pygme

piɡme

pygmées

Definition

Definition of pygme - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

petite personne

Rare

personne de très petite taille ou de faible importance

Rare

Il se sentait comme un pygme face à ces géants de l'industrie.

nain

peuple africain

TECH.

membre d'un peuple d'Afrique centrale de petite taille

TECH.

Les pygmées vivent dans les forêts équatoriales du Congo.

mesure antique

Rare

ancienne mesure de longueur grecque valant environ 35 centimètres

Rare

Le pygme était utilisé par les architectes grecs pour leurs constructions.

Adjective

format réduit

Rare

qui est très petit, d'une taille ou d'une importance minime

Rare

Le budget est pygme cette année.

infime

minuscule

ethnologie

TECH.

qui concerne des peuples forestiers d'Afrique de très petite taille

TECH.

Cette communauté parle une langue pygme.

de petite taille

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Origin of pygme

grec, pygmaios (de petite taille)

Examples of pygme in a sentence

On le traitait de pygme à cause de sa taille.
Un pygmée a partagé ses traditions avec les visiteurs.
Les pygmées sont connus pour leur connaissance de la forêt.
La statue mesurait deux pygmes de haut.
Un pygme servait d’unité sur les plans anciens.
Cette montre pygme disparaît presque à mon poignet.

Leur influence politique est pygme face aux grands partis.
Cette tribu pygme est menacée par la déforestation.
Les traditions pygmes sont encore mal connues du grand public.

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English:pygmy, minuscule, ...
German:Zwerg, winzig, ...
Italian:pigmeo, minuscolo, ...
Spanish:pigmeo, diminuto, ...
Portuguese:pigmeu, minúsculo, ...
Chinese:侏儒, 微不足道的, ...
Japanese:ピグミー, ごく小さな, ...
Arabic:قزم, قَزْمِي, ...
Hebrew:פִּיגְמֵי, פִּיגְמִי, ...
Russian:пигмей, крошечный, ...
Ukrainian:пігмей, крихітний, ...
Catalan:pigmeu, minúscul, ...
Danish:en pygmæ, minimal, ...
Dutch:pygmee, piepklein, ...
Greek:νάνος, μικροσκοπικός, ...
Hungarian:törpe, parányi, ...
Khmer:មនុស្សតូចល្អិត, តូចល្អិត, ...
Korean:난쟁이, 소형의, ...
Polish:karzeł, miniaturowy, ...
Portuguese (BR):pigmeu, minúsculo, ...
Romanian:pigmeu, minuscul, ...
Swedish:dvärg, pytteliten, ...
Thai:พิกมี, จิ๋ว, ...
Turkish:cüce, çok küçük, ...
Vietnamese:người tí hon, rất nhỏ, ...

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Definition of pygme - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

Origin of pygme

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