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Definition: Least |
LeastAdjective1. (superlative of `little' used with mass nouns; usually preceded by `the') quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree; "didn't care the least bit"; "he has the least talent of anyone". 2. Minimal in magnitude; "lowest wages"; "the least amount of fat allowed"; "the smallest amount". 3. Having or being distinguished by diminutive size; "the least bittern". Adverb1. Used to form the superlative; "The garter snake is the least dangerous snake". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "least" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Least \Least\, adjective. [Old English last, lest, Anglo-Saxon, superlative of less. See Less, adjective]. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LEAST | English | Learning systems standardization | Computing |
| LESS | English | Least cost estimating and scheduling | Economics, Labor |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: LeastSynonyms: least(a) (adj), littlest (adj), lowest (adj), smallest (adj), to the lowest degree (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: most(a) (adj), most (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deity | Phrase: Domine dirige nos; en Dieu est ma fiance; et sceleratis sol oritur; "He mounts the storm and walks upon the wind"; "Thou great First Cause, least understood"; sans Dieu rien. |
Inferiority | Least, smallest; (see little, small; ); lowest. |
Mean | Mediocrity, least common denominator. |
Negation | Adverb: no, nay, not, nowise; not a bit, not a whit, not a jot; not at all, nohow, not in the least, not so; negative, negatory; no way; no such thing; nothing of the kind, nothing of the sort; quite the contrary, tout au contraire, far from it; tant s'en faut; on no account, in no respect; by no, by no manner of means; negatively. |
Smallness | Almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but; near upon, close upon; peu s'en faut, near the mark; within an ace of, within an inch of; on the brink of; scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than. about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say; be the same, be little more or less. no ways, no way, no wise; not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow; in no wise, in no respect; by no means, by no manner of means; on no account, at no hand. |
Partially, in part; in a certain degree, to a certain degree; to a certain extent; comparatively; some, rather in some degree, in some measure; something, somewhat; simply, only, purely, merely; at least, at the least, at most, at the most; ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree; thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak. | |
Wealth | Amour fait beaucoup mais argent fait tout; aurea rumpunt tecta quietem; magna servitus ist magna fortuna; "mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from Heaven"; opum furiata cupido; vera prosperita e non aver necessita; wie gewonnen so zerronnen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Least |
| English words defined with "least": At least, At the least ♦ In least, in the least ♦ last but not least, last not least, least common multiple, least effort, least of all, least resistance, line of least resistance ♦ path of least resistance ♦ the least bit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "least": least cost routing, least fixed point, least recently used, Least Said the soonest Mended, least significant bit, least squares method, least upper bound. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "least": Drum. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Least" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Frisian (trace, track). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Laugh all you want, but at least the stage is a dignified profession (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) Ya know, I've had more rewarding relationships but at least I can keep telling the same jokes (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben) The sick ones don't scare me, at least they're committed (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters) Dukey, if this thing blows up, the Feds will be the least of our problems (The Sting; writing credit: David S. Ward) Ten thousand strong at least. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) | |
Lyrics | To get at least as far as their old man got (Allentown; performing artist: Billy Joel) At least please telephone (Don't Be Cruel; performing artist: Cheap Trick) To whom I could at least give a call (Someone I love, Someone who loves me; performing artist: Dion) Give me strength at least give me a light (Union of the Snake; performing artist: Duran Duran) Wit her at least for Hailie's sake (Cleanin' Out My Closet; performing artist: Eminem) | |
Clever | Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least. (references; author: Mark Twain) Ohio: At Least We're Not Michigan (references; author: unknown) Montana: At least the cows are sane. (references; author: unknown) At least you're not being rectally probed by aliens. (references; author: unknown) Why do people who know the least know it the loudest? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Least of These (2002) Soonest Mended Least Said (2000) The Least of These (1995) Least of All Ourselves (1991) To Say the Least (1977) | |
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 | This genus is characterized by the absence of a siphon, and the presence of palmate hairs. Palmate, or float hairs are present on at least some of the larva's abdominal segments. Credit: CDC. |  | At least one rickettsia is visible within a sloughed endothelial cell. There is marked capillary endothelial cell hypertrophy. Transmission electron micrograph. Credit: CDC. |
