sparse

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• UK: /spɑːs/
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• US: /spɑːɹs/
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• CMU ARPABET: S P AA1 R S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin sparsus.

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: yl — having widely spaced intervals
• Albanian: shpërndarë — having widely spaced intervals
• Assamese: তাকৰীয়া (takoria) — having widely spaced intervals
• Azerbaijani: seyrək — having widely spaced intervals
• Bashkir: һирәк (hirək) — having widely spaced intervals
• Belarusian: рэ́дкі (rédki) — having widely spaced intervals
• Bulgarian: ря́дък (rjádǎk) — having widely spaced intervals
• Catalan: dispers — having widely spaced intervals
• Catalan: espars — having widely spaced intervals
• Chinese Mandarin: 稀疏 (xīshū) — having widely spaced intervals
• Chinese Mandarin: 寥寥 (liáoliáo) — having widely spaced intervals
• Czech: řídký — having widely spaced intervals
• Dutch: verspreid — having widely spaced intervals
• Estonian: hõre — having widely spaced intervals
• Finnish: harva — having widely spaced intervals
• French: épars — having widely spaced intervals
• French: clairsemé — having widely spaced intervals
• Georgian: მეჩხერი (mečxeri) — having widely spaced intervals
• German: spärlich — having widely spaced intervals
• Hebrew: דליל (dalíl) — having widely spaced intervals
• Hindi: विरल (viral) — having widely spaced intervals
• Hungarian: ritka — having widely spaced intervals
• Hungarian: ritkás — having widely spaced intervals
• Hungarian: szórványos — having widely spaced intervals
• Italian: sparso — having widely spaced intervals
• Italian: spargolo — having widely spaced intervals
• Macedonian: редок (redok) — having widely spaced intervals
• Church Slavic: рѣдъкъ (rědŭkŭ) — having widely spaced intervals
• Church Slavic: rédak — having widely spaced intervals
• Church Slavic: rijédak — having widely spaced intervals
• Polish: rzadki — having widely spaced intervals
• Portuguese: esparso — having widely spaced intervals
• Portuguese: disperso — having widely spaced intervals
• Russian: ре́дкий (rédkij) — having widely spaced intervals
• Serbo-Croatian: ре́дак — having widely spaced intervals
• Serbo-Croatian: рије́дак — having widely spaced intervals
• Slovak: riedky — having widely spaced intervals
• Spanish: disperso — having widely spaced intervals
• Swedish: gles — having widely spaced intervals
• Ukrainian: рідки́й (ridkýj) — having widely spaced intervals
• Afrikaans: yl — not dense; meager
• Albanian: rralluar — not dense; meager
• Albanian: imët — not dense; meager
• Arabic: ضَئِيل (ḍaʔīl) — not dense; meager
• Assamese: সেৰেঙা (xereṅa) — not dense; meager
• Azerbaijani: seyrək — not dense; meager
• Bashkir: һирәк (hirək) — not dense; meager
• Catalan: clar — not dense; meager
• Catalan: escàs — not dense; meager
• Czech: řídký — not dense; meager
• Dutch: schaars — not dense; meager
• Dutch: dun — not dense; meager
• Dutch: mager — not dense; meager
• Finnish: harva — not dense; meager
• Georgian: მეჩხერი (mečxeri) — not dense; meager
• Georgian: თხელი (txeli) — not dense; meager
• Georgian: მწირი (mc̣iri) — not dense; meager
• German: spärlich — not dense; meager
• German: dünn — not dense; meager
• Hindi: विरल (viral) — not dense; meager
• Hungarian: gyér — not dense; meager
• Ingrian: harva — not dense; meager
• Irish: tearc — not dense; meager
• Macedonian: штур (štur) — not dense; meager
• Old English: spær — not dense; meager
• Plautdietsch: denn — not dense; meager
• Portuguese: ralo — not dense; meager
• Romanian: rar — not dense; meager
• Russian: ре́дкий (rédkij) — not dense; meager
• Vietnamese: thưa — not dense; meager
• Vietnamese: thưa thớt — not dense; meager
• Russian: разрежённый (razrežónnyj) — having few nonzero elements