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English
Etymology
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Noun
plue (plural plues)
- (historical) The value of a full-sized beaver skin.
2001, Lloyd Keith, North of Athabasca, page 47:Twelve and a half pieces of trade goods brought in 416½ plues in beaver and an assortment of other peltry, in addition to over 370 plues in provisions. (A plue was the value of a full-sized beaver skin.)
Esperanto
Etymology
plu + -e
Pronunciation
Adverb
plue
- more, continuedly
1932, “Kolumo”, in L. L. Zamenhof, transl., Fabeloj de Andersen:"Kie vi loĝas?" demandis plue la kolumo.- "Where do you live?" the collar continued to ask.
French
Participle
plue f sg
- feminine singular of plu
Usage notes
- In modern French, the past participle of plaire is always invariable, because it is always intransitive.
Latin
Verb
plue
- second-person singular present active imperative of pluō