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From Middle English smal, smale, small, smalle, smel, smæl, from Old English smæl (“narrow, slim; slender; fine; small; quiet”), from Proto-West Germanic *smal, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal- (“small; little”). Cognates Cognate with Scots smaw (“small; minor”), Yola smaale, small (“small”), North Frisian smaal, smeel, smääl (“narrow”), Saterland Frisian smäl (“narrow”), West Frisian smel (“narrow”), Alemannic German schmaal (“narrow”), Bavarian schmoi (“narrow; slender”), Dutch smal (“narrow; small”), German schmal (“narrow; slender”), Low German small (“narrow; slender, small”), Luxembourgish schmuel (“narrow”), Vilamovian śmoł, šmoł (“narrow”), Yiddish שמאָל (shmol, “narrow”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish smal (“narrow; slim”), Gothic 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (smalists, “smallest”); also Latin malus (“bad, distressing, nasty; evil, mischievous, wicked; destructive, hurtful, noxious; abusive, hostile, unkind”), Belarusian малы́ (malý, “small”), Bulgarian and Macedonian мал (mal, “small; minor”), Czech and Slovak malý (“small”), Polish mały (“small; little; humble; short”), Russian ма́лый (mályj, “small; short”), Serbo-Croatian ма̑л, mȃl (“small”), Ukrainian мали́й (malýj, “small”).

Inherited from Old English smæl (“small”). Compare Smail. First attested in the 1200s.

463 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: klein — not large
• Ainu: ノカン — not large
• Albanian: i vogël — not large
• Northern Altai: киджиг (kidžig) — not large
• Southern Altai: кичинек (kičinek) — not large
• Southern Altai: кичӱ (kičü) — not large
• Amharic: ትንሽ (tənš) — not large
• Arabic: صَغِير (ṣaḡīr) — not large
• Arabic: صغير (ṣuḡayyar) — not large
• Arabic: صغير (ṣaḡīr) — not large
• Arabic: صغير (ṣḡīr) — not large
• Arabic: زغير (zḡīr) — not large
• Aragonese: chiquet — not large
• Aramaic: זעורא (z‘ūrā, z‘ūro) — not large
• Aramaic: ܙܥܘܪܐ (z‘ūrā, z‘ūro) — not large
• Armenian: փոքր (pʻokʻr) — not large
• Armenian: մանր (manr) — not large
• Armenian: պուճուր (pučur) — not large
• Aromanian: njic — not large
• Eastern Arrernte: akweke — not large
• Assamese: সৰু (xoru) — not large
• Asturian: pequeñu — not large
• Aymara: jisk'a — not large
• Azerbaijani: kiçik — not large
• Azerbaijani: balaca — not large
• Azerbaijani: xırda — not large
• Azerbaijani: ufaq — not large
• Bangi: -ke — not large
• Bashkir: бәләкәй (bələkəy) — not large
• Bashkir: бәләкәс (bələkəs) — not large
• Bashkir: кесе (kese) — not large
• Bashkir: кескәй (keskəy) — not large
• Basque: txiki — not large
• Belarusian: мале́нькі (maljénʹki) — not large
• Belarusian: малы́ (malý) — not large
• Bengali: ছোট (chōṭ) — not large
• Bhojpuri: छोट (chōṭ) — not large
• Breton: bihan — not large
• Bulgarian: ма́лък (málǎk) — not large
• Burmese: သေး (se:) — not large
• Burmese: နုပ် (nup) — not large
• Buryat: бишыхан (bišyxan) — not large
• Carpathian Rusyn: малый (malŷj) — not large
• Catalan: petit — not large
• Cebuano: gamay — not large
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵎⵥⵢⴰⵏ (amẓyan) — not large
• Chamicuro: na'yejchoma — not large
• Chavacano: chico — not large
• Chechen: жима (žima) — not large
• Chechen: кегий (kegii) — not large
• Cherokee: ᎤᏍᏗ (usdi) — not large
• Chichewa: -ng'ono — not large
• Chickasaw: ishkanno'si' — not large
• Chinese Cantonese: 細 /细 (sai3) — not large
• Chinese: щё (xio) — not large
• Eastern Min Chinese: 細 /细 (sá̤) — not large
• Hakka Chinese: 細 /细 (se) — not large
• Chinese: 細 /细 (sè, suè) — not large