 | This Hubble telescope picture reveals one of the least massive and coolest stars ever seen ... Credit: NASA. |  | Astronomers have announced the discovery of at least two, and possibly as many as four, new ... Credit: NASA. |
 | On the edge of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, sand dunes are encroaching onto once-fertile lands in the north. Healthy vegetation appears red in this image; in the center, notice the lone red dot. It is the result of a center-pivot irrigation system, evidence that at least one optimistic farmer continues to work the fields despite the approaching sand. Credit: NASA. |  | Power source for hoisting steel Jack up truck and use "fifth wheel" This could be dangerous - at least one leg broken by getting wrapped up Safety modifications made to system after individual severely injured Triangulation party of Paul A. Smith. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Observing at Station Rusty following 1964 Alaska earthquake Station elevation subsided at least 12' during quake Party off of HODGSON. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Kayak Island - Cape St. Elias. Distant mountains are at least 60 miles off. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Current buoy near Tacoma - at least a 5 knot current streaming by. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Open water to left, bare tundra to the right Weasel takes path of least resistance over strip of snow. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| "Carnac" by Lourens Thalen Commentary: "The Rocks in Carnac, 5000 years old... at least." | "Gecko on sholder" by Martin Manegold Commentary: "A little Gecko on the shoulder of my friend. At least I think it is one. Please correct me." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Daniel Webster | The past at least is secure. |
George Chapman | Promise is most given when the least is said. |
Henry David Thoreau | That government is best which governs least. |
Henry Fielding | One fool at least in every married couple. |
John Selden | They that govern the most make the least noise. |
Lord Alfred Tennyson | Who is wise in love, love most, say least. |
Lord Byron | In solitude, where we are least alone. |
Matthew Prior | They talk most who have the least to say. |
Richard Brinsley Sheridan | Those that vow the most are the least sincere. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | And for obtaining the common counsel of the kingdom anent the assessing of an aid (except in the three cases aforesaid) or of a scutage, we will cause to be summoned the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, and greater barons, severally by our letters; and we will moveover cause to be summoned generally, through our sheriffs and bailiffs, and others who hold of us in chief, for a fixed date, namely, after the expiry of at least forty days, and at a fixed place; and in all letters of such summons we will specify the reason of the summons. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | They that fought on his side cannot suffer by the conquest, but must at least be as much freemen as they were before. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 3: The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2011 | The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | United action, of the leading civilised countries at least, is one of the first conditions for the emancipation of the proletariat. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Such plans shall be subject to reconsideration and revision at least every ten years. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | God has willed that this shall not be and we have at least a breathing space to set our house in order before this peril has to be encountered: and even then, if no effort is spared, we should still possess so formidable a superiority as to impose effective deterrents upon its employment, or threat of employment, by others. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | They ought to have balls there at least every fortnight through the winter |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | Therefore the least percentage is 10. Nineteen answers have been received |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | He was obliged to sit close to it, and brood over it, before he could extract the least sensation of warmth from such a handful of fuel |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | They now felt themselves, at least, inhabitants of the same sphere |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Close by the rights of Man, side by side with them, at least, are the rights of the Soul |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He waited till all in the chapel had knelt and every least noise was still |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He knew at least that Joad was listening |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The Blefuscudians, who had not the least imagination of what I intended, were at first confounded with astonishment |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | In this course which our ancestors took there was a show of prudence at least, as if their principle were to satisfy the more pressing wants first |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Reviews are done at least every 3 years. (references) | |
Fasting is not eating for at least 24 hours. (references) | ||
Ethmocephaly is the least common facial anomaly. (references) | ||
Business | Most companies offer at least 30 days credit. (references) | |
At least three bidders are included for each procurement. (references) | ||
National workforce to at least 40% of total staff within 10 years. (references) | ||
