superfluo
See also: supérfluo
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
superfluo
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin superfluus.
Adjective edit
superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin superfluus.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /suˈpɛr.flu.o/, /suˈpɛr.flwo/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛrfluo, -ɛrflwo
- Hyphenation: su‧pèr‧flu‧o, su‧pèr‧fluo
Adjective edit
superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superflui, feminine plural superflue)
- superfluous, redundant, surplus, unnecessary, needless
- Synonyms: ridondante, inutile, in più
Noun edit
superfluo m (plural superflui)
- superfluous thing, surplus
- Antonyms: indispensabile, essenziale, necessario
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ superfluo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /suˈper.flu.oː/, [s̠ʊˈpɛrfɫ̪uoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suˈper.flu.o/, [suˈpɛrfluo]
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
superfluō (present infinitive superfluere, perfect active superflūxī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- (intransitive) to run over, overflow
- (intransitive, figuratively) to be superabundant, superabound; to be superfluous
- (transitive) to flow by or past
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From superfluus (“superfluous”), from superfluō (“I am superfluous”), from super- + fluō (“flow”).
Adverb edit
superfluō (not comparable)
Synonyms edit
- (superfluously): superfluē
Etymology 3 edit
Inflected form of superfluus (“superfluous”).
Adjective edit
superfluō
References edit
- “superfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- superfluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin superfluus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “superfluo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014