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Asturian
Adjective
superfluo
- neuter of superfluu
Galician
Etymology
From Latin superfluus.
Adjective
superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)
- superfluous
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin superfluus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈpɛr.flu.o/, /suˈpɛr.flwo/
- Rhymes: -ɛrfluo, -ɛrflwo
- Hyphenation: su‧pèr‧flu‧o, su‧pèr‧fluo
Adjective
superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superflui, feminine plural superflue)
- superfluous, redundant, surplus, unnecessary, needless
- Synonyms: ridondante, inutile, in più
Noun
superfluo m (plural superflui)
- superfluous thing, surplus
- Antonyms: indispensabile, essenziale, necessario
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References
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From super- + fluō (“flow”).
Verb
superfluō (present infinitive superfluere, perfect active superflūxī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- (intransitive) to run over, overflow
- (intransitive, figuratively) to be superabundant, superabound; to be superfluous
- Synonyms: abundō, flōreō, niteō, affluō, supersum
- Antonyms: careō, egeō, dēsum, dēlinquō, deficiō, cessō
- (transitive) to flow by or past
Conjugation
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Etymology 2
From superfluus (“superfluous”), from superfluō (“I am superfluous”), from super- + fluō (“flow”).
Adverb
superfluō (not comparable)
- superfluously
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Inflected form of superfluus (“superfluous”).
Adjective
superfluō
- 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/
- Rhymes: -eɾflwo
- Syllabification: su‧per‧fluo
Adjective
superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)
- superfluous
- extraneous
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