Plusieurs
Example: Plusieurs étudiants ont participé au projet cette année.
Definition
"Plusieurs" is a French determiner used to indicate an unspecified but more than one number of items or people. It conveys the meaning of 'several' or 'many' and is often used to express a quantity that is more than a few but not too many, as in 'Several students participated in the project this year.'
Etymology
The French word "plusieurs" originates from the Latin word 'plus,' meaning 'more.' It evolved through Old French as 'plusours' before becoming 'plusieurs.' Did you know that "plusieurs" literally means 'more ones,' highlighting its role in indicating multiple entities?
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"Plusieurs" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - General - (B2) - set 1", containing 111 commonly used words.
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