smaller in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.small [Brit smɔːl, Am smɔl] N

III.small [Brit smɔːl, Am smɔl] ADJ

1. small (not big):

small house, car, book, coin, dog, bag
petit
small attr change, job, mistake, matter
petit
small attr increase, majority, proportion, quantity, amount, stake
faible
small attr sum, number
petit
the dress is too small for her
la robe est trop petite pour elle
a small sweatshirt
un sweatshirt de petite taille
the change was small
le changement était sans importance
his influence was small
son influence était négligeable
it would cost a small fortune inf
ça me coûterait une petite fortune
the small matter of the £1, 000 you owe me iron
la bagatelle de 1 000 livres que tu me dois iron
it is written with a small letter
ça s'écrit avec une minuscule
in his or her own small way (gen)
à sa façon
in his or her own small way (financially)
dans la mesure de ses modestes moyens
small amount of
ajoutez un peu de
to cut sth up small
couper qc en petits morceaux
to fold sth up small
plier qc plusieurs fois
everybody, great and small, will be affected
riches et pauvres, tout le monde sera touché
the smallest room inf euph
le petit coin inf, euph
it's a small world!
que le monde est petit!

IV.small [Brit smɔːl, Am smɔl] ADV

V.small [Brit smɔːl, Am smɔl]

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smaller Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

ever-smaller computers
des ordinateurs encore plus petits
to splinter into small groups
éclater en petits groupes
to be of great/small stature
être de grande/petite envergure
a small/large number of sth
un petit/grand nombre de qc
sth is small beer compared to sth
qc est insignifiant par rapport à qc
munster (small, round, strong-flavoured cheese)
munster
restricted to a small circle/certain people
restreint à un petit cercle/certaines personnes
in return for a reward/small favour Brit
moyennant une récompense/un petit service
in return for a reward/small favor Am
moyennant une récompense/un petit service
small pot of plain fromage frais
petit-suisse

smaller Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

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A variable number of smaller eyespots are usually found on the hindwing undersides.
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Many, if not most, of our principal cities are balkanised by boundaries which carve up the true city into smaller municipalities.
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In contrast to big cities, boycotts in smaller towns were more effective and theater owners complained of the harassment they received when they exhibited salacious films.
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Charcoal is designed for high legibility, even at smaller point sizes, displayed on computer monitors.
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This can allow many small creatures to gang up on a single bigger creature that would survive blocking any one of these smaller creatures.
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Smaller, more intimate learning communities consistently deliver better results in academics and discipline when compared to their larger counterparts.
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Apart from lead and zinc it also produced silver, manganese and heavy metals such as cadmium, vanadium, and titanium in smaller quantities.
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Landlords generally divided their estates into smaller farms that were rented to tenant farmers.
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For smaller inputs, an even larger percentage of the total measurement time is spent in the run-up phase.
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Stylistic comparison between larger and smaller formats of the period remains difficult.
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