant
• Dutch: onbeduidend — small in amount, insignificant
• Esperanto: eta — small in amount, insignificant
• Finnish: vähäinen — small in amount, insignificant
• Finnish: heikko — small in amount, insignificant
• Finnish: pieni — small in amount, insignificant
• Finnish: pintapuolinen — small in amount, insignificant
• Finnish: lievä — small in amount, insignificant
• Finnish: välitön — small in amount, insignificant
• Finnish: hienoinen — small in amount, insignificant
• Finnish: vieno — small in amount, insignificant
• French: insignifiant — small in amount, insignificant
• French: léger — small in amount, insignificant
• German: geringfügig — small in amount, insignificant
• German: leicht — small in amount, insignificant
• German: gering — small in amount, insignificant
• German: unbedeutend — small in amount, insignificant
• German: wenig — small in amount, insignificant
• German: schlank — small in amount, insignificant
• German: schwach — small in amount, insignificant
• German: klein — small in amount, insignificant
• German: unerheblich — small in amount, insignificant
• German: unwichtig — small in amount, insignificant
• Hindi: थोड़ा (thoṛā) — small in amount, insignificant
• Hungarian: csekély — small in amount, insignificant
• Hungarian: jelentéktelen — small in amount, insignificant
• Hungarian: kevés — small in amount, insignificant
• Hungarian: kevéske — small in amount, insignificant
• Italian: insignificante — small in amount, insignificant
• Italian: leggero — small in amount, insignificant
• Italian: debole — small in amount, insignificant
• Italian: lieve — small in amount, insignificant
• Japanese: 僅な (wazuka na) — small in amount, insignificant
• Japanese: 些細な (sasai na) — small in amount, insignificant
• Japanese: 軽微な (keibi na) — small in amount, insignificant
• Japanese: 末梢的な (masshōteki na) — small in amount, insignificant
• Japanese: つまらない (tsumaranai) — small in amount, insignificant
• Korean: 약간의 (yakgan-ui) — small in amount, insignificant
• Latin: sublestus — small in amount, insignificant
• Polish: drobny — small in amount, insignificant
• Polish: mały — small in amount, insignificant
• Portuguese: insignificante — small in amount, insignificant
• Portuguese: ligeiro — small in amount, insignificant
• Portuguese: leve — small in amount, insignificant
• Russian: незначи́тельный (neznačítelʹnyj) — small in amount, insignificant
• Serbo-Croatian: бе̏знача̄јан — small in amount, insignificant
• Serbo-Croatian: bȅznačājan — small in amount, insignificant
• Spanish: insignificante — small in amount, insignificant
• Spanish: leve — small in amount, insignificant
• Spanish: ligero — small in amount, insignificant
• Spanish: lene — small in amount, insignificant
• Spanish: lieve — small in amount, insignificant
• Swedish: obetydlig — small in amount, insignificant
• Ukrainian: незначний (neznačnyj) — small in amount, insignificant
• Ukrainian: легкий (lehkyj) — small in amount, insignificant
• Ukrainian: слабкий (slabkyj) — small in amount, insignificant
• Bulgarian: тънък (tǎnǎk) — not stout or heavy; slender
• Bulgarian: слаб (slab) — not stout or heavy; slender
• Finnish: hoikka — not stout or heavy; slender
• German: schlank — not stout or heavy; slender
• German: schmächtig — not stout or heavy; slender
• German: dünn — not stout or heavy; slender
• German: zart — not stout or heavy; slender
• German: gebrechlich — not stout or heavy; slender
• Hungarian: vékony — not stout or heavy; slender
• Hungarian: karcsú — not stout or heavy; slender
• Hungarian: törékeny — not stout or heavy; slender
• Hungarian: kecses — not stout or heavy; slender
• Hungarian: filigrán — not stout or heavy; slender
• Māori: pūhihi — not stout or heavy; slender
• Bulgarian: гладък (gladǎk) — even, smooth or level
• Finnish: sileä — even, smooth or level
• Finnish: tasainen — even, smooth or level
• German: glatt — even, smooth or level
• German: gleichmäßig — even, smooth or level
• German: eben — even, smooth or level
• Hungarian: sima — even, smooth or level
• Hungarian: lapos — even, smooth or level
• Finnish: heikkomielinen — weak in intellect
• German: minderbemittelt — weak in intellect
• German: einfach — weak in intellect
• German: dumm — weak in intellect
• German: einfach gestrickt — weak in intellect
• German: schlicht — weak in intellect
• Hungarian: buta — weak in intellect
• Hungarian: ostoba — weak in intellect
• Hungarian: együgyű — weak in intellect
• Finnish: huono — of poor quality
• Finnish: heikkolaatuinen — of poor quality
• Finnish: kehno — of poor quality
• German: einfach — of poor quality
• German: schlecht — of poor quality
• German: minderwertig — of poor quality
• German: billig — of poor quality
• Hungarian: silány — of poor quality
