lite

• enPR: līt, IPA^(key): /laɪt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Homophone: light

Variation of light (in the sense of lacking weight, substance, etc.)

lite (not comparable)

1. (usually postpositive) Abridged or lesser; being a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
2. Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.

   His lite dinner consisted of crackers, some broccoli and a salad with lite ranch dressing.

3. Lightweight
4. Informal spelling of light.

   My favorite color is lite blue!

5. (usually used postpositively) Lacking substance or seriousness; watered down.
   • 2003 March 6, “Reform Lite”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

     this compromise bill is reform lite. It is both more palatable to nursing home owners and less protective of elderly patients

   • 2006, Alfie Kohn, Beyond discipline: from compliance to community, page 42:

     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 Punishment Lite.

   • 2010 April 8, “Sovereign debt crisis at 'boiling point', warns Bank for International Settlements”, in Telegraph.co.uk:

     The analysis bolsters claims by the Tories that markets will not wait patiently as Britain draws up leisurely plans for austerity-lite

lite (plural lites)

1. Archaic form of light (“window or aperture in a building”).
2. (architecture) A window pane

From Middle English lit, lut (“little”), from Old English lȳt.

lite (uncountable)

1. (British, dialect) A little, bit.

lite (comparative liter, superlative litest)

1. (British, dialect) few; little

From Middle English liten, from Old Norse hlíta (“to rely on, trust, abide by”). Cognate with Icelandic hlíta (“to comply”), Swedish lita (“to trust, rely on, depend on, confide in”), Danish lide (“to trust”).

lite (third-person singular simple present lites, present participle liting, simple past and past participle lited)

1. (British, dialect) To expect; wait.
2. (British, dialect) To rely.

lite (plural lites)

1. (British, dialect) The act of waiting; a wait.

• IELT, Tiel, teil, tiel, tile

lite m (plural liten, diminutive litetje n)

1. (history) The (rare) singular of liten

• laat m (cognate)
• lijfeigene m

• liet

lite

1. inflection of liter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• élit

• lighte (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪtʲə/

lite

1. past participle of ligh

From Latin lītem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: lì‧te

lite f (plural liti)

1. a quarrel, row, altercation, fight

   Synonyms: alterco, contesa, disputa, litigio, litigata, rissa

2. (law) a suit, lawsuit

   Synonyms: contesa, disputa

• litigare
• litighio
• litigio

• teli

lite

1. first-person singular present indicative of liter
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of liter
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of liter
4. third-person plural present subjunctive of liter

līte

1. ablative singular of līs

lite (plural lites)

1. Alternative form of light

• smått (of adjective)

lite

1. neuter singular of liten

lite

1. little

   lite kjent ― little known

• “liten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²liːtə/

lite n

1. neuter singular of liten

lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)

1. little

   Me veit lite om djuphava.

   We know little about the deep oceans.

lite (present tense lit, past tense leit, past participle lite, passive infinitive litast, present participle litande, imperative lit)

1. Alternative form of lita

• “lite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.tɛ/
• Rhymes: -itɛ
• Syllabification: li‧te

lite

1. inflection of lity:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

From Old Irish littiu f (“porridge, gruel”).

lite f (genitive singular lite or lit)

1. (north-west of Scotland) porridge
2. (historical) pottage
3. (historical) posset

• brochan

• ionnsaich do sheanmhair lit' a dhèanamh

lite

1. inflection of litar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• litet (archaic)

Contraction of litet, neuter of liten. Compare mycket, with similar formation.

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lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)

1. little, some; a small amount

   Antonym: mycket

   Det finns lite vatten i flaskan.

   There is a little water in the bottle.

   Jag har lite pengar kvar.

   I've got a little money left.

   Jag skrev lite på hemuppgiften.

   I wrote a little on the homework.

To be used with uncountable nouns.

• liten

lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)

1. a little, to a small extent; somewhat

   Jag har lite för lite pengar kvar.

   I've got slightly too little money left.

• lite in Svensk ordbok.

• elit