abundant
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ABUNDANTCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wed-#ABUNDANTFirst attested about 1380. From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ABUNDANTCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ABUNDANT abundaunt,[1] habundaunt,[2] aboundant, from Anglo-NormanCategory:English terms derived from Anglo-Norman#ABUNDANT abundant, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#ABUNDANT abondant, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ABUNDANT abundāns, present participle of abundō (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbʌn.dənt/Category:English 3-syllable words#ABUNDANTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ABUNDANT
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈbʌn.dənt/Category:English 3-syllable words#ABUNDANTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ABUNDANT
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ABUNDANTAudio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: a‧bun‧dant
Adjective
abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)Category:English lemmas#ABUNDANTCategory:English adjectives#ABUNDANTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with entries#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ABUNDANT
- Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][3]
- Antonyms: rare, scarce
- Blackberries are abundant in this part of the country in October, so we always make lots of jam.Category:English terms with usage examples#ABUNDANT
- an abundant selection of carpets to choose fromCategory:English terms with usage examples#ABUNDANT
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#ABUNDANT
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#ABUNDANT
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:abundant.
- Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][3]
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 34:6:
- Abundant in goodness and truth.Category:English terms with quotations#ABUNDANT
- (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#ABUNDANT) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][3]
- Antonym: deficient
Usage notes
- (richly supplied): Normally followed by the word in or (obsolete) of.
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Translations
References
- ↑ William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abundant”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 6.
- ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8
- 1 2 3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abundant”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
Catalan
Etymology 1
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#ABUNDANTCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#ABUNDANT abundantem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βunˈdan]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ABUNDANT
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.bunˈdant]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ABUNDANT
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.bunˈdant]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ABUNDANT
Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#ABUNDANTAudio (Catalonia): (file) - Rhymes: -antCategory:Rhymes:Catalan/ant#ABUNDANTCategory:Rhymes:Catalan/ant/3 syllables#ABUNDANT
Adjective
abundant m or f (masculine and feminine plural abundants)Category:Catalan lemmas#ABUNDANTCategory:Catalan adjectives#ABUNDANTCategory:Catalan epicene adjectives#ABUNDANTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with entries#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ABUNDANT
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Related terms
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
abundantCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#ABUNDANTCategory:Catalan gerunds#ABUNDANTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with entries#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ABUNDANT
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from Middle French#ABUNDANTCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle French#ABUNDANT abundant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aː.bʏnˈdɑnt/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#ABUNDANT
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#ABUNDANTAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: abun‧dant
- Rhymes: -ɑntCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɑnt#ABUNDANT
Adjective
abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative abundantst)Category:Dutch lemmas#ABUNDANTCategory:Dutch adjectives#ABUNDANTCategory:Dutch adjectives with red links in their headword lines#ABUNDANTCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with entries#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#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
Adjective
abundant (strong nominative masculine singular abundanter, comparative abundanter, superlative am abundantesten)Category:German lemmas#ABUNDANTCategory:German adjectives#ABUNDANTCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with entries#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ABUNDANT
Declension
Further reading
- “abundant”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German)
Latin
Verb
abundantCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#ABUNDANTCategory:Latin verb forms#ABUNDANTCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with entries#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ABUNDANT
Old French
Verb
abundantCategory:Old French non-lemma forms#ABUNDANTCategory:Old French verb forms#ABUNDANTCategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with entries#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ABUNDANT
- (Anglo-NormanCategory:Anglo-Norman#ABUNDANT) alternative form of abondant
Romanian
Adjective
abundant m or n (feminine singular abundantă, masculine plural abundanți, feminine/neuter plural abundante)Category:Romanian lemmas#ABUNDANTCategory:Romanian adjectives#ABUNDANTCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with entries#ABUNDANTCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ABUNDANT
Declension
| 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 | |||