plein — French Dictionary

adjective/plɛ̃/

full, full up; plenty; solid; full; mid-; middle

“La voiture est pleine.” — The car is full.

Inherited from Old French plein, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Catalan ple; Italian pieno; Portuguese cheio; Romanian plin; Sardinian prenu; Spanish lleno; English plene, full.

adverb/plɛ̃/

due; a lot, lots of, many

“Aller plein sud” — To go due south

Inherited from Old French plein, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Catalan ple; Italian pieno; Portuguese cheio; Romanian plin; Sardinian prenu; Spanish lleno; English plene, full.

noun, masculine/plɛ̃/plural: pleins

full tank (of gas); downstroke (of a letter)

Inherited from Old French plein, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Catalan ple; Italian pieno; Portuguese cheio; Romanian plin; Sardinian prenu; Spanish lleno; English plene, full.

preposition/plɛ̃/

in; all over; filling

“Avoir du vin plein sa cave.” — To have wine filling up one's cellar.

Related: avoir des étoiles plein les yeux

Inherited from Old French plein, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Catalan ple; Italian pieno; Portuguese cheio; Romanian plin; Sardinian prenu; Spanish lleno; English plene, full.