Synonyms
less: to a lesser extent
little: small · minuscule · short
les: ces · des · certains
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English-French translation for "less"
"less" French translation
less {adverb}
We know full well that conflict prevention is less costly than ending conflicts.
At issue is nothing less than the Council's commitment to the people of Angola.
Canadians are paying more than they ever have before and they are getting less.
In the face of the facts of climatic change anything less is out of the question.
The human rights situation seemed less gloomy than during the previous session.
little {adjective}
We cannot fill your shoes, but, together, little by little, we will make progress.
A little boy was going through the garbage barrel looking for something to eat.
participation may occur a little too late in the process to have any meaningful
It is a memory for me of a wonderful friend, a little man with a very big voice.
It is time that our Parliament blew the whistle to bring an end to this little game.
little {adverb}
In essence, until recently, little was known about HIV/AIDS within Sierra Leone.
There is little practical conflict between the mandates of the two commissioners.
I find it striking that her words have found little support here in this debate.
The section dealing with employment could also have been a little more ambitious.
In this context I am a little surprised at what is sometimes said about Turkey.
les
Organizations represented at the dissemination workshops included the following:
(b) Improving synergies between the secretariat's structure and the Commissions;
The statistical data of the year 2006 further supports the statement made above.
- That there would be no interference with the normal operations of the carrier.
All the others, including those re-arrested in the provinces, had been released.
les {pronoun}
Wahhabi Islam persecutes Christians and does not allow them anywhere to worship.
We need to revisit them if we are serious about checking the spread of HIV/AIDS.
The future of the wetlands is bound up with the presence of those who made them.
I will give them to him: it is the Netherlands, it is Sweden and it is Slovakia.
We learned there was no way the government would prosecute them or pursue them.
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Synonyms (English) for "less":
Synonyms (English) for "little":
© Princeton Universitysmall · minuscule · short
Synonyms (French) for "les":
© myThes Dicollecteces · des · certains · quelques · lesquelles · lépreux · léproserie · leptocéphale · lequel · lerche · lès · léser · lésine · lésiner
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Usage examples for "less" in French
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