different between plentiful vs innumerable

English

Alternative forms

• plentyful, plentifull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English plentiful, plentyfull, plentefull, equivalent to plenty +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl?nt?fl?/

Adjective

plentiful (comparative plentifuller or plentifuler or more plentiful, superlative plentifullest or plentifulest or most plentiful)

1. Existing in large number or ample amount.

   a plentiful harvest

   a plentiful supply of water

   She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.

2. Yielding abundance; fruitful.

   Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
3. (obsolete) lavish; profuse; prodigal
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Expense

     He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:plentiful

Derived terms

• plentifully
• plentifulness

Related terms

• plenteous
• plenty

Translations

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From in- +? numerable; from French innumérable, from Latin innumer?bilis, from in- +? numer?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??nu?m??.?b?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nju?m??.?b?l/

Adjective

innumerable (comparative more innumerable, superlative most innumerable)

1. Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.
   • 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

     Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash.

Synonyms

• countless, numberless, unnumbered, untold; see also Thesaurus:innumerable

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin innumer?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.nu.m???a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.nu.me??a.ble/

Adjective

innumerable (masculine and feminine plural innumerables)

1. innumerable

   Synonym: innombrable

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin innumer?bilis, from in- +? numer?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inume??able/, [i.nu.me??a.??le]

Adjective

innumerable (plural innumerables)

1. innumerable

Further reading

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