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Corsican
Adjective
più
- more (used for comparisons)
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin plūs, from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-, *pelh₁u- (“many”).
The initial autogemination, though lost in standard pronunciation, is still found in most varieties of regional Italian. The gemination occurs predictably before the palatalization of the original liquid -l-, compare doppio, orecchio, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpju/*
- (regional) IPA(key): */ˈpju/*
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: più
Adverb
più
- comparative degree of molto; more
Adjective
più (invariable)
- more
Preposition
più
- plus
Related terms
Further reading
- più in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- più in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)