different between small vs gutta

English

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sm??l/
• • Rhymes: -??l
• (US)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /sm?l/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /sm?l/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /sm?l/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /smo?l/

Etymology

From Middle English smal, from Old English smæl (“small, narrow, slender”), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel- (“small, mean, malicious”). Cognate with Scots smal; sma (“small”); West Frisian smel (“narrow”); Dutch smal (“narrow”); German schmal (“narrow, small”); Danish, Norwegian, Swedish smal (“narrow; thin; slender”); Latin malus (“bad”); Russian ?????? (mályj, “small”).

Adjective

small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)

1. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

2. (figuratively) Young, as a child.

3. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
4. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
   • 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling

     A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.

5. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.

6. (archaic) Slender, gracefully slim.

Synonyms

• (not large or big): little, microscopic, minuscule, minute, tiny; see also Thesaurus:tiny
• (young, as a child): little, wee (Scottish), young
• (of written letters): lowercase, minuscule

Antonyms

• See also Thesaurus:large
• (not large or big): capital, big, generous (said of an amount of something given), large
• (young, as a child): adult, grown-up, old
• (of written letters): big, capital, majuscule, uppercase

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

small (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)

1. In a small fashion. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. In or into small pieces.
   • 2009, Ingrid Hoffman, CBS Early Morning for September 28, 2009 (transcription)

     That's going to go in there. We've got some chives small chopped as well.

3. (obsolete) To a small extent.
4. (obsolete) In a low tone; softly.

Derived terms

• writ small

Noun

small (plural smalls)

1. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.

Derived terms

• small of the back

Verb

small (third-person singular simple present smalls, present participle smalling, simple past and past participle smalled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
2. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.
   • 1917, Thomas Hardy, The Clock of the Years

     And smalled till she was nought at all.

Anagrams

• malls

Icelandic

Verb

small (strong)

1. first-person singular past indicative of smella
2. third-person singular past indicative of smella

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German smal, from Old Saxon smal, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Cognate with German schmal, Dutch smal, English small.

Adjective

small (comparative smaller, superlative smallst)

1. narrow
2. small, slender

Declension

Middle English

Adjective

small

1. Alternative form of smal

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

small

1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of smelle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

small

1. past tense of smella

Swedish

Verb

small

1. past tense of smälla.

Anagrams

• malls

English

Etymology

From Middle English gutta, from Latin gutta. Doublet of gout and goutte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?/

Noun

gutta (plural guttae or guttas)

1. (architecture) A small water-repelling, cone-shaped projection used in the architrave of the Doric order in classical architecture.
2. A small round spot of colour.

Translations

See also

• gutta-percha

Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin. May be related to Old Armenian ???? (kat?n, “milk”), or may have some connection to Proto-Indo-European *??ewd- (“to pour”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??ut.ta/, [???t??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??ut.ta/, [??ut???]

Noun

gutta f (genitive guttae); first declension

1. a drop (of fluid)
2. (in the plural) spots or specks (of an animal or stone)
3. (architecture) a small ornament under the triglyphs of a Doric column

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• gutt?tim
• gutt?tus
• guttula

Descendants

References

• gutta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gutta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gutta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• gutta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• gutta in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• gutta in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• guttene

Pronunciation

Noun

gutta m

1. (non-standard since 1983) definite plural of gutt

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (gupta).

Adjective

gutta

1. past participle of gopeti (“to guard”)

Declension

Derived terms

• guttadv?ra (“with well-guarded senses”)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) guota
• (Sutsilvan) guta
• (Surmiran) gotta
• (Puter, Vallader) guotta
• (Puter) aguotta

Etymology

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Noun

gutta f (plural guttas)

1. (carpentry, Rumantsch Grischun) nail