abundant
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- aboundant, abundaunt, habundaunt, habundant (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt,[1] habundaunt,[2] aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, present participle of abundo (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbʌn.dn̩t/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈbʌn.dn̩t/, /əˈbn̩.dn̩t/
Audio (US) (file)
AdjectiveEdit
abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)
- Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][3]
- Blackberries are abundant in this part of the country in October, so we always make lots of jam.
- an abundant selection of carpets to choose from
- Antonyms: rare, scarce
- a. 1859, Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination
- [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation.
- 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kadara:
- Kadara was of great interest to the Andromeda Initiative after it appeared on long-range surveys. Seemingly abundant liquid water and an oxygen-mix atmosphere made it a strong candidate for settlement, earning it the designation Habitat 4. Closer range surveys now reveal that Kadara's water sources are tainted and unpotable.
- Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][3]
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 34:6:
- Abundant in goodness and truth.
- (mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][3]
- Antonym: deficient
Usage notesEdit
- (richly supplied): Normally followed by the word in or (obsolete) of.
SynonymsEdit
- ample (see here for explanation of distinctions)
- bountiful
- copious
- exuberant
- liberal
- overflowing
- plenteous
- plentiful
- profuse
- rich
- teeming
- See also Thesaurus:abundant
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
fully sufficient; plentiful
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abundant”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 6.
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abundant”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.bunˈdant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.bunˈdan/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.bunˈdant/
- Rhymes: -ant
AdjectiveEdit
abundant (masculine and feminine plural abundants)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “abundant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
DutchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle French abundant.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative abundantst)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of abundant | ||||
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uninflected | abundant | |||
inflected | abundante | |||
comparative | abundanter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | abundant | abundanter | het abundantst het abundantste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | abundante | abundantere | abundantste |
n. sing. | abundant | abundanter | abundantste | |
plural | abundante | abundantere | abundantste | |
definite | abundante | abundantere | abundantste | |
partitive | abundants | abundanters | — |
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
abundant (strong nominative masculine singular abundanter, comparative abundanter, superlative am abundantesten)
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of abundant
Comparative forms of abundant
Superlative forms of abundant
Further readingEdit
- “abundant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
abundant
Old FrenchEdit
VerbEdit
abundant
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of abondant
RomanianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
abundant m or n (feminine singular abundantă, masculine plural abundanți, feminine and neuter plural abundante)
- Obsolete form of abundent.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of abundant
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | abundant | abundantă | abundanți | abundante | ||
definite | abundantul | abundanta | abundanții | abundantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | abundant | abundante | abundanți | abundante | ||
definite | abundantului | abundantei | abundanților | abundantelor |