plusieurs

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ply.zjœʁ/

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Adjective

plusieurs (invariable)

1. 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

• Haitian Creole: plizyè
• Louisiana Creole: plisiers

Further reading

• “plusieurs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.