plus

plus¹ [ply] vb voir plaire

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plus² [ply] adv 1. (forme négative);

ne ... plus → no more, no longer;

je n'ai plus d'argent → I've got no more money ou no money left;

il ne travaille plus → he's no longer working, he doesn't work any more

2. [ply, plyz] (+voyelle) (comparatif) → more, ...+er;

(superlatif);

le plus → the most, the ...+est;

plus grand/intelligent (que) → bigger/more intelligent (than);

le plus grand/intelligent → the biggest/most intelligent;

tout au plus → at the very most

3. [plys] (= davantage) → more;

il travaille plus (que) → he works more (than);

plus il travaille, plus il est heureux → the more he works, the happier he is;

plus de pain → more bread;

plus de 10 personnes/trois heures/quatre kilos → more than ou over 10 people/three hours/four kilos;

trois heures de plus que → three hours more than;

plus de minuit → after ou past midnight;

de plus → what's more, moreover;

il a trois ans de plus que moi → he's three years older than me;

trois kilos en plus → three kilos more;

en plus de → in addition to;

de plus en plus → more and more;

en plus de cela ... → what is more ...;

plus ou moins → more or less;

ni plus ni moins → no more, no less;

sans plus → (but) no more than that, (but) that's all;

qui plus est → what is more prép [plys] quatre plus deux → four plus two