peu à peu
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pø a pø/
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Adverb
peu à peu
- 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