different between large vs plump

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)

1. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

2. (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
3. (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.

4. (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.

   • Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.

5. (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
6. (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)

1. (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
2. (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
3. (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.

   Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
4. A large serving of something.

   One small coffee and two larges, please.

Derived terms

• at large

Adverb

large

1. (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)

1. wide, broad
2. large
3. generous

Derived terms

• de long en large
• en long en large
• large d'esprit
• ratisser large

Related terms

• largesse

Noun

large m (plural larges)

1. open sea
2. 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?)

1. munificently, generously, liberally.
2. abundantly, copiously.
3. to a great extent.

Etymology 2

Adjective

large

1. 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

1. (Jersey) wide

Derived terms

Noun

large m (plural larges)

1. (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)

1. generous
2. large; big
3. 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
• Norman: large (Guernsey, Jersey)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (large, supplement)
• large on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl?mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Etymology 1

From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump.

Adjective

plump (comparative plumper or more plump, superlative plumpest or most plump)

1. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
   • 1651, Thomas Carew, To my friend G. N. from Wrest

     The god of wine did his plump clusters bring.

   • 2015, Anton Chekhov, The Life and Genius of Anton Chekhov: Letters, Diary, Reminiscences and Biography: Assorted Collection of Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned Russian Author and Playwright of Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters and The Seagull, e-artnow (?ISBN)

     My ideal is to be idle and to love a plump girl.
2. Fat.
3. Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
   • 1898, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature

     After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake with Thomas.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obese

Antonyms

• See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Translations

Verb

plump (third-person singular simple present plumps, present participle plumping, simple past and past participle plumped)

1. (intransitive) To grow plump; to swell out.

   Her cheeks have plumped.

2. (transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.

   to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water

   • to plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles

3. (transitive) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.

   to plump a stone into water

   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

     Although Miss Pross, through her long association with a French family, might have known as much of their language as of her own, if she had had a mind, she had no mind in that direction […] So her manner of marketing was to plump a noun-substantive at the head of a shopkeeper without any introduction in the nature of an article […]

4. (intransitive) To give a plumper (kind of vote).
5. (transitive) To give (a vote), as a plumper.
6. (transitive with for) To favor or decide in favor of something.

Etymology 2

From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, German plumpfen.

Verb

plump (third-person singular simple present plumps, present participle plumping, simple past and past participle plumped)

1. (intransitive) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
   • September 24, 1712, The Spectator No. 492, letter from a prude

     Dulcissa plumps into a chair.

Translations

Adverb

plump

1. Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

Noun

plump (plural plumps)

1. The sound of a sudden heavy fall.

Etymology 3

From Middle English plump.

Noun

plump (plural plumps)

1. (obsolete) A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.

References

• plump in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl?mp/

Adjective

plump (comparative plumper, superlative am plumpesten)

1. crude, clumsy
2. squat, stumpy

Declension

Further reading

• “plump” in Duden online

Irish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /p?l???m?p?/

Noun

plump f (genitive singular plumpa, nominative plural plumpanna)

1. Cois Fharraige form of plimp

Declension

Derived terms

• plumpaíl

Mutation

Further reading

• "plump" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?l?mp]

Adjective

plump

1. big and awkward
2. base, vulgar