Meaning of lille | Babel Free

Definitions

1. small, little, slight
2. lower case
3. Denoting a slightly smaller quantity.

Equivalents

Examples

“En lille time senere ankom de tre politifolk til det afdøde ægtepars villa på Rosenstien 14.”

Slightly less than an hour later, the three police officers arrived at the villa of the deceased married couple at Rosenstien 14.

“Der gik et lille år, før man fandt en ledig bolig til den nu løsladte politimorder.”

Just under a year passed before a vacant home was found for the now released police killer.

“Følgende opskrift giver et lille kilo dej, og det er selvfølgelig en stor portion, ...”

The following recipe yields slightly less than a kilo of dough, and that is of course a large portion, ...

“En lille kilometer nede ad vejen, bag en hæk og kranset af høje popler, lå skolen med en gruset gårdsplads foran.”

Slightly less than a kilometer down the road, behind a hedge and surrounded by tall poplars, lay the school, with a gravelled yard in front.

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