plein

Meaning

Adj

1. full, full up
2. plenty
3. solid
4. full
5. mid-; middle
6. pregnant

Adv

1. due
2. (colloquial) a lot, lots of, many

Noun

1. full tank (of gas)
2. downstroke (of a letter)

Prep

in; all over; filling

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plɛ̃/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Un arbre a poussé en plein milieu .

A tree grew right in the middle.

Le chat noir se promène sur le balcon en plein soleil .

The black cat walks on the balcony in full sun.

Elle fit un mouvement plein de trouble et d'inquiétude.

She made a movement full of trouble and worry.

Il lui semblait qu’il nageait en plein ciel bleu .

It seemed to him that he was swimming in the blue sky.

Le golfe du Morbihan est une région en plein essor , tant démographique qu’économique.

The Gulf of Morbihan is a booming region, both demographic and economic.