plu

plu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Palikur.

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Clipping of paraplu.

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plu m (plural plu's, diminutive pluutje n)

1. (colloquial) umbrella, brolly

From Latin plūs. Doublet of pli and plus.

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• IPA^(key): /plu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: plu

plu

1. further, longer, more

• IPA^(key): /ply/

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plu (feminine plue, masculine plural plus, feminine plural plues)

1. past participle of pleuvoir

   Hier, il a beaucoup plu. ― Yesterday, it rained a lot.

plu (feminine plue, masculine plural plus, feminine plural plues)

1. past participle of plaire

Borrowing from French plus and Italian più. Compare Esperanto pli and false friend Esperanto plu.

• IPA^(key): /plu/

plu

1. (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.

• plue (“moreover, besides”)
• plu-

comparative degree of truep. From Latin plūs.

plu

1. more

• l miec "(the) most"

From French plus or Latin plus.

plu

1. more

• pluf

From Middle Welsh pluf, from Proto-Brythonic *plʉβ̃, a borrowing from Latin plūma (“feather”). Cognate with Cornish pluv, Breton pluñv.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /plɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /pliː/
• Rhymes: -ɨː

plu f (collective, singulative pluen or plufen)

1. feathers
3. (fishing) flies

• 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