plutôt

French

adv
Definitions
  • (obsolete) earlier, sooner
  • rather, instead
  • rather, pretty, kind of

Etymology

Compound from French plus (more) + French tôt (early)root from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ters-

Gloss

dry

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

干, 乾

Emoji
🏜️

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