/plyzjœʁ/
Translation
several, a few
Word origin
From Vulgar Latin plusiores, an alteration of Latin plures ('more, several'), the plural comparative of multus ('much'). It relates to plus ('more').
- Origin
- Vulgar Latin
- Root
- plusiores
- English cognates
- plural
Examples
J' .
I tried several times to reach him but he is not answering.
l' .
Several people saw the accident in the street.
' .
It takes several weeks before we get the results.
voisins plaints .
Several neighbours complained about the noise during the party.
J' ' .
I tried several times to call you this morning without success.
Plusieurs est un adjectif indefini pluriel toujours utilise au pluriel et invariable en genre. Il indique une quantite superieure a deux mais non precisee, equivalente a some ou several. Il n'a pas de forme singuliere.
Plusieurs fois (several times), plusieurs jours (several days) et plusieurs personnes (several people) sont des collocations tres frequentes. En plusieurs fois (in several instalments) est utile dans un contexte de paiement. Ne pas confondre avec quelques qui peut aussi signifier a few mais souvent en quantite moindre.
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