• Chinese Mandarin: 小 (xiǎo) — not large
• Wu Chinese: 小 — not large
• Chuvash: пӗчӗк (pĕč̬ĕk) — not large
• Ngazidja Comorian: -fupvi — not large
• Cornish: bian — not large
• Crimean Tatar: kiçik — not large
• Crimean Tatar: kiçkene — not large
• Czech: malý — not large
• Dalmatian: pedlo — not large
• Danish: lille — not large
• Danish: liden — not large
• Dutch: klein — not large
• Dutch: nietig — not large
• Dutch: minuscuul — not large
• Egyptian: n:D-s-nDs (nḏs) — not large
• Erzya: вишка (viška) — not large
• Erzya: вишкине (viškine) — not large
• Eshtehardi: خوردیک (xurdik) — not large
• Esperanto: malgranda — not large
• Estonian: väike — not large
• Ewe: sue — not large
• Faroese: lítil — not large
• Finnish: pieni — not large
• French: petit — not large
• French: minuscule — not large
• West-Frisian: lyts — not large
• Gagauz: küçük — not large
• Galician: pequeno — not large
• Georgian: პატარა (ṗaṭara) — not large
• Georgian: მცირე (mcire) — not large
• German: klein — not large
• German: gering — not large
• German: chlii — not large
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (leitils) — not large
• Greek: μικρός (mikrós) — not large
• Ancient Greek: μικρός (mikrós) — not large
• Ancient Greek: τυτθός (tutthós) — not large
• Greek: μικκός (mikkós) — not large
• Gujarati: નાનું (nānũ) — not large
• Hausa: ƙure — not large
• Hawaiian: liʻiliʻi — not large
• Hawaiian: iki — not large
• Hebrew: קָטָן (katán) — not large
• Hebrew: קטנה (katanah) — not large
• Hebrew: קטנים (katanim) — not large
• Hebrew: קטנות (katanot) — not large
• Hindi: छोटा (choṭā) — not large
• Hindi: क्षुद्र (kṣudra) — not large
• Hindi: छोट (choṭ) — not large
• Hindi: नन्हा (nanhā) — not large
• Hindi: सगीर (sagīr) — not large
• White Hmong: me — not large
• Hungarian: kicsi — not large
• Hungarian: kis — not large
• Icelandic: smár — not large
• Icelandic: lítill — not large
• Ido: mikra — not large
• Igbo: ńta — not large
• Ilocano: bassit — not large
• Indonesian: kecil — not large
• Ingush: зӏамига (zˀamiga) — not large
• Interlingua: parve — not large
• Irish: beag — not large
• Old Irish: bec — not large
• Istriot: peîcio — not large
• Italian: piccolo — not large
• Italian: ristretto — not large
• Japanese: 小さい (chiisai) — not large
• Japanese: 小さな (chiisana) — not large
• Japanese: 狭い (semai) — not large
• Javanese: cilik — not large
• Javanese: alit — not large
• Kaitag: никӏва (niḳva) — not large
• Kalmyk: бичкн (biçkn) — not large
• Karachay-Balkar: гитче (gitçe) — not large
• Kashubian: môłi — not large
• Kashmiri: لۄکُٹ (lọkuṭ) — not large
• Kashmiri: نیُٛک — not large
• Kashmiri: خۄرٕد (khọrụd) — not large
• Kashmiri: پیٛوٗنٛت (pyūnt) — not large
• Kazakh: кіші (kışı) — not large
• Kazakh: кішкене (kışkene) — not large
• Kazakh: ұсақ (ūsaq) — not large
• Khakas: кічіг (kìçìg) — not large
• Khakas: кічиӌек (kìçicek) — not large
• Khmer: តូច (touc) — not large
• Korean: 작다 (jakda) — not large
• Korean: 작은 (jageun) — not large
• Koryak: тэгʼыйчыгʼын (tehəjčəhən) — not large
• Koryak: ныппулюӄин (nəppuĺuqin) — not large
• Kumyk: гиччи (giççi) — not large
• Central Kurdish: بچووک (bçûk) — not large
• Northern Kurdish: çûçik — not large
• Northern Kurdish: çûk — not large
• Northern Kurdish: piçûk — not large
• Northern Kurdish: qicik — not large
• Kyrgyz: кичине (kicine) — not large
• Kyrgyz: кичинекей (kicinekey) — not large
• Laboya: maraha — not large
• Ladin: pitl — not large
• Lao: ນ້ອຽ (nǭi) — not large
• Lao: ນ້ອຍ (nǭi) — not large
• Latgalian: mozs — not large
• Latin: parvus — not large