• Hungarian: ócska — of poor quality
• Hungarian: hitvány — of poor quality
• Hungarian: gyatra — of poor quality
• Bulgarian: незачитане (nezačitane) — act of slighting
• Chinese Mandarin: 忽視 /忽视 (hūshì) — act of slighting
• Czech: urážka — act of slighting
• Czech: znevažování — act of slighting
• Czech: ignorování — act of slighting
• German: Geringschätzung — act of slighting
• German: Kränkung — act of slighting
• German: Herabschätzung — act of slighting
• German: Beleidigung — act of slighting
• Hungarian: bántás — act of slighting
• Hungarian: megbántás — act of slighting
• Hungarian: sértés — act of slighting
• Hungarian: megsértés — act of slighting
• Hungarian: sérelem — act of slighting
• Hungarian: megalázás — act of slighting
• Hungarian: megaláztatás — act of slighting
• Hungarian: becsmérlés — act of slighting
• Hungarian: mellőzés — act of slighting
• Hungarian: mellőzöttség — act of slighting
• Hungarian: semmibevétel — act of slighting
• Hungarian: fitymálás — act of slighting
• Hungarian: lekicsinylés — act of slighting
• Hungarian: félresöprés — act of slighting
• Hungarian: megvetés — act of slighting
• Japanese: 軽視 (keishi) — act of slighting
• Malayalam: അവഗണന (avagaṇana) — act of slighting
• Spanish: falta de respeto — act of slighting
• Bulgarian: не зачитам (ne začitam) — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Hakka Chinese: 侮慢 (vú-man̂) — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Chinese Mandarin: 忽視 /忽视 (hūshì) — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕視 /轻视 (qīngshì) — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Chinese Mandarin: 侮慢 (wǔmàn) — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Czech: přehlížet — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Czech: ignorovat — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Czech: přezírat — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Galician: desprezar — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• German: vernachlässigen — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• German: kränken — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• German: zurücksetzen — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• German: beleidigen — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• German: abschätzig behandeln — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• German: geringschätzig behandeln — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• German: missachten — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Hungarian: mellőz — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Hungarian: félresöpör — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Hungarian: semmibe vesz — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Hungarian: lekicsinyel — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Italian: disprezzare — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Japanese: 軽んじる (karonjiru) — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Japanese: 賎しめる (iyashimeru) — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Japanese: 軽視する (keishi suru) — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Latin: temnō — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Māori: pī — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Māori: tīkai — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Māori: whakatīkai — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Turkish: küçük görmek — to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of
• Bulgarian: пренебрегвам (prenebregvam) — to give lesser weight or importance
• German: herabsetzen — to give lesser weight or importance
• German: verharmlosen — to give lesser weight or importance
• German: schmälern — to give lesser weight or importance
• German: nicht betonen — to give lesser weight or importance
• German: abmindern — to give lesser weight or importance
• German: herabmindern — to give lesser weight or importance
• German: verkleinern — to give lesser weight or importance
• Italian: sminuire — to give lesser weight or importance
• Bulgarian: презирам (preziram) — to treat with disdain or neglect
• Czech: přehlížet — to treat with disdain or neglect
• Czech: přezírat — to treat with disdain or neglect
• Dutch: krenken — to treat with disdain or neglect
• German: kränken — to treat with disdain or neglect
• German: missachten — to treat with disdain or neglect
• German: verachten — to treat with disdain or neglect
• German: beleidigen — to treat with disdain or neglect
• Hungarian: becsmérel — to treat with disdain or neglect
• Hungarian: fitymál — to treat with disdain or neglect
• Hungarian: megvet — to treat with disdain or neglect
• Bulgarian: правя небрежно (pravja nebrežno) — to act negligently or carelessly