plutôt
See also: plutost
French
Etymology
From Middle French plustost, see plus + tôt. Compare Italian piuttosto. Compare the etymology of English rather.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ply.to/
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Adverb
plutôt
- (obsolete) earlier, sooner
- rather, instead (indicating preference)
- Je n’aime pas le rouge. Je prends plutôt le noir.
- I don't like the red one. I'll take the black one instead.
- N’importe quoi plutôt que de faire face à la réalité.
- Anything but face reality.
- rather (introducing a correction or clarification)
- Il y en aura assez, ou plutôt pas trop.
- There'll be enough of it, or rather, not too much.
- rather, pretty, kind of (indicating intensity or degree)
- Ce bar est plutôt sale.
- This bar is pretty dirty.
- 2018, Zaz, J'aime, j'aime:
- Qu’est-ce que t’aimes, qu’est-ce que t’aimes ? Je sais pas, moi ; ça dépend. J’aime plutôt les gens honnêtes.
- What do you like, what do you like? I don't know; it depends. I quite like honest people.
Further reading
- “plutôt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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