abundant

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbʌn.dn̩t/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbʌn.dn̩t/, /əˈbn̩.dn̩t/
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Adjective

abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)

  1. Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][3]
    • [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation. — Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination
    Antonyms: rare, scarce
  2. Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][3]
    • Abundant in goodness and truth. — Exodus, 34:6
  3. (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 notes

  • (richly supplied): Normally followed by the word in or (obsolete) of.

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Translations

References

  1. “abundant” in William Morris, editor, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1971 [1969], →OCLC, page 6.
  2. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8
  3. “abundant” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 10.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin abundans.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.bunˈdant/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ə.bunˈdan/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.bunˈdant/
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

abundant (masculine and feminine plural abundants)

  1. abundant; plentiful

Derived terms

Further reading


Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French abundant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aː.bʏnˈdɑnt/
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  • Hyphenation: abun‧dant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative abundantst)

  1. abundant

Inflection

Inflection of abundant
uninflected abundant
inflected abundante
comparative abundanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial abundantabundanterhet abundantst
het abundantste
indefinite m./f. sing. abundanteabundantereabundantste
n. sing. abundantabundanterabundantste
plural abundanteabundantereabundantste
definite abundanteabundantereabundantste
partitive abundantsabundanters

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abʊnˈdant/
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Adjective

abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative am abundantsten)

  1. abundant

Declension


Latin

Verb

abundant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of abundō

Old French

Verb

abundant

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of abondant
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