plentiful

English

Alternative forms

• plentyful, plentifull (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛntɪfl̩/

• Audio (US):

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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.

   • 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.

3. (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

• See also Thesaurus:plentiful

Derived terms

• plentifully
• plentifulness

Related terms

• plenteous
• plenty

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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Translations to be checked

• Hungarian: bőséges (hu)

Further reading

• “plentiful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “plentiful”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “plentiful”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.