different between stately vs opulent

English

Etymology

From state +? -ly. Compare stour.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ste?tli/

Adjective

stately (comparative statelier, superlative stateliest)

1. Of people: worthy of respect; dignified, regal.
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.

2. Of movement: deliberate, unhurried; dignified.
3. Grand, impressive, imposing.

Derived terms

• stately home

Translations

Adverb

stately (comparative more stately, superlative most stately)

1. In a stately manner.

Anagrams

• Sattley, stylate

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