plu
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Noun
[edit]plu m (plural plu's, diminutive pluutje n)
Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin plūs. Doublet of pli and plus.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
[edit]plu
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Participle
[edit]plu (feminine plue, masculine plural plus, feminine plural plues)
Participle
[edit]plu (feminine plue, masculine plural plus, feminine plural plues)
- past participle of plaire
Ido
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowing from French plus and Italian più. Compare Esperanto pli and false friend Esperanto plu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]plu
- (of comparison) more, further
- Antonym: min
- Lu plu multe ocias kam laboras. ― He is more often idle than working.
- 2014, Brian E. Drake, Sencesa bruiso, page 36:
- Mielo kaptas plu multa mushi kam vinagro.
- Honey catches more flies than vinegar.
Derived terms
[edit]Ladin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]comparative degree of truep. From Latin plūs.
Adjective
[edit]plu
See also
[edit]Volapük
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French plus or Latin plus.
Adverb
[edit]plu
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh pluf, from Proto-Brythonic *plʉβ̃, a borrowing from Latin plūma (“feather”). Cognate with Cornish pluv, Breton pluñv.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /plɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /pliː/
- Rhymes: -ɨː
Noun
[edit]plu f (collective, singulative pluen or plufen)
Derived terms
[edit]- mân blu (soft feathers, down)
- plu eira (snowflakes)
- plu parot (“parrot's feather”)
- plu pysgota (fishing flies)
- pluo (pluck)
- pluog (feathered)
- plu'r gweinydd (common cottongrass, Erophorum angustifolium)
- prif bluen (primary feather)
- pwysau plu (feather weight)
- pwyth pluen (feather stitch)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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plu | blu | mhlu | phlu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “plu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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