different between treatment vs superflu

English

Etymology

treat +? -ment. Compare French traitement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?i?tm?nt/
• Hyphenation: treat?ment

Noun

treatment (countable and uncountable, plural treatments)

1. The process or manner of treating someone or something.

3. Medical care for an illness or injury.

4. The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.
5. (countable) A treatise; a formal written description or characterization of a subject.
6. (countable, film) A brief, third-person, present-tense summary of a proposed film.
7. (obsolete) entertainment; treat

   • Accept such treatment as a swain affords.

Derived terms

Related terms

• treat

Translations

Anagrams

• matternet

English

Etymology

super- +? flu

Noun

superflu (usually uncountable, plural superflus)

1. Any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or is unusually unresponsive to treatment.

Anagrams

• purseful

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Adjective

superflu (feminine supèrflua, masculine plural superflus, feminine plural supèrflues)

1. superfluous

Derived terms

• supèrfluament

Related terms

• superfluïtat

Further reading

• “superflu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “superflu” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “superflu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “superflu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin superfluus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.p??.fly/

Adjective

superflu (feminine singular superflue, masculine plural superflus, feminine plural superflues)

1. superfluous

Derived terms

• superfluité

Further reading

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