pluriel, n.m., (gram.) plural.
plus, adv., more, over, most; also, moreover; further; besides; item; plus; no more, not any more, no longer, not again; never again. — savant que lui; more learned than he. Il a — d’argent que moi; he has more money than I. Il m’en coûte — qu’a vous; it costs me more than it does you (to have to say it, etc.). Il a — de vingt ans; he is more than twenty. Nous sommes — qu’à moitié persuadés; we are more than half convinced. Je n’y retournerai —; I will go there no more. — je la vois, — je la hais; the more I see her, the more I hate her. — loin; further. — près, de — près; nearer. — de larmes; no more tears. N’avoir — rien; to have nothing left. Il y a —; what is more. Il y en a tant et —; there is enough and to spare. Au —, tout au —; at most, at the most. Il a tout au — trente ans; he is thirty at most. De —; besides, moreover, again, furthermore, nay. De —, il faut remarquer; we must observe besides. D’autant —; the more so. De — en —; more and more. Il s’enrichit de — en —; he grows richer and richer every day. Ni — ni moins; neither more nor less. Vous avez beau dire, il n’en sera ni — ni moins; you may talk as much as you please, it will be so. — ou moins; more or less, thereabout. Qui —, qui moins; some more, some less. Sans — différer; without further delay. Sans — de façon; without any more ado. — tard, — loin, — près; later, farther, nearer. Qui — est; what is more. N’être —; to be no more. Deux fois —; twice as much. Deux fois de —; twice more. Je n’ai — qu’à; it only remains for me to.
plus, n.m., more; most. Le — que je puisse faire; the most I can do.
plusieurs, pron. and adj., m.f.pl., several, some.
plus-pétition, n.f., (n.p.) (jur.) exorbitant demand.
plus-que-parfait (plus-kĕ-par-fè), n.m. (n.p.), (gram.) pluperfect tense.
plus-value, n.f., (—-—s) (fin.) superior value.
plutocratie, n.f., plutocracy.
plutonique, adj., (geol.) plutonic.
plutôt, adv., rather, sooner, in preference to. — mourir que faire une lâcheté; rather die than do a dishonorable thing. Voyez —; look, or see, for yourself!