Variation oflight (in the sense of lacking weight, substance, etc.)
lite (notcomparable)
- (usually postpositive)Abridged orlesser; being a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
- Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.
Hislite dinner consisted of crackers, some broccoli and a salad withlite ranch dressing.
- Lightweight
- Informal spelling oflight.
My favorite color islite blue!
- (usually used postpositively) Lacking substance or seriousness; watered down.
2003 March 6, “ReformLite”, inSt. Louis Post-Dispatch:this compromise bill is reformlite. It is both more palatable to nursing home owners and less protective of elderly patients
2006, Alfie Kohn,Beyond discipline: from compliance to community, page42:If there is a difference between doing this to a child and engaging in old-fashioned punishment, it is at best a quantitative rather than a qualitative difference. What Dreikurs and his followers are selling is PunishmentLite.
2010 April 8, “Sovereign debt crisis at 'boiling point', warns Bank for International Settlements”, inTelegraph.co.uk:The analysis bolsters claims by the Tories that markets will not wait patiently as Britain draws up leisurely plans for austerity-lite
Translations to be checked
lite (plurallites)
- Archaic form oflight(“window or aperture in a building”).
- (architecture) A windowpane
FromMiddle Englishlit,lut(“little”), fromOld Englishlȳt.
lite (uncountable)
- (British, dialect) Alittle,bit.
lite (comparativeliter,superlativelitest)
- (British, dialect)few; little
FromMiddle Englishliten, fromOld Norsehlíta(“to rely on, trust, abide by”). Cognate withIcelandichlíta(“to comply”),Swedishlita(“to trust, rely on, depend on, confide in”),Danishlide(“to trust”).
lite (third-person singular simple presentlites,present participleliting,simple past and past participlelited)
- (British, dialect) Toexpect;wait.
- (British, dialect) Torely.
lite (plurallites)
- (British, dialect) The act of waiting; await.
lite m (pluralliten,diminutivelitetje n)
- (history) the (rare) singular ofliten
lite
- inflection ofliter:
- first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
- second-personsingularimperative
lite
- pastparticiple ofligh
FromLatinlītem.
lite f (pluralliti)
- aquarrel,row,altercation,fight
- Synonyms:alterco,contesa,disputa,litigio,litigata,rissa
- (law) asuit,lawsuit
- Synonyms:contesa,disputa
lite
- first-personsingularpresentindicative ofliter
- first-personsingularpresentsubjunctive ofliter
- third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive ofliter
- third-personpluralpresentsubjunctive ofliter
līte
- ablativesingular oflīs
lite (plurallites)
- Alternative form oflight
lite
- neutersingular ofliten
lite
- little
- litekjent ―littleknown
lite n
- neutersingular ofliten
lite (comparativemindre,superlativeminst)
- little
Me veitlite om djuphava.- We knowlittle about the deep oceans.
lite (present tenselit,past tenseleit,past participlelite,passive infinitivelitast,present participlelitande,imperativelit)
- Alternative form oflita
- “lite” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
- IPA(key): /ˈli.tɛ/
- Rhymes:-itɛ
- Syllabification:li‧te
lite
- inflection oflity:
- neuternominative/accusative/vocativesingular
- nonvirilenominative/accusative/vocativeplural
FromOld Irishlittiu f(“porridge, gruel”).
lite f (genitive singularliteorlit)(Lewis, Harris, Skye, Ross-shire, Sutherland, Badenoch, Strathspey)
- porridge
- (historical)pottage
- (historical)posset
- ^Oftedal, M. (1956)A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941)A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
lite
- inflection oflitar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
Contraction oflitet, neuter ofliten. Comparemycket, with similar formation.
lite (comparativemindre,superlativeminst)
- little, some; a small amount
- Antonym:mycket
Det finnslite vatten i flaskan.- There is alittle water in the bottle.
Jag harlite pengar kvar.- I've got alittle money left.
Jag skrevlite på hemuppgiften.- I wrote alittle on the homework.
To be used with uncountable nouns.
lite (comparativemindre,superlativeminst)
- a little, to a small extent; somewhat
Jag harlite för lite pengar kvar.- I've got slightly too little money left.