• Latin: paulus — not large
• Latvian: mazs — not large
• Lingala: -ke — not large
• Lithuanian: mažas — not large
• Lü: ᦓᦾᧉ (noay2) — not large
• Luganda: -tono — not large
• Lutuv: taa — not large
• Luxembourgish: kleng — not large
• Macedonian: мал (mal) — not large
• Malay: kecil — not large
• Brunei Malay: damit — not large
• Malayalam: ചെറിയ (ceṟiya) — not large
• Maltese: żgħir — not large
• Manchu: ᠠᠵᡳᡤᡝ (ajige) — not large
• Northern Mansi: ма̄нь (mānʹ) — not large
• Manx: beg — not large
• Māori: iti — not large
• Mapudungun: pichi — not large
• Mapudungun: pici — not large
• Marathi: छोटा (choṭā) — not large
• Marathi: छोटी (choṭī) — not large
• Marathi: छोटे (choṭe) — not large
• Marathi: लहान (lahān) — not large
• Eastern Mari: изи (izi) — not large
• Marshallese: dik — not large
• Mauritian Creole: ti — not large
• Minangkabau: kaciak — not large
• Minangkabau: ketek — not large
• Minangkabau: kenek — not large
• Mingrelian: ჭიჭე (č̣ič̣e) — not large
• Mirandese: pequeinho — not large
• Miskito: sirpi — not large
• Mòcheno: khloa'n — not large
• Moksha: ёмла (jomla) — not large
• Mongolian: жижиг (žižig) — not large
• Khiamniungan Naga: hà — not large
• Nanai: нучи (nuči) — not large
• Neapolitan: piccere — not large
• Norman: p'tit — not large
• Norwegian Bokmål: liten — not large
• Norwegian Nynorsk: liten — not large
• Occitan: pichon — not large
• Occitan: pichòt — not large
• Occitan: petit — not large
• Odia: ଛୋଟ (choṭa) — not large
• Odia: କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର (kṣudra) — not large
• Northern Ohlone: kutsú̆̄wis — not large
• Church Slavic: малъ (malŭ) — not large
• Old East Slavic: малъ (malŭ) — not large
• Old English: lȳtel — not large
• Oromo: yartuu — not large
• Pangasinan: muelag — not large
• Pannonian Rusyn: мали (mali) — not large
• Pashto: وړوکی (waṛukay) — not large
• Pashto: کوچنی (kučnay) — not large
• Iranian Persian: کوچَک (kučak) — not large
• Iranian Persian: خُرْد (xord) — not large
• Iranian Persian: کِهْ (keh) — not large
• Iranian Persian: سوتام (sutâm) — not large
• Iranian Persian: ریز (riz) — not large
• Polish: mały — not large
• Portuguese: pequeno — not large
• Punjabi: ਛੋੱਟਾ (choṭṭā) — not large
• Quechua: juch'uy — not large
• Rapa Nui: iti — not large
• Réunion Creole French: ti — not large
• Romagnol: znén — not large
• Romani: tikno — not large
• Romanian: mic — not large
• Romansh: pitschen — not large
• Russian: ма́ленький (málenʹkij) — not large
• Russian: ма́лый (mályj) — not large
• Rwanda-Rundi: -toya — not large
• Northern Sami: unni — not large
• Northern Sami: uhcci — not large
• Samoan: sogi — not large
• Sanskrit: अर्भ (arbha) — not large
• Sanskrit: अल्प (álpa) — not large
• Sanskrit: स्वल्प (svalpa) — not large
• Santali: ᱯᱤᱞᱪᱩ (pilcu) — not large
• Savosavo: gnari — not large
• Scots: wee — not large
• Scots: peedie — not large
• Scots: peerie — not large
• Scottish Gaelic: beag — not large
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̑л — not large
• Serbo-Croatian: mȃl — not large
• Shor: кичиг (kiçig) — not large
• Sicilian: nicu — not large
• Sidamo: shiima — not large
• Sindhi: نَنڍو (nãḍho) — not large
• Sinhalese: කුඩා (kuḍā) — not large
• Slovak: malý — not large
• Slovene: majhen — not large
• Somali: kis — not large
• Somali: yar — not large
• Lower Sorbian: mały — not large
• Upper Sorbian: mały — not large
• Spanish: pequeño — not large
• Spanish: chico — not large
• Spanish: parvo — not large
• Sundanese: alit — not large
• Svan: კოტო̄ლ (ḳoṭōl) — not large
• Svan: მო̄ლე (mōle) — not large
• Swahili: -dogo — not large
