diffus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffusus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.fy/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

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

1. diffuse

Derived terms

• diffuser

Descendants

• → Dutch: diffuus
  • → Indonesian: difus

Further reading

• “diffus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffūsus.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -uːs

Adjective

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

1. diffuse, vague, unclear

Declension

Positive forms of diffus

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist diffus	sie ist diffus	es ist diffus	sie sind diffus
strong declension (without article)	nominative	diffuser	diffuse	diffuses	diffuse
	genitive	diffusen	diffuser	diffusen	diffuser
	dative	diffusem	diffuser	diffusem	diffusen
	accusative	diffusen	diffuse	diffuses	diffuse
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der diffuse	die diffuse	das diffuse	die diffusen
	genitive	des diffusen	der diffusen	des diffusen	der diffusen
	dative	dem diffusen	der diffusen	dem diffusen	den diffusen
	accusative	den diffusen	die diffuse	das diffuse	die diffusen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein diffuser	eine diffuse	ein diffuses	(keine) diffusen
	genitive	eines diffusen	einer diffusen	eines diffusen	(keiner) diffusen
	dative	einem diffusen	einer diffusen	einem diffusen	(keinen) diffusen
	accusative	einen diffusen	eine diffuse	ein diffuses	(keine) diffusen

Comparative forms of diffus

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist diffuser	sie ist diffuser	es ist diffuser	sie sind diffuser
strong declension (without article)	nominative	diffuserer	diffusere	diffuseres	diffusere
	genitive	diffuseren	diffuserer	diffuseren	diffuserer
	dative	diffuserem	diffuserer	diffuserem	diffuseren
	accusative	diffuseren	diffusere	diffuseres	diffusere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der diffusere	die diffusere	das diffusere	die diffuseren
	genitive	des diffuseren	der diffuseren	des diffuseren	der diffuseren
	dative	dem diffuseren	der diffuseren	dem diffuseren	den diffuseren
	accusative	den diffuseren	die diffusere	das diffusere	die diffuseren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein diffuserer	eine diffusere	ein diffuseres	(keine) diffuseren
	genitive	eines diffuseren	einer diffuseren	eines diffuseren	(keiner) diffuseren
	dative	einem diffuseren	einer diffuseren	einem diffuseren	(keinen) diffuseren
	accusative	einen diffuseren	eine diffusere	ein diffuseres	(keine) diffuseren

Superlative forms of diffus

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am diffusesten	sie ist am diffusesten	es ist am diffusesten	sie sind am diffusesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	diffusester	diffuseste	diffusestes	diffuseste
	genitive	diffusesten	diffusester	diffusesten	diffusester
	dative	diffusestem	diffusester	diffusestem	diffusesten
	accusative	diffusesten	diffuseste	diffusestes	diffuseste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der diffuseste	die diffuseste	das diffuseste	die diffusesten
	genitive	des diffusesten	der diffusesten	des diffusesten	der diffusesten
	dative	dem diffusesten	der diffusesten	dem diffusesten	den diffusesten
	accusative	den diffusesten	die diffuseste	das diffuseste	die diffusesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein diffusester	eine diffuseste	ein diffusestes	(keine) diffusesten
	genitive	eines diffusesten	einer diffusesten	eines diffusesten	(keiner) diffusesten
	dative	einem diffusesten	einer diffusesten	einem diffusesten	(keinen) diffusesten
	accusative	einen diffusesten	eine diffuseste	ein diffusestes	(keine) diffusesten

Related terms

• Diffusität

Further reading

• “diffus” in Duden online
• “diffus”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• (not concentrated): spredt
• (vague, unclear): ubestemt, uklar, utydelig

Related terms

• diffundere

References

• “diffus” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “diffus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• (not concentrated): spreidd, spreitt
• (vague, unclear): ubestemt, uklar/uklår, utydeleg

Related terms

• diffundere

References

• “diffus” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “diffus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffūsus, the past participle of diffundere.

Adjective

diffus (comparative diffusare, superlative diffusast)

1. diffuse
2. vague, unclear

Declension

Inflection of diffus

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	diffus	diffusare	diffusast
neuter singular	diffust	diffusare	diffusast
plural	diffusa	diffusare	diffusast
masculine plural2	diffuse	diffusare	diffusast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	diffuse	diffusare	diffusaste
all	diffusa	diffusare	diffusaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• diffundera
• diffusera
• diffusion

References

• “diffus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “diffus”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “diffus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)