Today we’ll have a look at plusieurs, which is both an adverb and pronoun. Translations include several, a number of, a lot of, many and “a lot of people”.
plusieurs – [plyzjœʀ]
several
Word origin
The modern French word plusieurs comes from plūsiores in Vulgar Latin and plūres (more numerous) in Classical Latin. The English word “plural” has this same Latin root.
Example sentences
Le gouvernement a plusieurs options pour réparer la route.
The government has several options for reparing the road.
This sentence uses the pronoun on, which can mean “we”, “you” or people in general.
Heureusement on a plusieurs choix.
Fortunately we have several choices.
In this sentence, été mangé par (were eaten by) is an example of the passive voice. Été is also a masculine noun meaning “summer”.
Maman a fait des biscuits : plusieurs ont été mangés par les enfants.
Mom made cookies. Several were eaten by the kids.
For this final sentence, plusieurs can translate to a lot of, several or many people
Plusieurs resteront chez eux aujourd’hui.
A lot of people will stay home today.
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