noun · countable / uncountable · rare

plethora

plethora · plethorae · plethoras

надлишок, надмірність, повнокров'я

обилие, избыток, изобилие

Fülle, Übermaß

An excessive amount or numberAn excessive amount or number; an abundance.

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/ˈplɛθəɹə/

» Cats purr for a plethora of reasons.

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable, usually)An excessive amount or number; an abundance.
The menu offers a plethora of cuisines from around the world.
1817, Francis Jeffrey, review of Lalla Rookh, in the Edinburgh Review He labours under a plethora of wit and imagination.
Fülle, Übermaß
изоби́лиеizobílije, оби́лиеobílije, избы́токizbýtok
надмірністьnadmirnistʹ, надлишокnadlyšok
(countable, uncountable)Excess of blood in the skin, especially in the face and especially chronically.
повнокров'яpovnokrovʺja
extreme excess

Examples

9 sentences

Cats purr for a plethora of reasons.
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We also mentioned a plethora of regional crises.
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Karl was surrounded by a plethora of bodyguards.
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Mennad had a plethora of excuses not to live life.
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There is a plethora of adverbs of frequency in my language.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

excess, abundance:

excess of blood in the skin:

Русский

By meaning 1

excess, abundance:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

excess, abundance:

Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin plēthōra, from Ancient Greek πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “fullness, satiet

Borrowed from Late Latin plēthōra, from Ancient Greek πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “fullness, satiety”), from πλήθω (plḗthō, “to be full”) + -η (-ē, nominal suffix).

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