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Translate scarce from English to French

Summary

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scarce:
- rare; singulier; rarement
Wiktionary:
- scarce → rare, insuffisant, maigre, échars
- scarce → rare

English

Detailed Translations for scarce from English to French

scarce:

scarce adj

scarce (uncommon)
rare; singulier; rarement
- rare adj
- singulier adj
- rarement adj

Translation Matrix for scarce:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
singulier		singular
Adverb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	barely; hardly; just; scarcely
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
rare	scarce; uncommon	extraordinary; few; flimsy; funny; hardly ever; incidentally; lean; little; miserable; occasionally; odd; phenomenal; poor; prodigious; rare; rarefied; rarely; seldom; shabby; sporadic; strange; teneous; thin; uncommon; unique
rarement	scarce; uncommon	extraordinary; few; funny; hardly ever; little; odd; phenomenal; prodigious; rare; rarely; seldom; strange; uncommon; unique
singulier	scarce; uncommon	alien; amazing; apart; astonishing; astounding; atypical; bizarre; curious; different; easy; eccentric; exceptional; excessive; exclusive; exeptional; exotic; exquisite; extraordinary; extreme; foreign; freak; funny; hardly ever; idiosyncratic; incomparable; inimitable; isolated; little; marvellous; marvelous; miraculous; noteworthy; odd; on its own; once in a life time; once only; one and only; outlandish; peculiar; phenomenal; prodigious; queer; rare; rarely; seldom; separate; simple; sole; special; startling; strange; surprising; the one and only; uncommon; uncomplicated; unique; unparalleled; unusual; wonderful; wondrous

Related Words for "scarce":

scarceness, scarcer, scarcest, scarcely

Synonyms for "scarce":

insufficient; deficient
rare; tight; meager; meagre; meagerly; stingy; scrimpy
barely; hardly; just; scarcely

Antonyms for "scarce":

abundant

Related Definitions for "scarce":

deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand¹
- fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought¹
only a very short time before¹
- would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave¹

Wiktionary Translations for scarce:

scarce

adjective

-
- scarce → rare

scarce

adjective

Qui ne suffire pas.
- insuffisant → insufficient; in short supply; scant; scanty; scarce; few; poor; thin; sparse
Traductions à trier
- maigre → scanty; scarce; few; poor; sparse; gaunt; skimpy
Qui est en petit nombre, qui se trouve difficilement.
- rare → rare; in short supply; scanty; scarce; few; poor; thin; sparse; precious; uncommon
désuet|fr chiche, avare, radin.
- échars → scarce

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• scarce	→ rare	↔ rar — nur in geringer Anzahl vorhanden; nur in geringer Häufigkeit vorkommend

Related Translations for scarce

make oneself scarce

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University