different between favorable vs ample

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

favorable (comparative more favorable, superlative most favorable)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of favourable

Derived terms

• unfavorable

Related terms

• favor
• favorably

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /f?.vo??a.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /f?.bu??a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fa.vo??a.ble/

Adjective

favorable (masculine and feminine plural favorables)

1. favourable

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.v?.?abl/

Adjective

favorable (plural favorables)

1. favourable, favorable

Antonyms

• hostile

Related terms

• faveur
• favorablement

Further reading

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• favorábel

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis.

Adjective

favorable m or f (plural favorables)

1. favorable

Derived terms

• favorablemente

Further reading

• “favorable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis

Adjective

favorable m (feminine singular favorabla, masculine plural favorables, feminine plural favorablas)

1. favorable

Derived terms

• desfavorable
• favorablament

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin favorabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fabo??able/, [fa.??o??a.??le]

Adjective

favorable (plural favorables)

1. favorable

Derived terms

• favorablemente

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From late Middle English ample, from Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”), probably for ambiplus (“full on both sides”), the last syllable akin to Latin plenus (“full”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æm.p?l/
• Rhymes: -æmp?l

Adjective

ample (comparative ampler, superlative amplest)

1. Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

2. Fully sufficient; abundant; plenty

3. Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive

Synonyms

• full, spacious, extensive, wide, capacious, abundant, plentiful, plenteous, copious, bountiful; rich, liberal, munificent
• See also Thesaurus:ample
• (large): See also Thesaurus:large
• (fully sufficient): See also Thesaurus:abundant

Related terms

Translations

References

• ample in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ample in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Maple, Palme, maple, pelma

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin amplus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?am.pl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?am.ple/

Adjective

ample (feminine ampla, masculine and feminine plural amples)

1. wide
2. ample, plentiful

Derived terms

• amplada
• amplament
• amplària

Related terms

• ampliar

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin amplus (“large”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??pl/

Adjective

ample (plural amples)

1. plentiful, abundant, copious, profuse, ample
2. (of clothes) loose, baggy

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

ampl? (comparative amplius, superlative amplissim?)

1. amply, largely

Etymology 2

Adjective

ample

1. vocative masculine singular of amplus

References

• ample in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ample in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Alternative forms

• emple

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ample, from Old French ample, from Latin amplus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?amp?l/, /??mp?l/

Adjective

ample

1. (Late Middle English) ample, copious, profuse

Related terms

• amplifiyen

Descendants

• English: ample
• Scots: ample

References

• “ample, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-04.