French Conversation · Level 68
60 words
French word
pluralité
Pronunciation
IPA/plyʁalite/
Meaning
- feminine nounplurality
Example
La pluralité des opinions rend la discussion intéressante.
The plurality of opinions makes the discussion interesting.
More examples
La pluralité culturelle de la ville attire des visiteurs.
The city's cultural plurality attracts visitors.
Core concept
One shared whole containing several distinct voices, parts, or viewpoints.
Common phrases
la pluralité des opinions
the plurality of opinions
une pluralité d'opinions
a plurality of opinions
Similar words
diversité: The coexistence of things with different qualities or characteristics.
nombre: The number of people or things present.
Definition in French
La pluralité désigne l'existence simultanée de plusieurs éléments, personnes ou points de vue au sein d'un même ensemble.
Word origin
French pluralité is a learned form from Latin pluralitas, built from pluralis, meaning plural, with the abstract-noun suffix -itas.
Usage tips
- Pluralité is feminine and normally appears as la pluralité, often followed by de, as in la pluralité des opinions.
Other meanings
- majoritynoun
Opposites
- singularitésingularitynoun
- uniformitéuniformitynoun
Related words
- plurielpluraladjective
- pluralismepluralismnoun