paucité

French edit

Etymology edit

From Middle French paucité, apparently borrowed in the mid 14th century from Latin paucitās (“a small number, fewness, scarcity”), from paucus (“few, little”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /po.si.te/

Noun edit

paucité f (plural paucités)

paucity (fewness in number; a small number)

References edit

^ “paucité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading edit

“paucité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

[1] “paucité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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