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plus

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plūs (“more”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /plʌs/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /plɐs/, /plas/
  • Rhymes: -ʌs

Preposition

plus

  1. And; sum of the previous one and the following one.
  2. (colloquial) With; having in addition.

Synonyms

  • and

Antonyms

  • minus

Translations

Conjunction

plus

  1. And also; in addition; besides (which).

Noun

plus (plural pluses or plusses)

  1. A positive quantity.
  2. An asset or useful addition.
  3. (arithmetic) A plus sign: +.
  4. Abbreviation of LGBT+
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

  • (useful addition): asset
  • (arithmetic: plus sign): plus sign

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “useful addition”): liability, minus
  • (antonym(s) of “arithmetic: plus sign”): minus, minus sign

Translations

Adjective

plus (not comparable)

  1. Being positive rather than negative or zero.
    −2 * −2 = +4 ("minus 2 times minus 2 equals plus four")
  2. Positive, or involving advantage.
  3. (physics) Electrically positive.
  4. (postpositive, somewhat informal) (Of a quantity) Equal to or greater than; or more; upwards.
  5. (postpostitive, informal) And more.

Synonyms

  • (being positive rather than negative or zero): positive
  • (positive, involving advantage): advantageous, good, positive

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “being positive rather than negative or zero”): minus, negative
  • (antonym(s) of “positive, involving advantage”): bad, disadvantageous, minus, negative

Translations

Verb

plus (third-person singular simple present pluses or plusses, present participle plusing or plussing, simple past and past participle plused or plussed)

  1. (informal) To add; to subject to addition.
  2. (often followed by 'up') To increase in magnitude.
  3. To improve.
  4. To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.
  5. (sales) To sell additional related items with an original purchase.
  6. (psychology) To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.
  7. (social media, dated) To give a mark of approval on Google+.
    Coordinate term: like
  8. (homeopathy) To increase the potency of a remedy by diluting it in water and stirring.
  9. (optometry) To increase a correction.

Derived terms

See also

  • add
  • addition
  • times

Anagrams

  • ULSP, LPUs, LPUS, ULPs, puls, ulps

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈplus]

Conjunction

plus

  1. plus
    Antonym: minus
    Dva plus dva je čtyři. ― Two plus two equals four.

Noun

plus m inan or n

  1. plus

Declension

when masculine:

Indeclinable when neuter.

Related terms

Further reading

  • “plus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “plus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plūs (“more”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plʏs/
  • Hyphenation: plus
  • Rhymes: -ʏs

Conjunction

plus

  1. (arithmetic) plus
    Synonym: en
    Antonyms: min, minus
    Twee plus twee is vier. ― Two plus two is four.

Noun

plus m (plural plussen, diminutive plusje n)

  1. plus sign; +
    Synonym: plusteken

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin plūs (“more”). Doublet of pli and plu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plus/
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Hyphenation: plus

Preposition

plus

  1. plus
    Antonym: minus
    Du plus du egalas kvar. ― Two plus two equals four.

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin plūs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplus/, [ˈplus̠]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification(key): plus
  • Hyphenation(key): plus

Conjunction

plus

  1. plus
    Synonym: (conjunction) ynnä
    Antonym: miinus

Adjective

plus (not inflected)

  1. plus
    Antonym: miinus

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “plus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French plus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ply/ in its positive sense if followed by an adjective or an adverb not beginning with a vowel, and always in its negative sense (e.g. il est plus grand que moi, or je n'en peux plus)
  • IPA(key): /plyz‿/ in the case of a liaison, i.e. if followed by an adjective or an adverb beginning with a vowel (e.g. tu dois être plus ambitieux)
  • IPA(key): /plys/ in its positive sense, when not followed by an adjective or an adverb (e.g. j'en ai plus que toi or avancez un peu plus, s'il vous plait)
  • (Quebec, informal) IPA(key): /py/ in its negative sense.

