plentiful

English

Alternative forms

plentyful, plentifull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English plentiful, plentyfull, plentefull, equivalent to plenty +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈplɛntɪfl̩/
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Adjective

plentiful (comparative plentifuller or plentifuler or more plentiful, superlative plentifullest or plentifulest or most plentiful)

Existing in large number or ample amount.
a plentiful harvest

a plentiful supply of water

She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.
- 1997 March 30, Paula Budlong Cronin, “Unexpected Zanzibar”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 September 2020:
  Most of the three- and four-story white-washed buildings that we passed were built of pink coraline, which is both plentiful and fractile, and date back centuries to when Omanis and Indians based on Zanzibar dominated the African East Coast trade.
Yielding abundance; fruitful.
Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
  If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year.
(obsolete) Lavish; profuse; prodigal.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Expense”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
  He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

existing in large number

Bengali: বহুল (bn) (bohul)
Bikol:
Central Bikol: dakol (bcl)
Bulgarian: обилен (bg) (obilen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 豐富 / 丰富 (zh) (fēngfù), 豐碩 / 丰硕 (zh) (fēngshuò)
Finnish: suuri (fi), runsaslukuinen (fi)
French: abondant (fr), copieux (fr), ample (fr)
Georgian: უხვი (uxvi), ჭარბი (č̣arbi), თავსაყრელი (tavsaq̇reli)
German: massenhaft (de), reichlich (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷𐍃 (ganōhs)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: δαψιλής (dapsilḗs)
Haitian Creole: anpil
Hindi: प्रचुर (hi) (pracur)
Irish: líonmhar, fairsing
Italian: moltissimo (it), abbondante (it)
Latin: largus
Macedonian: о́билен (óbilen), изо́билен (izóbilen)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rikelig (no)

Nynorsk: rikeleg
Plautdietsch: riew
Portuguese: grande (pt)
Russian: изоби́лующий (ru) (izobílujuščij), изоби́льный (ru) (izobílʹnyj), оби́льный (ru) (obílʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: pailt
Spanish: abundante (es), sobrado (es), sobejano (dated), sobejo, pingüe (es)
Swedish: riklig (sv)
Turkish: bol (tr)
Volapük: bundanik (vo)

yelding abundance

Bikol:
Central Bikol: gulpi (bcl)
Bulgarian: изобилен (bg) (izobilen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 豐富 / 丰富 (zh) (fēngfù)
Finnish: runsas (fi)
Hindi: प्रचुर (hi) (pracur)
Ido: abundanta (io)
Irish: fairsing
Italian: abbondante (it)
Māori: pōike
Portuguese: abundante (pt), farto (pt) m
Russian: изоби́лующий (ru) (izobílujuščij)
Spanish: abundante (es), pingüe (es)
Volapük: bundanik (vo)

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Hungarian: bőséges (hu)