munificent

English

WOTD – 6 September 2012

Etymology

Back-formation from munificence, from Latin mūnificentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjuˈnɪfɨsn̩t/

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Adjective

munificent (comparative more munificent, superlative most munificent)

1. (of a person or group) Very liberal in giving or bestowing.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, chapter 30, in A Tale of Two Cities:

     Tellson's Bank […] was a munificent house, and extended great liberality to old customers who had fallen from their high estate.
2. (of a gift, donation, etc.) Very generous; lavish.
   • 1914, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 25, in A Daughter of the Donss:

     It was all very well for this casual youth to make her a present of a half million acres of land in this debonair way, but she could not persuade herself to accept so munificent a gift.

Synonyms

• bounteous, generous, liberal

Derived terms

• munificently

Related terms

• municipal
• municipality
• munificence
• remunerate
• remuneration

 

Translations

(of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing

• Armenian: առատաձեռն (hy) (aṙatajeṙn)
• Bulgarian: разточителен (bg) (raztočitelen)
• Czech: velkomyslný, velkorysý (cs)
• Dutch: vrijgevig (nl), goedgeefs (nl), gul (nl), munificent, genereus (nl)
• Finnish: antelias (fi), avokätinen (fi)
• German: freigebig (de)
• Hindi: दानवीर (hi) (dānvīr)
• Indonesian: dermawan (id)
• Italian: munifico (it)
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• Korean: 후하다 (ko) (huhada)
• Maori: ngākau oha
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: generøs (no), raus (no), rundhåndet

  Nynorsk: raus

• Polish: szczodry (pl) m
• Russian: ще́дрый (ru) m (ščédryj)
• Spanish: generoso (es), desprendido (es), dadivoso (es), munificente (es)
• Swedish: frikostig (sv), givmild (sv), generös (sv)
• Westrobothnian:

(of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish

• Bulgarian: щедър (bg) (štedǎr)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 厚重 (zh) (hau5 zung6)

  Mandarin: 厚重 (zh) (hòuzhòng)

• Czech: velkomyslný, velkorysý (cs)
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• Finnish: antelias (fi), avokätinen (fi)
• German: großzügig (de)
• Korean: 후하다 (ko) (huhada)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: raus (no), generøs (no), overdådig (no)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin munificus, munificens (“liberal”), from munus (“gift”) + facio (“I make”).

Adjective

munificent (comparative munificenter, superlative munificentst)

1. generous

Inflection

Declension of munificent
uninflected	munificent
inflected	munificente
comparative	munificenter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		munificent	munificenter	het munificentst het munificentste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	munificente	munificentere	munificentste
	n. sing.	munificent	munificenter	munificentste
	plural	munificente	munificentere	munificentste
definite		munificente	munificentere	munificentste
partitive		munificents	munificenters	—

Synonyms

• (generous): genereus, gul, goedgeefs, vrijgevig, royaal

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Romanian

Etymology

From French munificent.

Adjective

munificent m or n (feminine singular munificentă, masculine plural munificenți, feminine and neuter plural munificente)

1. munificent

Declension

Declension of munificent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	munificent		munificentă	munificenți	munificente
	definite	munificentul		munificenta	munificenții	munificentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	munificent		munificente	munificenți	munificente
	definite	munificentului		munificentei	munificenților	munificentelor

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French

Adjective

munificent (feminine munificente, masculine plural munificents, feminine plural munificentes)

1. munificent

Further reading

• “munificent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.