Children | Rwanda | At least 85,000 households are headed by children. (references) |
Netherlands | Mandatory attendance at school ends at age 16, or after at least 12 years of education. (references) | |
Afghanistan | An estimated 3 to 4 percent of the population suffered from disabilities requiring at least some form of assistance. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Zimbabwe | The Board banned at least 10 films in recent years. (references) |
Kazakhstan | Each major city has at least one independent weekly newspaper. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | Police also entered at least two other mosques in Abobo and detained persons inside. (references) | |
Discrimination | Kenya | There is credible evidence that the Government sponsored large-scale ethnic violence during the early 1990's, and there were some indications that some government officials have at least tolerated and in some instances instigated ethnic violence on a smaller scale since that time. (references) |
Economic History | Nepal | Elections: At least every 5 years. (references) |
Botswana | General elections are held at least every 5 years. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | At least seven other civilian bystanders were injured. (references) |
Macedonia | Police beat at least two ethnic-Albanian detainees to death. (references) | |
Bolivia | Police were searching for at least three others at year's end. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Venezuela | In 1998, the last year for which estimates are available, they returned at least 15 groups averaging 100 Warao each. (references) |
Ecuador | While at least 85 percent of all citizens claim some indigenous heritage, those who maintain their indigenous cultural identity and live in indigenous communities comprise between 15 and 20 percent of the total population. (references) | |
Sweden | The country counts at least 17,000 Sami (formerly known as Lapps) in its population (Sami organizations place that number somewhat higher at 25,000 to 30,000). In 1993 the Government allowed the formation of a Sametinget (Sami Parliament) as an advisory body to the Government. (references) | |
Minorities | Hungary | Roma constitute at least 5 percent of the population, with some estimates as high as 9 percent. (references) |
India | On February 3, two gunmen killed as many as six Sikhs and wounded at least four others in Srinagar. (references) | |
Hungary | There have been at least two cases where bar owners who have refused to serve Roma customers were fined by the courts. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sudan | This, at the least, entailed wearing a head covering. (references) |
Haiti | Mobs were subsequently responsible for at least nine killings. (references) | |
Albania | Police on at least one occasion beat and detained journalists. (references) | |
Political Rights | Bangladesh | M.P.'s are elected at least every 5 years. (references) |
Hungary | Elections are held at least every 4 years. (references) | |
Lithuania | Presidential elections are held at least every 5 years. (references) | |
Trade | Australia | This is the least popular method used. (references) |
Dominican Rep | Such vehicles shall be non-transferable for a period of at least five years. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | The U.S. investor should contribute at least 25% of the required equity investment. (references) | |
Travel | Czech Rep | It is polite to accept at least a glass of water. (references) |
Israel | Internet access is available from at least 5 different service providers. (references) | |
Turkey | All major hotels have at least one restaurant serving continental cuisine. (references) | |
Women | Djibouti | The efforts of the UNFD and other groups appeared to be having some effect, at least in the capital city. (references) |
Pakistan | The HRCP estimates that at least eight women, five of them minors, are raped every day, and more than two-thirds of those are gang-raped. (references) | |
Vanuatu | Women also are inhibited by tradition from owning land, and at least one women's advocate believes this limitation underpins their secondary status. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Laos | The Code also provides for at least 1 day of rest per week. (references) |
Egypt | One or more breaks totaling at least 1 hour must be included. (references) | |
Guyana | The law does not require at least a 24-hour rest period each week. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SOUL, n. A spiritual entity concerning which there hath been brave disputation. Plato held that those souls which in a previous state of existence (antedating Athens) had obtained the clearest glimpses of eternal truth entered into the bodies of persons who became philosophers. Plato himself was a philosopher. The souls that had least contemplated divine truth animated the bodies of usurpers and despots. Dionysius I, who had threatened to decapitate the broad- browed philosopher, was a usurper and a despot. Plato, doubtless, was not the first to construct a system of philosophy that could be quoted against his enemies; certainly he was not the last. "Concerning the nature of the soul," saith the renowned author of Diversiones Sanctorum, "there hath been hardly more argument than that of its place in the body. Mine own belief is that the soul hath her seat in the abdomen -- in which faith we may discern and interpret a truth hitherto unintelligible, namely that the glutton is of all men most devout. He is said in the Scripture to 'make a god of his belly' -- why, then, should he not be pious, having ever his Deity with him to freshen his faith? Who so well as he can know the might and majesty that