diffus

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin diffusus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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diffus (feminine diffuse, masculine plural diffus, feminine plural diffuses)

  1. diffuse

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German

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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diffus (strong nominative masculine singular diffuser, comparative diffuser, superlative am diffusesten)

  1. diffuse, vague, unclear

Declension

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Further reading

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  • diffus” in Duden online
  • diffus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin diffusus, past participle of diffundere, "scatter, pour out" (dis- + fundere).

Adjective

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diffus (neuter singular diffust, definite singular and plural diffuse, comparative mer diffus, superlative mest diffus)

  1. diffuse (not concentrated)
    Diffust lys.
    Diffuse light.
  2. diffuse, vague, unclear
    De kom med en nokså diffus påstand.
    They made a rather diffuse claim.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin diffusus, past participle of diffundere, "scatter, pour out" (dis- + fundere).

Adjective

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diffus (neuter singular diffust, definite singular and plural diffuse, comparative meir diffus, superlative mest diffus)

  1. diffuse (not concentrated)
    Diffust lys.
    Diffuse light.
  2. diffuse, vague, unclear
    Dei kom med ein nokså diffus påstand.
    They made a rather diffuse claim.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin diffūsus, the past participle of diffundere.

Adjective

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diffus (comparative diffusare, superlative diffusast)

  1. diffuse
  2. vague, unclear

Declension

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Inflection of diffus
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular diffus diffusare diffusast
Neuter singular diffust diffusare diffusast
Plural diffusa diffusare diffusast
Masculine plural3 diffuse diffusare diffusast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 diffuse diffusare diffusaste
All diffusa diffusare diffusaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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