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abundant
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)
- 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
- a. 1859, Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination
- Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- (mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. [First attested in the mid 16th 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)
- 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)
- abundant
Inflection
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab?n?dant/
Adjective
abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative am abundantsten)
- abundant
Declension
Latin
Verb
abundant
- third-person plural present active indicative of abund?
Old French
Verb
abundant
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of abondant
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large
English
Etymology
From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”). Mostly displaced Middle English stoor, stour (“large, great”) (from Old English st?r) and muchel (“large, great”) (from Old English my?el).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l??d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l??d??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?
Adjective
large (comparative larger, superlative largest)
- Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
- (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
- (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
- 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics
- I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
- 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics
- (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
- Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.
- (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
- (nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
Synonyms
- big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish
- See also Thesaurus:large
Antonyms
- small, tiny, minuscule
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
large (countable and uncountable, plural larges)
- (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
- (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
- (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
- Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
- A large serving of something.
- One small coffee and two larges, please.
Derived terms
- at large
Adverb
large
- (nautical) Before the wind.
Further reading
- large in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- large in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Agler, Alger, Elgar, Ragle, ergal, glare, lager, regal
French
Etymology
From Old French large, from Latin largus, larga, largum (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”). The feminine is inherited, but for the masculine, Latin largum (the masculine and neuter accusative) developed into Old French larc, which was discarded.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la??/
- (Paris)
- Homophone: larges
- Hyphenation: large
Adjective
large (plural larges)
- wide, broad
- large
- generous
Derived terms
- de long en large
- en long en large
- large d'esprit
- ratisser large
Related terms
- largesse
Noun
large m (plural larges)
- open sea
- width
Synonyms
- (open sea): haute mer
- (width): largeur
Derived terms
Descendants
- Antillean Creole: laj
- Haitian Creole: laj
- Karipúna Creole French: laj
- Louisiana Creole French: laj, larj
Anagrams
- Alger, grêla, régal, régla
Further reading
- “large” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
larg? (comparative largius, superlative largissim?)
- munificently, generously, liberally.
- abundantly, copiously.
- to a great extent.
Etymology 2
Adjective
large
- vocative masculine singular of largus
References
- large in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- large in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norman
Etymology
From Old French large, from Latin largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”).
Adjective
large m or f
- (Jersey) wide
Derived terms
Noun
large m (plural larges)
- (Jersey, nautical) open sea, deep sea
- Synonym: plieine mé
Old French
Alternative forms
- larc (Roman de Renard, "wide")
Etymology
From Latin largus, larga.
Adjective
large m (oblique and nominative feminine singular large)
- generous
- large; big
- wide (when used to differentiate between height, width and length)
Descendants
- ? Middle English: large
- English: large
- Middle French: large
- French: large
- Antillean Creole: laj
- Haitian Creole: laj
- Karipúna Creole French: laj
- Louisiana Creole French: laj, larj
- French: large
- Norman: large (Guernsey, Jersey)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (large, supplement)
- large on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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