plentiful

English

Alternative forms

plentyful, plentifull (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈplɛntɪfl̩/
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Adjective

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

Existing in large number or ample amount.
a plentiful harvest

a plentiful supply of water

She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.
Yielding abundance; fruitful.
Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
  If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year.
(obsolete) Lavish; profuse; prodigal.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Expense”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
  He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.

Synonyms

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Translations

existing in large number

Bengali: বহুল (bn) (bohul)
Bikol Central: dakol (bcl)
Bulgarian: обилен (bg) (obilen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 豐富／丰富 (zh) (fēngfù)
Finnish: suuri (fi), runsaslukuinen (fi)
French: abondant (fr), copieux (fr), ample (fr)
Georgian: უხვი (uxvi), ჭარბი (č̣arbi), თავსაყრელი (tavsaq̇reli)
German: massenhaft (de), reichlich (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷𐍃 (ganōhs)
Greek:
Ancient: δαψιλής (dapsilḗs)
Haitian Creole: anpil
Irish: líonmhar, fairsing
Italian: moltissimo (it), abbondante (it)
Latin: largus
Macedonian: о́билен (óbilen), изо́билен (izóbilen)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rikelig (no)

Nynorsk: rikeleg
Plautdietsch: riew
Portuguese: grande (pt)
Russian: изоби́лующий (ru) (izobílujuščij), изоби́льный (ru) (izobílʹnyj), оби́льный (ru) (obílʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: pailt
Swedish: riklig (sv)
Turkish: bol (tr)
Volapük: bundanik (vo)

yelding abundance

Bikol Central: gulpi (bcl)
Bulgarian: изобилен (bg) (izobilen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 豐富／丰富 (zh) (fēngfù)
Finnish: runsas (fi)
Ido: abundanta (io)
Irish: fairsing
Italian: abbondante (it)
Maori: pōike
Portuguese: abundante (pt), farto (pt) m
Russian: изоби́лующий (ru) (izobílujuščij)
Spanish: abundante (es)
Volapük: bundanik (vo)

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Hungarian: bőséges (hu)