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.dənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbʌn.dənt/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)

1. Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   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.

2. Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 34:6:

     Abundant in goodness and truth.

3. (mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]

   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

• abundantial
• abundantly
• abundant number
• abundant year
• hyperabundant
• nonabundant
• overabundant
• superabundant
• surabundant
• unabundant
• underabundant

 

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 (diq)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin abundantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βunˈdan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bunˈdant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.bunˈdant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

abundant m or f (masculine and feminine plural abundants)

1. abundant; plentiful

Derived terms

• abundantment

Related terms

• abundància
• abundar

Further reading

• “abundant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

abundant

1. gerund of abundar

Dutch

Alternative forms

• abondant

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French abundant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː.bʏnˈdɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: abun‧dant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative abundantst)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /abʊnˈdant/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

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

1. abundant

Declension

Positive forms of abundant

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

Further reading

• “abundant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

abundant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of abundō

Old French

Verb

abundant

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of abondant

Romanian

Adjective

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

1. Obsolete form of abundent.

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

References

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