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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessupérfluo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: superfluo
"Ele cortou todos os gastos supérfluos."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.
"The committee returned a report that was full of superfluous details."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Late Latin superfluus, from Latin superfluere ('to overflow'), from super- ('over') + fluere ('to flow').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Superfluous" is said worldwide
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superflu
Transliteration: superflu
"Ses commentaires étaient totalement superflus."
überflüssig
Transliteration: ueberfluessig
"Dieser Schritt ist völlig überflüssig."
superfluo
Transliteration: superfluo
"Ogni parola in più sarebbe superflua."
superfluo
Transliteration: superfluo
"Eliminó todos los detalles superfluos del informe."
supérfluo
Transliteration: superfluo
"Ele cortou todos os gastos supérfluos."
अतिरिक्त
Transliteration: atirikt
"हमें इस परियोजना में किसी भी अतिरिक्त सहायता की आवश्यकता नहीं है।"
多余的
Transliteration: duōyú de
"这些解释是多余的。"
불필요한
Transliteration: bulpiryohan
"그의 설명은 완전히 불필요했다."
余分な
Transliteration: yobun na
"その説明は余分である。"
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