prolixe

French

Etymology

Latin prolixus

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.liks/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Adjective

prolixe (plural prolixes)

prolix; overly talkative

Further reading

“prolixe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology 1

prōlixus +‎ -ē

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈlik.seː/, [proːˈlɪk.seː]

Adverb

prōlixē (comparative prōlixius, superlative prōlixissimē)

largely, abundantly

Etymology 2

Inflected form

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈlik.se/, [proːˈlɪk.sɛ]

Adjective

prōlixe

vocative masculine singular of prōlixus

References

prolixe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
prolixe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
prolixe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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