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

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

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

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

   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.

Derived terms

• plue (“moreover, besides”)
• plu-

Ladin

Etymology

comparative degree of truep. From Latin plūs.

Adjective

plu

1. more

See also

• l miec "(the) most"

Volapük

Etymology

From French plus or Latin plus.

Adverb

plu

1. more

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

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /plɨː/
• (South Wales) 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 parot (“parrot's feather”)
• plu pysgota (fishing flies)
• pluo (pluck)
• pluog (feathered)
• plu'r gweinydd (common cottongrass, Erophorum angustifolium)
• prif bluen (primary feather)
• pwysau plu (feather weight)
• pwyth pluen (feather stitch)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of plu

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
plu	blu	mhlu	phlu

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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