bountiful

English

Alternative forms

• bountifull (archaic)

Etymology

From bounty +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʊntɪfəl/, /ˈbaʊntəfəl/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈbaʊ̯n(ɾ)əfəɫ]

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  • (UK, also) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʊntɪfʌl/

Adjective

bountiful (comparative more bountiful, superlative most bountiful)

1. Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.

   They enjoyed a wet summer and a bountiful harvest.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 32:5:

     The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

   • 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:

     Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.

Derived terms

• bountifully
• bountifulness
• unbountiful

 

Translations

plentiful, abundant

• Greek: άφθονος (el) (áfthonos)
• Maori: tikotikoiere (Refers to a harvest of crops), pōike, maruru, ngahiri, ngeangea