peu à peu

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pø a pø/
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Adverb

bit by bit, little by little, gradually, by degrees
Synonym: petit à petit

Descendants

→ German: peu à peu
→ Norwegian Bokmål: pø om pø
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: pø om pø
→ Swedish: pö om pö

References

“peu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French peu à peu.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

peu à peu

(somewhat dated) bit by bit, little by little
Synonyms: allmählich, nach und nach, Stück für Stück

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