plenitude

See also: plénitude

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman plenitude, Middle French plenitude, and their source, Latin plēnitūdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛnɪtjuːd/

Noun

plenitude (countable and uncountable, plural plenitudes)

1. Fullness; completeness. [from 15th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 393:

     Louis ignored him, recalling the parlements to the plenitude of their powers on 23 September.

2. An abundance; a full supply. [from 17th c.]
3. (heraldry) Fullness (of the moon). [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

• plenitude principle
• plentitude

Related terms

• plenty
• plenitudine

Translations

abundance, plenty

• Russian: изоби́лие (ru) (izobílije), оби́лие (ru) (obílije)
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• Spanish: plenitud (es) f, totalidad (es) f

fullness, completeness

• Russian: полнота́ (ru) (polnotá)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: plenitud (es) f, compleción f

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plēnitūdō.

Noun

plenitude oblique singular, f (oblique plural plenitudes, nominative singular plenitude, nominative plural plenitudes)

1. plenitude; fullness

Descendants

• → English: plenitude
• French: plénitude

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (plenitude, supplement)
• plenitude on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub