superflu
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
superflu (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.
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin superfluus.
Adjective edit
superflu (feminine supèrflua, masculine plural superflus, feminine plural supèrflues)
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Further 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin superfluus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
superflu (feminine superflue, masculine plural superflus, feminine plural superflues)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “superflu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.