plutôt

/ply.to/

adverb A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. rather

Similar words

assez

assez and plutôt are close synonyms for "rather"; assez also separately means "enough."

Similar in other languages

German

vorzugsweise

Close — preferably relates to rather.

German

ziemlich

Close — rather relates to quite, fairly, rather.

German

stattdessen

Close — rather relates to instead.

Practice

1 What does plutôt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Je préfère ___ le thé que le café.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches plutôt?

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