different between abundant vs amole

English

Alternative forms

• aboundant, abundaunt, habundaunt, habundant (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt, aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abund?ns, present participle of abundo (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?n.dn?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?n.dn?t/, /??bn?.dn?t/

Adjective

abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)

1. Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
   • a. 1859, Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination

     [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation.

   Antonyms: rare, scarce

2. Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
3. (mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]

   Antonym: deficient

Usage notes

• (richly supplied): Normally followed by the word in or (obsolete) of.

Synonyms

• ample (see here for explanation of distinctions)
• bountiful
• copious
• exuberant
• liberal
• overflowing
• plenteous
• plentiful
• profuse
• rich
• teeming
• See also Thesaurus:abundant

Derived terms

Related terms

• abound

Translations

References

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin abundans.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.bun?dant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.bun?dan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.bun?dant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

abundant (masculine and feminine plural abundants)

1. abundant; plentiful

Derived terms

• abundantment

Related terms

• abundància
• abundar

Further reading

• “abundant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• abondant

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French abundant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.b?n?d?nt/
• Hyphenation: abun?dant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative abundantst)

1. abundant

Inflection

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab?n?dant/

Adjective

abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative am abundantsten)

1. abundant

Declension

Latin

Verb

abundant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of abund?

Old French

Verb

abundant

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of abondant

English

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish amole, from Classical Nahuatl ahm?lli.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??mo?le?/, /??mo?li/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??m??li/

Noun

amole (plural amoles)

1. Any of various parts of the Agave (or similar) plants, when used as soap
2. Other Mexican and North American plants used as soap
   1. Chlorogalum pomeridianum, soap plant, a California native plant used for soap
   2. Sapindus saponaria, wingleaf soapberry

Anagrams

• Meola, amelo-, lame-o, lameo, maleo, olema

Portuguese

Verb

amole

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of amolar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of amolar
3. third-person singular imperative of amolar

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ahm?lli (“soap; cooked root used as soap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?mole/, [a?mo.le]

Noun

amole m (plural amoles)

1. amole
2. (Louisiana) cassava

Descendants

• ? English: amole

Further reading

• “amole” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams

• maleo