superflu
English
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Noun
superflu (usually uncountable, plural superflus)
- Any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or is unusually unresponsive to treatment.
- Alternative form: super flu
- Hypernyms: flu, influenza < infectious disease < disease < condition
- Hyponym: Hong Kong flu
- 2015 July 23, Sloane Crosley, “It’s the End of the World as She Knows It”, in The New York Times Book Review[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 May 2025:
- In the wake of the superflus and cataclysmic events, male writers tend to jump to that unholy trinity of rape, murder and cannibalism.
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Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin superfluus.
Adjective
superflu (feminine supèrflua, masculine plural superflus, feminine plural supèrflues)
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Further reading
- “superflu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “superflu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “superflu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “superflu”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin superfluus. By surface analysis, super- + -flu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.pɛʁ.fly/
Audio: (file)
Adjective
superflu (feminine superflue, masculine plural superflus, feminine plural superflues)
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Further reading
- “superflu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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