• Swedish: liten — not large
• Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠞꠥ (huru) — not large
• Tabasaran: бицӏи (bic̣i) — not large
• Tagalog: maliit — not large
• Tahitian: iti — not large
• Tajik: хурд (xurd) — not large
• Tajik: кӯчак (küčak) — not large
• Tamil: சிறிய் (ciṟiy) — not large
• Tamil: சிறிய (ciṟiya) — not large
• Tamil: சின்ன (ciṉṉa) — not large
• Tarantino: piccele — not large
• Tarifit: ameẓẓyan — not large
• Tashelhit: ⴰⵎⵥⵉ (amẓi) — not large
• Tatar: кече (keçe) — not large
• Tatar: кечек (keçek) — not large
• Tatar: бәләкәй (bäläkäy) — not large
• Telugu: చిన్న (cinna) — not large
• Ternate: ici — not large
• Tetum: ki'ik — not large
• Thai: เล็ก (lék) — not large
• Tibetan: ཆུང་ཆུང (chung chung) — not large
• Tocharian B: yekte — not large
• Tocharian B: totka — not large
• Tok Pisin: liklik — not large
• Tongan: si'i — not large
• Tooro: -taito — not large
• Tooro: -ke — not large
• Turkish: küçük — not large
• Turkish: ufak — not large
• Ottoman Turkish: كوچوك (küçük) — not large
• Ottoman Turkish: اوفاق (ufak) — not large
• Turkmen: kiçi — not large
• Tuvan: биче (biçe) — not large
• Udi: пӏатӏар (ṗaṭar) — not large
• Udmurt: пичи (pići) — not large
• Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎙𐎗 (ṣġr) — not large
• Ukrainian: мале́нький (malénʹkyj) — not large
• Ukrainian: мали́й (malýj) — not large
• Urdu: چھوٹا (choṭā) — not large
• Uyghur: كىچىك (kichik) — not large
• Uzbek: kichik — not large
• Venda: ṱuku — not large
• Venetan: picenìn — not large
• Vietnamese: nhỏ — not large
• Vietnamese: bé — not large
• Volapük: smalik — not large
• Walloon: pitit — not large
• Waray-Waray: gu-ti-ay — not large
• Waray-Waray: di-to — not large
• Welsh: bach — not large
• Welsh: bychan — not large
• Welsh: mân — not large
• Wolof: tooty — not large
• Wutunhua: ga — not large
• Xhosa: -nci — not large
• Yakut: кыра (kïra) — not large
• Yakut: аччыгый (aččïgïy) — not large
• Yámana: yaxa — not large
• Yiddish: קליין (kleyn) — not large
• Yup'ik: -cuar — not large
• Zealandic: klein — not large
• Zealandic: kleên — not large
• Zealandic: smal — not large
• Zhuang: iq — not large
• Zulu: -ncane — not large
• Zuni: ts'ana — not large
• ǃKung: tse-ma — not large
• Arabic: صَغِير (ṣaḡīr) — young
• Arabic: صغير (ṣḡīr) — young
• Arabic: زغير (zḡīr) — young
• Armenian: փոքր (pʻokʻr) — young
• Armenian: պստիկ (pstik) — young
• Armenian: փոքրիկ (pʻokʻrik) — young
• Asturian: pequeñu — young
• Azerbaijani: balaca — young
• Azerbaijani: kiçik — young
• Bashkir: кесе (kese) — young
• Bashkir: кескәй (keskəy) — young
• Bashkir: бәләкәй (bələkəy) — young
• Belarusian: мале́нькі (maljénʹki) — young
• Belarusian: малады́ (maladý) — young
• Bulgarian: ма́лък (málǎk) — young
• Catalan: petit — young
• Chinese Cantonese: 細 /细 (sai3) — young
• Chinese Mandarin: 小 (xiǎo) — young
• Chinese Mandarin: 年輕 /年轻 (niánqīng) — young
• Czech: malý — young
• Czech: mladý — young
• Dutch: klein — young
• Dutch: jong — young
• Eshtehardi: جوون (jevōn) — young
• Esperanto: juna — young
• Finnish: pieni — young
• Finnish: nuori — young
• French: petit — young
• French: jeune — young
• West-Frisian: lyts — young
• West-Frisian: jong — young
• Galician: pequeno — young
• Galician: cativo — young
• German: klein — young
• German: jung — young
• Greek: νέος (néos) — young
• Hawaiian: liʻiliʻi — young
• Hindi: नन्हा (nanhā) — young
• Hindi: जवान (javān) — young
• Hindi: सगीर (sagīr) — young
• Hungarian: kicsi — young
• Igbo: ọbele — young
• Indonesian: kecil — young
• Italian: piccolo — young
• Italian: giovane — young