Adverb

plus

  1. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
    Ton voisin est plus moche que mon frère. ― Your neighbour is uglier than my brother.
    Le tien est beaucoup plus grand que le mien. ― Yours is much bigger than mine.
    Elle est plus belle que sa cousine. ― She is more beautiful than her cousin.
    Elles sont toutes plus entêtées les unes que les autres. ― They are each more stubborn than the last.
  2. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs)
    Elle le fait plus rapidement que lui. ― She does it more quickly than he does.
    plus vite ! ― faster!
  3. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity)
    Je travaille plus en ce moment. ― I am working more at the moment.
    Je veux faire plus. ― I want to do more.
  4. more (indicating a greater quantity) [with de]
    Elle a plus de chocolat. ― She has more chocolate.
    Plus de la moitié reste. ― More than half is left.
  5. more (supplementary, preceded by de)
    Une heure de plus et il serait mort. ― One more hour and he would be dead.
    Un kilo de plus, s'il vous plaît. ― One more kilo, please.
  6. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs)
    la plus grande ― the biggest
    le plus difficile ― the most difficult
  8. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more
    Tu n'existes plus. ― You no longer exist. / You don't exist any more.
    Il n'y a plus de travail. ― There is no more work.
  9. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ...
  10. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ...
Usage notes
  • There may be some difficulty for non-native speakers to detect the negativity or positivity of "plus". The negative sense is generally used with a ne, but the "ne" is sometimes elided or even dropped in colloquial speech. Thus in certain cases, some speakers may choose to pronounce the final /s/ of a positive plus (as /plys/) in order to make a distinction.
Derived terms

Noun

plus m (plural plus)

  1. plus, the symbol +

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ply/

Verb

plus

  1. first/second-person singular past historic of plaire

Participle

plus m pl

  1. (obsolete) masculine plural of plu
Usage notes
  • In modern French, the past participle of plaire is always invariable, because it is always intransitive.

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

Adverb

plus

  1. plus, increased by
    Synonyms: mehr, und
    Antonym: minus
    Vier plus eins ergibt fünf. ― 4+1=5

See also

  • Plus

Interlingua

Adverb

plus (not comparable)

  1. more (used to form comparatives)

le plus

  1. the most (used to form superlatives)

Antonyms

  • minus

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin plous, from Proto-Italic *plēōs (after being levelled in favour of the neuter *plowis), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-, *pelh₁u- (“many”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”), Old English feolo (“much, many”). More at fele. The adverb is an adverbial accusative.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫuːs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈplus]

Adjective

plūs (comparative, neuter plūs); third declension

comparative degree of multus

  1. (more in quantity) more, additionally, several, many

Declension

Irregular third-declension comparative adjective.

Note: Singular forms take the genitive of the whole and do not function as adjectives.

Derived terms

Adverb

plūs

  1. comparative degree of multō (“by much, by far”): further (more in extent)
    Synonym: magis (magis indicates more in degree')
    Plus ultra! = "Further beyond!" (this is the national motto of Spain)

Descendants

See also

  • plērus

References

  • “plus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “plus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "plus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • plus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin plūs.

Adverb

plus

  1. (with de) more than

Descendants

  • French: plus
  • Norman: pus (Jersey)

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin plūs.

Adverb

plus

  1. more
    • 12th century,. Bernard de Ventadour, Lancan folhon bosc e jarric

Descendants

  • Occitan: pus, pu, plus

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplus/
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: plus

Noun

plus m inan

  1. plus, plus sign
    Antonym: minus

Declension

Further reading

  • plus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • plus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plūs. First attested in the early 19th century, acquiring non-mathematical senses by the middle of that century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplus/
  • Rhymes: -us

Conjunction

plus

  1. plus, and

Noun

plus n (plural plusuri)

  1. plus, addition, extra, surplus

Derived terms

  • în plus
  • plusa

Further reading

  • “plus”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
  • Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1977), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎[4], volume 8, part 3, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 875

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plūs (“more”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplus/ [ˈplus]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: plus

Noun

plus m (plural pluses)

  1. bonus (extra earnings)
  2. plus (addition to what is considered habitual)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “plus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Conjunction

plus

  1. (mathematics) and, plus

Noun

plus n

  1. plus sign
  2. benefit, advantage

Declension

Derived terms

  • plussa

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