diffus

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffusus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

diffus (feminine diffuse, masculine plural diffus, feminine plural diffuses)

  1. diffuse

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

diffus (strong nominative masculine singular diffuser, comparative diffuser, superlative am diffusesten)

  1. diffuse, vague, unclear

Declension

Further reading

  • diffus” in Duden online
  • diffus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin diffusus, past participle of diffundere, "scatter, pour out" (dis- + fundere).

Adjective

diffus (neuter singular diffust, definite singular and plural diffuse, comparative mer diffus, superlative mest diffus)

  1. diffuse (not concentrated)
    Diffust lys.
    Diffuse light.
  2. diffuse, vague, unclear
    De kom med en nokså diffus påstand.
    They made a rather diffuse claim.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin diffusus, past participle of diffundere, "scatter, pour out" (dis- + fundere).

Adjective

diffus (neuter singular diffust, definite singular and plural diffuse, comparative meir diffus, superlative mest diffus)

  1. diffuse (not concentrated)
    Diffust lys.
    Diffuse light.
  2. diffuse, vague, unclear
    Dei kom med ein nokså diffus påstand.
    They made a rather diffuse claim.

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffūsus, the past participle of diffundere.

Adjective

diffus (comparative diffusare, superlative diffusast)

  1. diffuse
  2. vague, unclear

Declension

Inflection of diffus
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular diffus diffusare diffusast
neuter singular diffust diffusare diffusast
plural diffusa diffusare diffusast
masculine plural2 diffuse diffusare diffusast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 diffuse diffusare diffusaste
all diffusa diffusare diffusaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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