superfluo

See also: supérfluo

Asturian

Adjective

superfluo

  1. neuter of superfluu

Galician

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Adjective

superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)

  1. superfluous

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suˈpɛr.flu.o/, /suˈpɛr.flwo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛrfluo, -ɛrflwo
  • Hyphenation: su‧pèr‧flu‧o, su‧pèr‧fluo

Adjective

superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superflui, feminine plural superflue)

  1. superfluous, redundant, surplus, unnecessary, needless
    Synonyms: ridondante, inutile, in più

Noun

superfluo m (plural superflui)

  1. superfluous thing, surplus
    Antonyms: indispensabile, essenziale, necessario

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ superfluo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From super- +‎ fluō (flow).

Verb

superfluō (present infinitive superfluere, perfect active superflūxī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to run over, overflow
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be superabundant, superabound; to be superfluous
    Synonyms: abundō, flōreō, niteō, affluō, supersum
    Antonyms: careō, egeō, dēsum, dēlinquō, deficiō, cessō
  3. (transitive) to flow by or past
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From superfluus (superfluous), from superfluō (I am superfluous), from super- +‎ fluō (flow).

Adverb

superfluō (not comparable)

  1. superfluously
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Inflected form of superfluus (superfluous).

Adjective

superfluō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of superfluus

References

  • superfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • superfluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suˈpeɾflwo/ [suˈpeɾ.flwo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾflwo
  • Syllabification: su‧per‧fluo

Adjective

superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)

  1. superfluous
  2. extraneous
    Synonym: extraño

Derived terms

Further reading