abundant

English

Alternative forms

• aboundant, abundaunt, habundaunt, habundant (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt, aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, present participle of abundō (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbʌn.dənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbʌn.dənt/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: a‧bun‧dant

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.]

   Antonyms: rare, scarce

   Blackberries are abundant in this part of the country in October, so we always make lots of jam.

   an abundant selection of carpets to choose from

   a delicate face framed by abundant black hair

   • a. 1859, Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination:

     [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation.

   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kadara:

     Kadara was of great interest to the Andromeda Initiative after it appeared on long-range surveys. Seemingly abundant liquid water and an oxygen-mix atmosphere made it a strong candidate for settlement, earning it the designation Habitat 4. Closer range surveys now reveal that Kadara's water sources are tainted and unpotable.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:abundant.
2. Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonyms: flush, rife

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 34:6:

     Abundant in goodness and truth.

3. (mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]

   Antonym: deficient

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• ample (see here for explanation of distinctions)
• bountiful
• copious
• exuberant
• liberal
• overflowing
• plenteous
• plentiful
• profuse
• rich
• teeming
• See also Thesaurus:abundant

Synonyms

• lavish

Derived terms

• abundantial
• abundantly
• abundant number
• abundant year
• hyperabundant
• nonabundant
• overabundant
• superabundant
• surabundant
• unabundant
• underabundant

Related terms

• abound

Translations

fully sufficient; plentiful

• Afrikaans: oorvloedig
• Albanian: maj (sq)
• Arabic: وافِر (ar) (wāfir), وَفِير (wafīr)

  Moroccan Arabic: وافْر (wāfr)

• Armenian: առատ (hy) (aṙat)
• Azerbaijani: bol (az)
• Belarusian: бага́ты (be) (baháty)
• Bengali: বহুল (bn) (bohul)
• Bulgarian: оби́лен (bg) (obílen), изоби́лен (bg) (izobílen)
• Catalan: abundant (ca)
• Chamicuro: icheeki
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豐富 / 丰富 (zh) (fēngfù)

• Cornish: pals
• Czech: hojný (cs) m
• Danish: rigelig
• Dutch: overvloedig (nl), rijkelijk voorhanden, abondant (nl)
• Esperanto: abunda (eo)
• Finnish: runsas (fi), yltäkylläinen (fi)
• French: abondant (fr)
• Galician: abundante (gl), abondoso
• Georgian: უხვი (uxvi), სავსე (savse), დოვლათიანი (dovlatiani)
• German: reichlich (de), wohlhabend (de)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷𐍃 (ganōhs)
• Greek: άφθονος (el) (áfthonos)

  Ancient Greek: ἄφθονος (áphthonos), δαψιλής (dapsilḗs), περισσός (perissós)

• Hindi: प्रचुर (hi) (pracur)
• Hungarian: bőséges (hu), kiadós (hu)
• Ido: abundanta (io)
• Interlingua: abundante
• Irish: líonmhar, raidhsiúil, fairsing
• Italian: abbondante (it)
• Japanese: 豊か (ja) (yutaka), 量の多い (ja) (ryō no ōi)
• Latin: abundans, amplus (la), largus
• Latvian: bagātīgs
• Lithuanian: gausus
• Māori: ranea, makuru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rikelig (no), rik (no)

  Nynorsk: rikeleg, follrik, follug, follom, flus

• Plautdietsch: riew
• Polish: obfity (pl)
• Portuguese: abundante (pt)
• Quechua: yupa
• Romanian: abundent (ro)
• Russian: оби́льный (ru) m (obílʹnyj), изоби́лующий (ru) m (izobílujuščij)
• Sanskrit: बहु (sa) (bahu)
• Scots: roch
• Scottish Gaelic: pailt
• Spanish: abundante (es), copioso (es), cuantioso (es)
• Swedish: riklig (sv), ymnig (sv)
• Telugu: మిక్కిలి (te) (mikkili)
• Tocharian B: īte
• Turkish: bol (tr), çok (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: كور (gür)

• Ukrainian: бага́тий (uk) (bahátyj)
• Uzbek: mo’l
• Vietnamese: dồi dào (vi)
• Volapük: bundanik (vo)
• Welsh: helaeth (cy)
• Zazaki: zaf (diq)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin abundantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.βunˈdan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bunˈdant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.bunˈdant]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.βunˈdan]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

abundant m or f (masculine and feminine plural abundants)

