different between opulent vs fecund

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opul?ns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?op- (“to work; produce in abundance”). Equivalent to ops +? -ulent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??pj?l?nt/

Adjective

opulent (comparative more opulent, superlative most opulent)

1. Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
2. Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.

Related terms

• opulence

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opul?ns, opulentis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.py.l??/

Adjective

opulent (feminine singular opulente, masculine plural opulents, feminine plural opulentes)

1. opulent

Related terms

• opulence

Anagrams

• loupent

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French opulent, from Latin opulentus.

Adjective

opulent m or n (feminine singular opulent?, masculine plural opulen?i, feminine and neuter plural opulente)

1. opulent

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• fœcund (hypercorrect, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French fécond, from Latin fecundus (“fertile”), which is related to f?tus and f?mina (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?.k?nd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fi?.k?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Adjective

fecund (comparative more fecund, superlative most fecund)

1. (formal) Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.
2. (figuratively) Leading to new ideas or innovation.
   • 1906, Charles Sanders Pierce, "The Basis of Pragmatism in the Normative Sciences", in The Essential Pierce: Selected Philosophical Writings, volume II, page 373

     This idea of Aristotle's has proved marvellously fecund; and in truth it is the only idea covering quite the whole area of cenoscopy that has shown any marked uberosity.

Synonyms

• (highly fertile): fertile
• (leading to new ideas or innovation): fertile, productive, prolific

Related terms

• fecundity

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French fécond, from Latin fecundus.

Adjective

fecund m or n (feminine singular fecund?, masculine plural fecunzi, feminine and neuter plural fecunde)

1. fruitful

Declension

Related terms

• fecunda
• fecunditate