• Japanese: 小さい (chiisai) — young
• Japanese: 若い (wakai) — young
• Javanese: cilik — young
• Javanese: alit — young
• Kashmiri: لۄکُٹ (lọkuṭ) — young
• Korean: 어린 (eorin) — young
• Latin: iuvenis — young
• Luxembourgish: kleng — young
• Luxembourgish: jonk — young
• Macedonian: мал (mal) — young
• Malayalam: കുഞ്ഞ് (kuññŭ) — young
• Malayalam: ചെറിയ (ceṟiya) — young
• Mapudungun: pichi — young
• Marathi: लहान (lahān) — young
• Eastern Mari: изи (izi) — young
• Minangkabau: mudo — young
• Minangkabau: ketek — young
• Minangkabau: kenek — young
• Khiamniungan Naga: hà — young
• Norman: p'tit — young
• Norwegian Bokmål: liten — young
• Norwegian Bokmål: ung — young
• Pashto: وړوکی (waṛukay) — young
• Pashto: کوچنی (kučnay) — young
• Iranian Persian: جَوان (javân) — young
• Iranian Persian: بُرْنا (bornâ) — young
• Polish: mały — young
• Polish: młody — young
• Portuguese: pequeno — young
• Portuguese: jovem — young
• Romanian: mic — young
• Romanian: tânăr — young
• Romansh: giuven — young
• Russian: ма́ленький (málenʹkij) — young
• Russian: молодо́й (molodój) — young
• Rwanda-Rundi: -toya — young
• Northern Sami: unni — young
• Northern Sami: uhcci — young
• Sicilian: nicu — young
• Sicilian: jùvini — young
• Slovene: majhen — young
• Spanish: pequeño — young
• Spanish: joven — young
• Sundanese: alit — young
• Swahili: -changa — young
• Swedish: liten — young
• Swedish: ung — young
• Tamil: இளைய (iḷaiya) — young
• Tarifit: ameẓẓyan — young
• Tatar: яшь (yäş) — young
• Telugu: చిన్న (cinna) — young
• Turkish: küçük — young
• Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎙𐎗 (ṣġr) — young
• Ukrainian: мале́нький (malénʹkyj) — young
• Ukrainian: молоди́й (molodýj) — young
• Volapük: yunik — young
• Welsh: bach — young
• Welsh: ieuanc — young
• Welsh: ifanc — young
• Armenian: փոքրատառ (pʻokʻrataṙ) — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Bulgarian: ма́лък (málǎk) — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Dutch: klein — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Finnish: pieni — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Galician: minúsculas — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Hungarian: kis — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Indonesian: kecil — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Italian: minuscolo — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Macedonian: мала (mala) — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Macedonian: мали (mali) — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Malayalam: ചെറിയ (ceṟiya) — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Khiamniungan Naga: hà — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Norwegian Bokmål: liten — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Norwegian Nynorsk: liten — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Pashto: کوچنی (kučnay) — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Portuguese: minúsculo — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Romanian: mici (litere) — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Sicilian: nicu — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Sicilian: minùsculu — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Slovene: mali — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Spanish: minúsculas — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Tamil: சிறிய (ciṟiya) — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Volapük: minudik — minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
• Spanish: small — Translations
• Spanish: esmol — Translations