ful

See also fúl, and fül

Catalan

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Adjective

ful m, f (invariable)

1. Of or pertaining to Fula.

Proper noun

ful m

1. Fula

Related terms

• fulbe

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fúll (“foul”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fuːl/, [fuːˀl]
• Homophone: fugl

Adjective

ful (neuter fult, definite and plural fule)

1. nasty, ugly

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Lojban

Rafsi

ful

1. rafsi of fulta.

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Maltese

Noun

ful

1. Plural form of fula

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Middle English

Adverb

ful

1. very; much; to a great extent
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41

     And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse fúll.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʉːɽ/, X-SAMPA: /f}:r`/
• Homophone: fugl
• Rhymes: -ʉːɽ

Adjective

ful

1. clever, sly

Inflection

    Inflection of ful

Bokmål		Indefinite	Definite				Indefinite	Definite
	Masculine singular	ful	fule	Comparative	fulere	Superlative	fulest	fuleste
	Feminine singular	ful	fule
	Neuter singular	fult	fule
	Plural	fule	fule
Nynorsk		Indefinite	Definite				Indefinite	Definite
	Masculine singular	ful	fule	Comparative	fulare	Superlative	fulast	fulaste
	Feminine singular	ful	fule
	Neuter singular	fult	fule
	Plural	fule	fule

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fullaz.

Adjective

ful

1. Alternative form of full.

Etymology 2

from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, corresponding to Proto-Indo-European *pu-; compare Old High German fūl (German faul), Dutch vuil, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fūls), Old Norse fúll (Danish and Swedish ful).

Adjective

fūl

1. foul (dirty, stinking, vile, corrupt)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fullaz.

Adjective

ful

1. full

Declension

Declension of ful

Strong declension
	masculine		neuter		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	ful	fulle	ful	fulle	ful	fullu
accusative	fullan	fulle	ful	fulle	fulla	fullu
genitive	fulles	fullarō	fulles	fullarō	fullaro	fullarō
dative	fullumu	fullum	fullumu	fullum	fullaro	fullum
Weak declension
	masculine		neuter		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	fullo	fullu	fulla	fullu	fulla	fullu
accusative	fullun	fullun	fulla	fullun	fullun	fullun
genitive	fullun	fullonō	fullun	fullonō	fullun	fullonō
dative	fullun	fullum	fullun	fullum	fullun	fullum

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ful/

Noun

ful m

1. full house

Declension

    declension of ful

	singular	plural
nominative	ful	fule
genitive	fula	fuli/fulów
dative	fulowi	fulom
accusative	ful	fule
instrumental	fulem	fulami
locative	fulu	fulach
vocative	fulu	fule

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.

Pronunciation

• (Swedish) IPA: /fʉːl/

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Adjective

ful

1. ugly; of displeasing appearance

   Det var den fulaste unge jag någonsin sett.

   That's the ugliest kid I've ever seen.

2. dirty, bad; something contradictory to norms and rules

   Larsson gjorde en riktigt ful tackling.

   Larsson pulled off a really dirty tackle.

3. prefix indicating a state of low or poor quality: an ironic opposite of fin, "fine, elegant."
   • 2000, Mikael Niemi, Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.

     Hukande tassade han fram till predikstolen, en skygg liten gosse med fulsnaggat hår.

     Shoulders hunched, he tip-toed toward the pulpit, a bashful little boy with an awful haircut.

Declension

Declension of ful

Inflections of ful		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	ful	fulare		fulast
	Neuter	fult
Definite singular	Masc.	fule		fulaste
	All	fula		fulaste
Plural		fula		fulaste

Related terms

• asful
• fulöl
• fulsnygg
• skitful