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Pronunciation / Transliteration: sukoshi
"水を少しいただけますか。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small piece, part, or quantity of something.
"Could you please give me a bit of sugar for my tea?" - 2
The smallest unit of data in a computer, represented as a 0 or 1.
"A single byte consists of eight bits of digital information."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'bite', meaning a bite or a piece bitten off, related to 'bītan' (to bite). Over time, the semantic scope broadened from a physical fragment to a small amount or quantity of anything, and later adopted specialized technical meanings in computing and linguistics.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bit" is said worldwide
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morceau
Transliteration: morceau
"Je voudrais un petit morceau de pain."
Stück
Transliteration: Stueck
"Möchtest du ein Stück Kuchen?"
pezzo
Transliteration: pezzo
"Vorrei un piccolo pezzo di formaggio."
pedazo
Transliteration: pedazo
"Quiero un pequeño pedazo de pastel."
pedaço
Transliteration: pedaco
"Eu gostaria de um pedaço de bolo."
टुकड़ा
Transliteration: tukda
"मुझे थोड़ा सा पानी चाहिए।"
一点
Transliteration: yī diǎn
"请给我一点时间。"
조각
Transliteration: jogak
"사과 한 조각을 먹었습니다."
少し
Transliteration: sukoshi
"水を少しいただけますか。"
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