opulent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒpjʊlənt/

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Adjective

opulent (comparative more opulent, superlative most opulent)

1. Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
2. Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.

Related terms

• opulence

Translations

luxuriant

• Bulgarian: пищен (bg) (pišten)
• Catalan: opulent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 華麗嘅／华丽嘅 (waa⁴ lai⁶ ge³), 豪華嘅／豪华嘅 (hou⁴ waa⁴ ge³), 奢侈嘅 (ce¹ ci² ge³)

• Dutch: weelderig (nl)
• Finnish: ylellinen (fi)
• German: opulent (de)
• Maori: whakahirahira
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• Russian: шикарный (ru) (šikarnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: опулентан

  Roman: opulentan (sh)

rich

• Bulgarian: богат (bg) (bogat), изобилен (bg) (izobilen)
• Catalan: opulent (ca)
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• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 闊綽嘅／阔绰嘅 (fut³ coek³ ge³)

• Finnish: vauras (fi), tuhlaileva
• Latin: opulentus
• Polish: arcybogaty, przebogaty
• Russian: богатый (ru) (bogatyj)
• Spanish: opulento (es)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin opulentus.

Adjective

opulent m or f (masculine and feminine plural opulents)

1. opulent

Related terms

• opulència

Further reading

• “opulent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “opulent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “opulent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “opulent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.py.lɑ̃/

Adjective

opulent (feminine opulente, masculine plural opulents, feminine plural opulentes)

1. opulent

Derived terms

• opulemment

Related terms

• opulence

Descendants

• → Romanian: opulent

Anagrams

• loupent

Further reading

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French opulent, from Latin opulentus.

Adjective

opulent m or n (feminine singular opulentă, masculine plural opulenți, feminine and neuter plural opulente)

1. opulent

Declension

Declension of opulent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	opulent		opulentă	opulenți	opulente
	definite	opulentul		opulenta	opulenții	opulentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	opulent		opulente	opulenți	opulente
	definite	opulentului		opulentei	opulenților	opulentelor