he shrines? Truly and soberly, the soul and the stomach are one Divine Entity; and such was the belief of Promasius, who nevertheless erred in denying it immortality. He had observed that its visible and material substance failed and decayed with the rest of the body after death, but of its immaterial essence he knew nothing. This is what we call the Appetite, and it survives the wreck and reek of mortality, to be rewarded or punished in another world, according to what it hath demanded in the flesh. The Appetite whose coarse clamoring was for the unwholesome viands of the general market and the public refectory shall be cast into eternal famine, whilst that which firmly through civilly insisted on ortolans, caviare, terrapin, anchovies, pates de foie gras and all such Christian comestibles shall flesh its spiritual tooth in the souls of them forever and ever, and wreak its divine thirst upon the immortal parts of the rarest and richest wines ever quaffed here below. Such is my religious faith, though I grieve to confess that neither His Holiness the Pope nor His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury (whom I equally and profoundly revere) will assent to its dissemination." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Angela Ricci | You don't have to sign anything. At least I don't remember signing anything. Now, it was a rough moment there. But just letting the doctor and the staff know that it's OK to pull the ventilator. |
Bill Maher | Right. That was one of my new rules. Lay off France. At least they're standing up to the Bush administration, which is more than I can say for the Democrats. |
Dennis Miller | Say what you will about drug addicts, at least they move slowly. |
Katie Couric | So I was slightly bemused by it, to say the least. You know, I never can quite figure out who talks, how this gets out and why it appears in print. So I felt very uncomfortable about the whole thing. |
Queen Rania of Jordan | I'm not quite aware of the details. But I think that our foreign minister most probably will be seeing Chairman Arafat in the next period, at least. |
Robert Novak | A final question before we take another break, Mr. Foreign Minister. The Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has put forth a peace plan which at least the U.S. government takes seriously. |
Rush Limbaugh | Employees deserve at least three months off in addition to their vacation, sick-time and personal days. |
Tom Daschle | Well, I don't think it'd been appropriate for me to be there to acknowledge an agreement, when I wasn't a party to the agreement, at least today. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Besides the extraordinary expense and waste, which are not the least of the defects, every appeal to those laws is attended with a doubt on its success. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Tripoli, the least considerable of the Barbary States, had come forward with demands unfounded either in right or in compact, and had permitted itself to denounce war on our failure to comply before a given day. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | So far, at least, as it regards this branch of the subject, my best hopes have been realized. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Although severely damaged, the Japanese industrial and transportation systems have been able to insure at least a survival existence for the population. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | For wherever in the world a people knows desperate want, there must appear at least the spark of hope, the hope of progress--or there will surely rise at last the flames of conflict. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | To help those least fortunate of all, I am recommending a new public welfare program, stressing services instead of support, rehabilitation instead of relief, and training for useful work instead of prolonged dependency. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | But I believe that at least it will be said that we tried. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We can work to help workers who lose their jobs at least keep their health insurance coverage for a year while they look for work. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Our military has put the terror training camps of Afghanistan out of business, yet camps still exist in at least a dozen countries. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Least" is generally used as a determiner (general) -- approximately 85.50% of the time. "Least" is used about 5,423 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Determiner (general) | 85.5% | 4,637 | 2,111 |
| Adverb (general) | 14.48% | 785 | 8,814 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,423 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "least": al least ♦ at least ♦ at least in name ♦ At the least ♦ at the very least ♦ for at least ♦ In least ♦ in the least ♦ last but not least ♦ last not least ♦ least bittern ♦ least common denominator ♦ least common multiple ♦ least cost plus fire protection theory ♦ least cost routing ♦ least effort ♦ least fixed point ♦ least of all ♦ least of it ♦ least recently used ♦ least resistance ♦ least sandpiper ♦ least shrew ♦ least significant bit ♦ Least square ♦ least squares ♦ least squares method ♦ least upper bound ♦ line of least resistance ♦ method of least squares ♦ new World least weasel ♦ not in the least ♦ not it the least degree ♦ not least ♦ old World least weasel ♦ Partial Least Squares ♦ path of least resistance ♦ solid of least resistance ♦ that's the least of it! ♦ the least ♦ the least bit ♦ the least common multiple. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "least": least-able, least-able-to-speak, least-bad, least-because, least-charted, least-common-denominator, least-considered, least-contacted, least-cost, least-developed, least-educated, least-favoured, least-favourite, least-known, least-loved, least-pretty, least-profitable, least-promising, least-quoted, least-read, least-regulated, least-significant, least-significant-digit, least-soft, LEAST-SQUARES, Least-Squares Analysis, least-studied, least-successful, least-that, least-threatened, least-trained, least-unionised, least-used, least-vulnerable. | |
