plusieurs
French
Etymology
From Old French plusors, from Vulgar Latin *plūsiōres, alteration of Late Latin plūriōres (by influence from plūs), from Latin plūres. Alternatively can be thought up as Proto-Italic plēōsjōs (comparative of *plēōs) with the S restored.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ply.zjœʁ/
audio (file)
Adjective
plusieurs (invariable)
- several, many, a lot
- 1991, Patrick Bruel, Gérard Presgurvic (lyrics), Patrick Bruel (music), “Qui a le droit...”:
- 'Y a plusieurs dieux, mais 'y a qu'un seul soleil.
- There's many gods, but there's only one Sun.
-
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: plizyè
Further reading
- “plusieurs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.