How to pronounce paucity
American English pronunciation
PAW-sih-tee
- IPA
- /ˈpɔsɪti/
- Syllables
- PAW · sih · tee (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What paucity means
A small amount; too little of something
In a sentence: There was a paucity of snacks, so we shared the last bag of chips.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word meaning fewness, from a word for few or little.
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