# lite
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: līt, IPA: /laɪt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪt
* Homophone: light

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

lite (not comparable)
* (usually postpositive) Abridged or lesser; being a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
* 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.
* Lightweight
* Informal spelling of light.
    My favorite color is lite blue!
* (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

##### Derived terms

* COM lite
* covenant-lite
* cov-lite
* marriage lite
* rogue-lite

##### Translations

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#### Noun

lite (plural lites)
* Archaic form of light (“window or aperture in a building”).
* (architecture) A window pane

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

lite (uncountable)
* (British, dialect) A little, bit.

#### Adjective

lite (comparative liter, superlative litest)
* (British, dialect) few; little

### Etymology 3

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”).

#### Verb

lite (third-person singular simple present lites, present participle liting, simple past and past participle lited)
* (British, dialect) To expect; wait.
* (British, dialect) To rely.

#### Noun

lite (plural lites)
* (British, dialect) The act of waiting; a wait.

### Anagrams

* IELT, Tiel, teil, tiel, tile

## Dutch
### Noun

lite m (plural liten, diminutive litetje n)
* (history) the (rare) singular of liten

#### Synonyms

* laat m (cognate)
* lijfeigene m

### Anagrams

* liet

## French
### Verb

lite
* inflection of liter:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* élit

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* lighte (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈl̠ʲɪtʲə/

### Participle

lite
* past participle of ligh

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin lītem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.te/
* Rhymes: -ite
* Hyphenation: lì‧te

### Noun

lite f (plural liti)
* a quarrel, row, altercation, fight
    Synonyms: alterco, contesa, disputa, litigio, litigata, rissa
* (law) a suit, lawsuit
    Synonyms: contesa, disputa

#### Related terms

* litigare
* litighio
* litigio

### Anagrams

* teli

## Ladin
### Verb

lite
* first-person singular present indicative of liter
* first-person singular present subjunctive of liter
* third-person singular present subjunctive of liter
* third-person plural present subjunctive of liter

## Latin
### Noun

līte
* ablative singular of līs

## Middle English
### Noun

lite (plural lites)
* Alternative form of light

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* smått (of adjective)

### Adjective

lite
* neuter singular of liten

### Adverb

lite
* little
    lite kjent ― little known

### References

* “liten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²liːtə/

### Adjective

lite n
* neuter singular of liten

### Adverb

lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)
* little
    Me veit lite om djuphava.We know little about the deep oceans.

### Verb

lite (present tense lit, past tense leit, past participle lite, passive infinitive litast, present participle litande, imperative lit)
* Alternative form of lita

### References

* “lite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.tɛ/
* Rhymes: -itɛ
* Syllabification: li‧te

### Adjective

lite
* inflection of lity:
** neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
** nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈʎiʰtʲ(ə)/
* (Skye) IPA: /ˈʎiçtʲə/

### Noun

lite f (genitive singular lite or lit) (Lewis, Harris, Skye, Ross-shire, Sutherland, Badenoch, Strathspey)
* porridge
* (historical) pottage
* (historical) posset

#### Synonyms

* brochan

#### Derived terms

* ionnsaich do sheanmhair lit' a dhèanamh

### References

* ↑ 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

## Spanish
### Verb

lite
* inflection of litar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* litet (archaic)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)
* 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.

#### Usage notes

To be used with uncountable nouns.

#### Related terms

* liten

### Adverb

lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)
* a little, to a small extent; somewhat
    Jag har lite för lite pengar kvar.I've got slightly too little money left.

### Further reading

* lite in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* elit