superflu
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editsuperflu (usually uncountable, plural superflus)
- Any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or is unusually unresponsive to treatment.
- 2015 July 23, Sloane Crosley, “It’s the End of the World as She Knows It”, in New York Times[1]:
- In the wake of the superflus and cataclysmic events, male writers tend to jump to that unholy trinity of rape, murder and cannibalism.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin superfluus.
Adjective
editsuperflu (feminine supèrflua, masculine plural superflus, feminine plural supèrflues)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “superflu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “superflu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “superflu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “superflu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin superfluus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsuperflu (feminine superflue, masculine plural superflus, feminine plural superflues)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “superflu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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