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 abundo (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbʌn.dn̩t/
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈbʌn.dn̩t/, /əˈbn̩.dn̩t/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)

Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
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. 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.
Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Exodus 34:6:
  Abundant in goodness and truth.
(mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
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

Derived terms

Related terms

abound

Translations

fully sufficient; plentiful

Arabic: وافِر (ar) (wāfir)
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: ἄφθονος (áphthonos), δαψιλής (dapsilḗs), περισσός (perissós)
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
Maori: ranea, makuru
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rikelig (no), rik (no)
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)
Ukrainian: бага́тий (uk) (bahátyj)
Vietnamese: dồi dào (vi)
Volapük: bundanik (vo)
Welsh: helaeth (cy)
Zazaki: zaf

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 , →ISBN), page 8
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 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 Latin abundantem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central)
IPA^(key): (Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencian)
Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

abundant m or f (masculine and feminine plural abundants)

abundant; plentiful

Derived terms

abundantment

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

abundant

gerund of abundar

Dutch

Alternative forms

abondant

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French abundant.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aː.bʏnˈdɑnt/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: abun‧dant
Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative abundantst)

abundant

Inflection

Inflection 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 (file)

Adjective

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

abundant

Declension

Positive forms of abundant

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

Latin

Verb

abundant

third-person plural present active indicative of abundō

Old French

Verb

abundant

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of abondant

Romanian

Adjective

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

Obsolete form of abundent.

Declension

Declension of abundant

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

References

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

[AHD-1] 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.

[WI3-2] Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 8

[SOED-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 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.

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