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Translingual
Symbol
ful
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Fula .
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Fula 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤬𞤵𞤤𞤣𞤫 .
Adjective
ful (invariable )
( relational ) of Fula
Noun
ful m (uncountable )
Fula
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse fúll , from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz , cognate with Swedish ful , English foul , German faul , Dutch vuil .
Pronunciation
Adjective
ful (neuter fult , plural and definite singular attributive fule )
( dated ) nasty , ugly
Korlai Creole Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi फूल ( phūl ) .
Noun
ful
flower
References
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic فُول ( fūl ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
ful m (collective , singulative fula , paucal fuliet )
broad bean , broad beans
See also
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English full , from Proto-West Germanic *full , from Proto-Germanic *fullaz , from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós .
Adverb
ful
very ; much ; to a great extent
1407 , The Testimony of William Thorpe , pages 40–41 :And I seide, "Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. [ …] And I said, "Sir, in his time master John Wycliffe was held by very many men the greatest clerk that they knew living upon earth. And with this he was named, as I believe worthily, an excellent ruly and innocent man in all his living.
full
ca. 1384 , John Wycliffe , Wycliffe Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 25:8
and failynge he was deed in a good elde, and of greet age, and ful of dayes, and he was gaderyd to his puple.
and failing he was dead in a good old , and of great age, and full of days, and he was gathered to his people.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Noun
ful
Alternative form of fulle
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse fúll , from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz .
Pronunciation
Adjective
ful (masculine and feminine ful , neuter fult , definite singular and plural fule , comparative fulere , indefinite superlative fulest , definite superlative fuleste )
clever , sly
References
“ful” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
“ful” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fúll , from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz .
Adjective
ful (neuter fult , definite singular and plural fule , comparative fulare , indefinite superlative fulast , definite superlative fulaste )
clever , sly
References
“ful” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *full .
Pronunciation
Adjective
ful
Alternative form of full
Declension
Declension of ful — Strong
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *fūl .
Pronunciation
Adjective
fūl
foul (dirty, stinking, vile, corrupt)
Declension
Declension of fūl — Strong
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *full
Adverb
ful
very , well
late 10th century , Ælfric , "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
...and ful leof þam casere for his micclan sige þeah þe he nære gefullod . ...and very dear to the emperor for his great victory, though he was not baptized.
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *full .
Adjective
ful
full
Descendants
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: fol
West Frisian: fol
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
·ful
third-person singular present subjunctive prototonic of fo·loing
Derived terms
Mutation
Mutation of ful
radical
lenition
nasalization
·ful
·ḟul
·ful pronounced with /-β(ʲ)-/
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *full , from Proto-Germanic *fullaz , from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós .
Adjective
ful
full
Declension
Declension of ful
Strong declension
gender
masculine
neuter
feminine
case
singular
plural
singular
plural
singular
plural
nominative
ful
fulle
ful
fullu
ful
fulle
accusative
fullana
fulle
ful
fullu
fulla
fulle
genitive
fulles
fullarō
fulles
fullarō
fullaro
fullarō
dative
fullumu
fullum
fullumu
fullum
fullaro
fullum
Weak declension
gender
masculine
neuter
feminine
case
singular
plural
singular
plural
singular
plural
nominative
fullo
fullu
fulla
fullu
fulla
fullu
accusative
fullun
fullun
fulla
fullun
fullun
fullun
genitive
fullun
fullonō
fullun
fullonō
fullun
fullonō
dative
fullun
fullum
fullun
fullum
fullun
fullum
Descendants
Plautdietsch
Adjective
ful
foul , rotten , putrid
lazy , shiftless , indolent , slothful
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈful/
Rhymes: -ul
Syllabification: ful
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English full . Doublet of pełny and plenum .
Adjective
ful (not comparable , no derived adverb )
( colloquial ) full
Noun
ful m inan
( poker ) full house
( colloquial ) stout , porter ( beer with mid-high hop and alcohol levels )
( colloquial ) full house ( situation in which a place is filled with people to its maximum capacity )
Synonym: komplet
Declension
Numeral
ful
( colloquial ) full
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic فُول ( fūl ) .
Noun
ful m inan
type of heavily spiced Egyptian fava bean paste (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension
Further reading
ful in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
ful in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English full .
Noun
ful n (plural fuluri )
( poker ) full house
Declension
Saterland Frisian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian full , from Proto-West Germanic *full . Cognates include West Frisian fol and German voll .
Adjective
ful (masculine fullen , feminine, plural or definite fulle , comparative fuller , superlative fulst )
full
Antonyms
( antonym(s) of “ full ” ) : loos
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronoun
ful
Unstressed form of fúul
References
Marron C. Fort (2015 ) “ful ”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht , Buske, →ISBN
Marron C. Fort (2015 ) “fúul ”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht , Buske, →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
Of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈful/
Rhymes: -ul
Syllabification: ful
Adjective
ful (invariable )
( slang ) cheap , fake
Derived terms
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fúll , from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz . Compare English foul , Dutch vuil , German faul .
Pronunciation
Adjective
ful (comparative fulare , superlative fulast )
ugly ; of displeasing appearance
Det var den fulaste unge jag någonsin sett That's the ugliest kid I've ever seen
1994 , “Älska mig [Love me ]”, in Sanningens morgon [The morning of truth ] , performed by Köttgrottorna :Jag blir äldre och mindre attraktiv. Rent ut sagt fulare . Åren går så fort att jag har svårt att följa med. Jag byter punkfrisyr mot munkfrisyr och ansiktet det skrynklar ihop sig. Men mina egocentriska behov, de kvarstår år efter år. I'm getting older and less attractive. Uglier , to put it bluntly. The years go by so fast that I have a hard time keeping up. I exchange punk hairdo for monk hairdo and my face crumples up. But my egocentric needs, they remain year after year.
dirty , bad ; something contradictory to norms and rules
Larsson gjorde en riktigt ful tackling Larsson pulled off a really dirty tackle
prefix indicating a state of low or lesser quality: an ironic opposite of fin ( “ fine, elegant ” ) .
2000 , Mikael Niemi , Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.
Hukande tassade han fram till predikstolen, en skygg liten gosse med fulsnaggat hår. Shoulders hunched, he tip-toed toward the pulpit, a bashful little boy with an awful haircut.
Declension
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.2 Dated or archaic.3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
Derived terms
References
Anagrams
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English fool .
Noun
ful
fool
Volapük
Noun
ful (nominative plural fuls )
fullness
Declension
declension of ful
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only