superfluo

superfluo

See also: supérfluo

Asturian

Adjective

superfluo

  1. neuter of superfluu

Galician

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Adjective

superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)

  1. superfluous

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suˈpɛr.flu.o/, /suˈpɛr.flwo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛrfluo, -ɛrflwo
  • Hyphenation: su‧pèr‧flu‧o, su‧pèr‧fluo

Adjective

superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superflui, feminine plural superflue)

  1. superfluous, redundant, surplus, unnecessary, needless
    Synonyms: ridondante, inutile, in più

Noun

superfluo m (plural superflui)

  1. superfluous thing, surplus
    Antonyms: indispensabile, essenziale, necessario

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ superfluo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From super- + fluō (flow).

    Verb

    superfluō (present infinitive superfluere, perfect active superflūxī); third conjugation, no supine stem

    1. (intransitive) to run over, overflow
    2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be superabundant, superabound; to be superfluous
      Synonyms: abundō, flōreō, niteō, affluō, supersum
      Antonyms: careō, egeō, dēsum, dēlinquō, deficiō, cessō
    3. (transitive) to flow by or past
    Conjugation
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    From superfluus (superfluous), from superfluō (to be superfluous), from super- +‎ fluō (flow).

    Adverb

    superfluō (not comparable)

    1. superfluously
    Synonyms

    Etymology 3

    Inflected form of superfluus (superfluous).

    Adjective

    superfluō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of superfluus

    References

    • superfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • superfluo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Spanish

    Etymology

    From Latin superfluus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /suˈpeɾflwo/ [suˈpeɾ.flwo]
    • Rhymes: -eɾflwo
    • Syllabification: su‧per‧fluo

    Adjective

    superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)

    1. superfluous
    2. extraneous
      Synonym: extraño

    Derived terms

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