| Principales traductions |
| plus adv | (davantage) | more adv |
| | Demandons plus, nous verrons bien. |
| | Let's ask for more and then we'll see. |
| plus de ... | (davantage de) | more adj |
| | Je veux plus de bonbons ! |
| | I want more sweets! |
| plus de ... | (heure : passée) (time, slightly informal) | gone ... adv |
| | (time) | after ... adv |
| | Mon frère est arrivé à plus de 18 heures. |
| | My brother arrived after 6 o'clock. |
| plus ... (que) adv | (signale un niveau supérieur de [qch]) | more, more ... than adv |
| | (short-form adjectives) | -er, -er than suffix |
| Note: Generally, adjectives of two syllables or less have "er" added to make the comparative and adjectives of three or more syllables are preceded by "more" |
| | Camille est plus intelligente que sa cousine. Pierre est plus grand que moi. Vincent court plus vite que moi. |
| | Camille is more intelligent than her cousin. |
| | Peter is taller than me. // Vincent runs faster than me. |
| le plus ... adv | (superlatif) | the most adv |
| | | the [adjective]est suffix |
| Note: Generally, adjectives of two syllables or less have "est" added to make the superlative and adjectives of three or more syllables are preceded by "most" |
| | Ma patronne est la femme la plus intelligente que je connaisse. Je suis la plus grande de ma classe. Le plus dur fut de se garer. |
| | My boss is the most intelligent woman I know. |
| | I'm the tallest in my class. The hardest thing was parking. |
| le plus loc adv | (de la façon la plus élevée) | the most adv |
| | Ce modèle est celui qui se vend le plus. |
| | This is the model that sells the most. |
| ne ... plus adv | (absence, disparition) | no longer, not any longer adv |
| | | not any more, not anymore adv |
| | | no more adj |
| | Je n'ai plus faim. Il n'y a plus de sucre dans l'armoire. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. He is no longer an employee of this firm. |
| | I'm not hungry any more. |
| | There's no more sugar in the cupboard. |
| ne ... plus que adv | (seulement) | only adv |
| | Il ne manque plus que le président pour commencer. À la fin du concert, il ne restait plus que 10 personnes. |
| | We only need the president and then we can start. At the end of the concert, there were only ten people left. |
| plus adv | (de plus étonnant) (formal) | moreover adv |
| | | more adv |
| | Il y a plus, il a aussi écrasé le chat. |
| | Moreover, I should probably tell you that he has also run over the cat. |
| | There's more; he ran over the cat too! |
| plus nm | (Maths : marque de l'addition) (mathematics) | plus conj |
| | (colloquial) | add conj |
| | | and conj |
| | 2 plus 2 font quatre. |
| | Two plus two makes four. |
| plus nm | (Maths : signe plus, +) | plus n |
| | | plus sign, addition sign n |
| | Utilisez un plus entre les nombres que vous additionnez. |
| | Use a plus sign between the numbers that you are adding up. |
| plus nm | (bonus) | plus, bonus n |
| | | good thing n |
| | Ce diplôme est un plus pour toi. |
| | Le plus de cette peinture est qu'elle sèche très rapidement. |
| | That qualification is a plus for you. |
| | The good thing about this paint is that it dries very quickly. |
| le plus nm | (valeur ajoutée) | the advantage n |
| | | one of the pros n |
| | | the good thing, the best thing n |
| | Le plus de cette peinture est le séchage en 6 heures. |
| | The good thing about this paint is the six-hour drying time. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| plus ... plus loc adv | (comparaison d'augmentation) | the more ... the more ... expr |
| | (short-form adjectives) | the + [adjective]er ... the + [adjective]er expr |
| | (mixtures) | the more ... the +[adjective]er, the +[adjective]er ... the more ... |
| Note: Generally, adjectives of two syllables or less have "er" added to make the comparative and adjectives of three or more syllables are preceded by "more" |
| | Plus on vieillit, plus le temps passe vite. |
| | Plus il avait de jouets, plus l'enfant était heureux. |
| | The older you get, the faster time passes. |
| | The more toys he had, the happier the child was. |
| Principales traductions |
| plaire à [qqn] vtr ind | (convenir) | please [sb]⇒, delight [sb]⇒ vtr |
| | (subject/object inversion) | like⇒ vtr |
| | (subject/object inversion) | be pleased with v expr |
| | Son cadeau semble lui plaire. |
| | He seems to like his present. |
| plaire à [qqn] vtr ind | (séduire) | appeal to [sb] vi + prep |
| | (subject/object inversion) | like⇒ vtr |
| | C'est un homme qui plaît aux femmes. |
| | He's the kind of man who really appeals to women. |
| | He's the kind of man most women like. |
| plaire à [qqn] vtr ind | (tenter) | appeal to [sb] vi + prep |
| | | entice, tempt |
| | (subject/object inversion) | like⇒, love⇒ vtr |
| | Une année sabbatique pour faire un tour du monde me plairait bien. |
| | A sabbatical year to do a round the world trip would really appeal to me. |
| se plaire⇒ v pron | (éprouver une attirance mutuelle) | like each other, like one another vtr + refl |
| | Alexandra et Jérémy se sont plu dès le premier regard. |
| | Alexandra and Jeremy liked each other from the moment they laid eyes on each other. |
| se plaire v pron | (s'apprécier soi-même) | like yourself vtr + refl |
| | Tania se plaît avec les cheveux coupés au carré. |
| | Tania likes herself with her hair cut in a bob. |
| se plaire v pron | (aimer être quelque part) | be happy vi + adj |
| | (home) | like living somewhere, enjoy living somewhere, be happy living somewhere v expr |
| | (visit) | like being somewhere, enjoy being somewhere v expr |
| | Ma fille se plaît dans son nouvel appartement. |
| | My daughter likes living in her new apartment. |