flus
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fluːz/
Homophone: flues
Rhymes: -uːz
=== Noun ===
flus
plural of flu
=== Anagrams ===
USFL, Fuls, sulf-, SLUF, ULFs
== Czech ==
=== Etymology ===
From Early Modern German fluss (“stream”), from fliessen (“to flow”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈflus]
Rhymes: -us
Hyphenation: flus
=== Noun ===
flus m inan
(slightly vulgar) gob of spit, phlegm [16th c.]
Synonyms: hlen, chrchel, plivnutí
==== Usage notes ====
While in historical texts the word is used neutrally, recently it has been viewed as slightly vulgar.
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“flus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“flus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
== Faroese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse flus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fluːs/
Rhymes: -uːs
=== Noun ===
flus n (genitive singular flus, plural flus)
peelings (from a potato or apple)
(hair, biology) dandruff
==== Declension ====
== Maltese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fluːs/
Rhymes: -uːs
=== Noun ===
flus m sg or pl (plural flejjes)
money
==== Usage notes ====
The basic sense “money” is now usually construed as a masculine singular, though it may also be construed as a plural. The marked plural flejjes means “several amounts of money”.
== Middle English ==
=== Noun ===
flus
(Northwest Midland, Wales) alternative form of fles (“fleece”)