paltry

Etymology
From, from , , from , , from ,. Of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps from, see also 🇨🇬.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, dialectal 🇨🇬. Compare also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, dialectal 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. See also.

Adjective

 * 1) Trashy, trivial, of little value.
 * 2) Of little monetary worth.
 * 3) Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
 * 1) Of little monetary worth.
 * 2) Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
 * 1) Of little monetary worth.
 * 2) Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
 * 1) Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
 * 1) Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
 * 1) Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
 * 1) Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
 * 1) Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.

Collocations

 * paltry sum
 * paltry rate
 * paltry amount
 * paltry number
 * paltry price
 * paltry salary
 * paltry wages
 * paltry fellow
 * paltry pay
 * paltry excuse
 * paltry income
 * paltry gain
 * paltry compensation

Translations

 * Bulgarian: дребен,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 無價值
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: φαῦλος
 * Italian:, , , , ,
 * Japanese: 僅かばかりの
 * Maori: hauarea, hauwarea, paraurehe, kūrapa, koroiti, tangatakimōrī, tātakimōri
 * Norwegian: ussel
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech: nicotný, ,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Japanese: 取るに足らぬ
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,