puțin

== Romanian == === Etymology === Uncertain, as with a number of similar words across the Romance languages. Probably from Vulgar Latin *putīnus, a blend/alteration of Latin pisinnus, pittinnus and putillus, pusillus, all meaning “a teeny boy”. Compare Aromanian putsãn; further Albanian picërr, Italian piccino and piccolo, French petit and Occitan pitchoun, Old Logudorese pithinnu, Tarantino piččinnu. An alternative, perhaps less likely, theory derives it from a Vulgar Latin root *paucīnus, from Latin paucus (“few, little”). Cf. Italian pochino (“a small amount”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /puˈt͡sin/ Rhymes: -in Hyphenation: pu‧țin === Determiner === puțin m or n (feminine singular puțină, masculine plural puțini, feminine/neuter plural puține) (with uncountable nouns) a little (not much) Antonym: mult (with countable nouns) few (not many) Antonym: mult ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === puțin a little, few, a small amount Synonyms: nițel, un pic (informal), oleacă (Moldavia (region)) Antonym: mult ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “puțin”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026