plu
See also: PLU and plu-
Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of paraplu.
Pronunciation
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Noun
plu m (plural plu's, diminutive pluutje n)
- (colloquial) umbrella, brolly
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin plūs. Doublet of pli and plus.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [plu]
- Hyphenation: plu
Adverb
plu
- further, longer, more
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ply/
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Participle
plu (feminine plue, masculine plural plus, feminine plural plues)
- past participle of pleuvoir
Participle
plu (feminine plue, masculine plural plus, feminine plural plues)
- past participle of plaire
Ido
Etymology
Borrowing from French plus and Italian più. Compare Esperanto pli and false friend Esperanto plu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plu/
Adverb
plu
- (of comparison) more, further
- 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.
- Mielo kaptas plu multa mushi kam vinagro.
- Antonym: min
Derived terms
- plue (“moreover, besides”)
- plu-
Ladin
Etymology
comparative degree of truep. From Latin plūs.
Adjective
plu
- more
See also
- l miec "(the) most"
Volapük
Etymology
From French plus or Latin plus.
Adverb
plu
- more
Welsh
Pluen
Pluen
Alternative forms
- pluf
Etymology
From Middle Welsh pluf, from Proto-Brythonic *plʉβ̃, a borrowing from Latin plūma (“feather”). Cognate with Cornish pluv, Breton pluñv.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /plɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /pliː/
- Rhymes: -ɨː
Noun
plu f pl (singulative pluen or plufen)
- feathers
- (fishing) flies
Derived terms
- mân blu (soft feathers, down)
- plu eira (snowflakes)
- pluog (feathered)
- plu pysgota (fishing flies)
- plu'r gweinydd (common cottongrass, Erophorum angustifolium)
- prif bluen (primary feather)
- pwysau plu (feather weight)
- pwyth pluen (feather stitch)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| plu | blu | mhlu | phlu |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- 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