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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
plue (plural plues)
- (historical) The value of a full-sized beaver skin.
- 2001, Lloyd Keith, North of Athabasca (page 47)
- Twelve and a half pieces of trade goods brought in 416½ plues in beaver and an assortment of other peltry, in addition to over 370 plues in provisions. (A plue was the value of a full-sized beaver skin.)
- 2001, Lloyd Keith, North of Athabasca (page 47)
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adverb[edit]
plue
- more, continuedly
- 1932, “Kolumo”, in L. L. Zamenhof, transl., Fabeloj de Andersen:
- "Kie vi loĝas?" demandis plue la kolumo.
- "Where do you live?" the collar continued to ask.
French[edit]
Participle[edit]
plue f sg
Usage notes[edit]
- In modern French, the past participle of plaire is always invariable, because it is always intransitive.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
plue
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