plusieurs
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French plusors, from Vulgar Latin *plūsiōres, alteration of Late Latin plūriōres (by influence from plūs), from Latin plūres. Alternatively can be thought up as Proto-Italic plēōsjōs (comparative of *plēōs) with the S restored.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
plusieurs (invariable)
- several, many, a lot
- 1991, “Qui a le droit...”, Patrick Bruel, Gérard Presgurvic (lyrics), Patrick Bruel (music):
- ’Y a plusieurs dieux, mais ’y a qu’un seul soleil.
- There's many gods, but there's only one Sun.
Descendants edit
- Haitian Creole: plizyè
Further reading edit
- “plusieurs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.