plus
Meanings
Adverb
1. used to express the comparative and superlative of a following adjective or adverb
a. more, -er (comparative)
b. most, -est (superlative) (with the definite article)
2. more, most (to a greater / the greatest extent) (modifying a verb)
a. the more ... (introducing a clause)
3. more (a greater amount) (in pronominal function)
a. [with de] more of a following noun
b. [with de or que] more than a following number or fraction
c. more, in addition (after a noun and preceded by de)
4. plus (mathematics)
5. in negated sentences
a. not ... any more, no more, no longer (usually with the particle ne)
b. neither, not either (with the particle non)
Examples9573
Plus doit être fait.
More must be done.
Elle est la plus belle de la famille.
She is the most beautiful of the family.
Une heure de plus et il serait mort.
One hour more and he would have died.
Elle ne travaille plus.
She doesn’t work any more / She no longer works.
Je veux faire plus.
I want to do more.
Elle travaille plus vite que lui.
She works more quickly than he does.