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)

1. (colloquial) umbrella, brolly

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin plūs. Doublet of pli and plus.

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• IPA^(key): [plu]
• Hyphenation: plu

Adverb

plu

1. further, longer, more

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ply/

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Participle

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

1. past participle of pleuvoir

Participle

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

1. past participle of plaire

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Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plu/

Adverb

plu

1. (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.

   Antonym: min

Derived terms

• plue (“moreover, besides”)
• plu-

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Ladin

Etymology

comparative degree of truep. From Latin plūs.

Adjective

plu

1. more

See also

• l miec "(the) most"

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Volapük

Etymology

From French plus or Latin plus.

Adverb

plu

1. more

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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

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

Noun

plu f (collective, singulative pluen or plufen)

1. feathers
3. (fishing) flies

Derived terms

• mân blu (soft feathers, down)
• plu eira (snowflakes)
• plu pysgota (fishing flies)
• pluog (feathered)
• 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