1. abundant; plentiful

Derived terms

• abundantment

Related terms

• abundància
• abundar

Further reading

• “abundant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

abundant

1. gerund of abundar

Dutch

Alternative forms

• abondant

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French abundant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː.bʏnˈdɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: abun‧dant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative abundantst)

1. abundant

Declension

Declension of abundant
uninflected	abundant
inflected	abundante
comparative	abundanter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		abundant	abundanter	het abundantst het abundantste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	abundante	abundantere	abundantste
	n. sing.	abundant	abundanter	abundantste
	plural	abundante	abundantere	abundantste
definite		abundante	abundantere	abundantste
partitive		abundants	abundanters	—

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abʊnˈdant/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

abundant (strong nominative masculine singular abundanter, comparative abundanter, superlative am abundantesten)

1. abundant

Declension

Positive forms of abundant number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist abundant sie ist abundant es ist abundant sie sind abundant strong declension (without article) nominative abundanter abundante abundantes abundante genitive abundanten abundanter abundanten abundanter dative abundantem abundanter abundantem abundanten accusative abundanten abundante abundantes abundante weak declension (with definite article) nominative der abundante die abundante das abundante die abundanten genitive des abundanten der abundanten des abundanten der abundanten dative dem abundanten der abundanten dem abundanten den abundanten accusative den abundanten die abundante das abundante die abundanten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein abundanter eine abundante ein abundantes (keine) abundanten genitive eines abundanten einer abundanten eines abundanten (keiner) abundanten dative einem abundanten einer abundanten einem abundanten (keinen) abundanten accusative einen abundanten eine abundante ein abundantes (keine) abundanten Comparative forms of abundant number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist abundanter sie ist abundanter es ist abundanter sie sind abundanter strong declension (without article) nominative abundanterer abundantere abundanteres abundantere genitive abundanteren abundanterer abundanteren abundanterer dative abundanterem abundanterer abundanterem abundanteren accusative abundanteren abundantere abundanteres abundantere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der abundantere die abundantere das abundantere die abundanteren genitive des abundanteren der abundanteren des abundanteren der abundanteren dative dem abundanteren der abundanteren dem abundanteren den abundanteren accusative den abundanteren die abundantere das abundantere die abundanteren mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein abundanterer eine abundantere ein abundanteres (keine) abundanteren genitive eines abundanteren einer abundanteren eines abundanteren (keiner) abundanteren dative einem abundanteren einer abundanteren einem abundanteren (keinen) abundanteren accusative einen abundanteren eine abundantere ein abundanteres (keine) abundanteren Superlative forms of abundant number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am abundantesten sie ist am abundantesten es ist am abundantesten sie sind am abundantesten strong declension (without article) nominative abundantester abundanteste abundantestes abundanteste genitive abundantesten abundantester abundantesten abundantester dative abundantestem abundantester abundantestem abundantesten accusative abundantesten abundanteste abundantestes abundanteste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der abundanteste die abundanteste das abundanteste die abundantesten genitive des abundantesten der abundantesten des abundantesten der abundantesten dative dem abundantesten der abundantesten dem abundantesten den abundantesten accusative den abundantesten die abundanteste das abundanteste die abundantesten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein abundantester eine abundanteste ein abundantestes (keine) abundantesten genitive eines abundantesten einer abundantesten eines abundantesten (keiner) abundantesten dative einem abundantesten einer abundantesten einem abundantesten (keinen) abundantesten accusative einen abundantesten eine abundanteste ein abundantestes (keine) abundantesten

Further reading

• “abundant”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Latin

Verb

abundant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of abundō

Old French

Verb

abundant

1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of abondant

Romanian

Adjective

abundant m or n (feminine singular abundantă, masculine plural abundanți, feminine/neuter plural abundante)

1. obsolete form of abundent

Declension

Declension of abundant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	abundant		abundantă	abundanți	abundante
	definite	abundantul		abundanta	abundanții	abundantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	abundant		abundante	abundanți	abundante
	definite	abundantului		abundantei	abundanților	abundantelor

References

• abundant in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN