più

See also: piu

Corsican

Adjective

più

  1. more (used for comparisons)

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plūs, from Old Latin *plous, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-, *pelh₁u- (many).

The initial autogemination, though lost in standard pronunciation, is still found in most varieties of regional Italian. The gemination occurs predictably before the palatalization of the original liquid -l-, compare doppio, orecchio, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpju/*
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  • (regional) IPA(key): */ˈpju/*
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: più

Adverb

più

  1. comparative degree of molto; more

Adjective

più (invariable)

  1. more

Preposition

più

  1. plus

Further reading

  • più in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • più in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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