Containing "least": must-see-at-least-twice. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "least"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | minste (fewest). (various references) | |
Albanian | shumë pak, më pak (less), më i vogli, më i pakëti. (various references) | |
Arabic | الأصغر (junior, minimal, smaller), الأرخص, أدنى (below, bottom, down, minimal, minimum, under). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | незначително (insignificantly), незначителен (cheap, dinky, fiddling, fractional, frivolous, immaterial, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, inessential, inglorious, insignificant, little, mean, minor, minute, negligible, niggling, nominal, noteless, nugatory, obscure, one horse, outside, paltry, peddling, pettifogging, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, pimping, pokey, poky, poor, potty, puerile, pygmy, rabbity, scrubby, slight, small, small time, subfusc, tenuous, third class, tiddly, trifling, trivial, two-by-four, twopenny-halfpenny, unconsidered, unimportant), най-малък (minimal), най-малко количество, най-малко (at least), най-малка степен, най-маловажен. (various references) | |
Chinese | 最少 (smallest). (various references) | |
Czech | nejmenší èástka, nejmenší, nejménì. (various references) | |
Danish | i det mindste (at least). (various references) | |
Dutch | minst (fewest). (various references) | |
Esperanto | malplej (fewest). (various references) | |
Faeroese | minst (fewest). (various references) | |
Farsi | کمترین , کوچکترین , خردترین , اقل . (various references) | |
Finnish | vähiten, vähin (smallest), vähimmin, pienin (smallest). (various references) | |
French | le plus petit, le moins de, le moins. (various references) | |
Frisian | teminsten (at least), alteast (at least). (various references) | |
German | geringste. (various references) | |
Greek | μικρότατοσ (diminutive), ελάχιστα (remotely), ελάχιστοσ (diminutive, minimal, minimum), ελάχιστος (minimal, minimum), ελάχιστο (minimum, particle), το ελάχιστον, ολίγιστοσ (very little). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קטן ביותר, פחות ביותר, פחות (depreciation, devaluation, diminution, inferior, less, meagre, mediocre, minus, reduction, scanty). (various references) | |
Hungarian | legkisebb (minimum), legcsekélyebb, legkevesebb (minimum), legjelentéktelenebb. (various references) | |
Indonesian | setidak-tidaknya (at the least, in any case), setidaknya (at least), sedikit-dikitnya (at least), paling tidak (at least). (various references) | |
Italian | più piccolo, minimo (lowest gear, minimal, minimum, slightest, very small), minimamente (minimum), meno di tutti, meno (apart from, as little as, except, fewer, less, minus, not as ... as, not as much, not so, not so ... as, under, unless), il più piccolo (minimum), il minimo, il meno. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 最低 (lowest), 最低 (disgusting, horrible, lowest, nasty, worst, yuck!), 最少 (minimum, smallest). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さいしょう (another victory, minimum, one's wife and mistress, Prime Minister, smallest), さいてい (arbitration, award, decision, disgusting, horrible, lowest, nasty, ruling, second time, worst, yuck!). (various references) | |
Korean | 가장적은. (various references) | |
Lombard | almen (at least). (various references) | |
Manx | yn chooid sloo (fewest, lesser), sloo (shortest, smallest), s'beg (despise). (various references) | |
Norwegian | minst (lesser). (various references) | |
Papiamen | por lo menos (at least). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eastlay.(various references) | |
Polish | najmniej (fewest). (various references) | |
Portuguese | o menos, o menor, o mínimo, menos importante, menos (but, fewer, less, lesser, minus, wanting, with the exception of), mínimo (jot, minimal, minimum, minute, rock bottom), a menor quantidade. (various references) | |
Romanian | cel mai puţin. (various references) | |
Russian | как минимум, наименьший (tighter), наименее наименьший, наименее, меньше всего, минимальный (irreducible, minimal, minimum, smallest). (various references) | |
Scottish | diog (a syllable, syllable, the least possible effort of speech). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | najmanji. (various references) | |
Spanish | lo menos, poco importante (unimportant), no importante (inconsequential, unessential), menos importante, menos considerable, menos (apart from, besides, but, except, fewer, less, minus, other than, smaller), menor (infant, junior, juvenile, kid, less, lesser, littler, littlest, minor, scrawnier, skimpier, small, smaller, smallest, under age, young, younger), mínimo (min, minimal, minimum, rock bottom, upset), más pequeño (lesser), más insignificante. (various references) | |
Swedish | minst (fewest, fully, smallest). (various references) | |
Turkish | en ufak, en küçük (lowest, minimum, smallest, veriest), en az miktar, en az derece, en az (at the very least, minimal, minimum), asgari (minimal, minimum). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | найнижчий (bottommost, nethermost), найменше (worst), найменший (bare, smallest, very small), мінімум (minimum), мінімальна кількість. (various references) | |
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