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plein.

full, full up

5 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/plɛ̃/

  1. full, full up

    La voiture est pleine.
    C'est plein de légendes.

  2. plenty

    Il y a plein de choses à faire.

  3. solid

  4. full

  5. mid-; middle

    en plein match
    en plein concert

  6. pregnant

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French plein, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Catalan ple; Italian pieno; Portuguese cheio; Romanian plin; Sardinian prenu; Spanish lleno; English plene, full.

adv/plɛ̃/

  1. due

    Aller plein sud

  2. a lot, lots of, many

    colloquial
    J'en ai plein du monde ici
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French plein, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Catalan ple; Italian pieno; Portuguese cheio; Romanian plin; Sardinian prenu; Spanish lleno; English plene, full.

noun/plɛ̃/

  1. full tank (of gas)

    masculine

  2. downstroke (of a letter)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French plein, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Catalan ple; Italian pieno; Portuguese cheio; Romanian plin; Sardinian prenu; Spanish lleno; English plene, full.

prep/plɛ̃/

  1. in; all over; filling

    colloquial
    Avoir du vin plein sa cave.
    J'ai de l’argent plein mes poches.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French plein, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Catalan ple; Italian pieno; Portuguese cheio; Romanian plin; Sardinian prenu; Spanish lleno; English plene, full.

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