# ample
## English
### Etymology

From late Middle English ample, from Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈæm.pəl/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -æmpəl

### Determiner

ample
* A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.
    We have ample time to finish the task.
    It is a large house with ample space for all of us.
* (as pronoun) A quantity (of something) that is fully sufficient; plenty.
    We don't need any more. We already have ample.

### Adjective

ample (comparative ampler, superlative amplest)
* Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.
    We have an ample supply of water
    She has a very ample bosom.
* Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive
    an ample story

#### Synonyms

* full, spacious, extensive, wide, capacious, abundant, plentiful, plenteous, copious, bountiful; rich, liberal, munificent
* See also Thesaurus:ample
* (large): See also Thesaurus:large
* (fully sufficient): See also Thesaurus:abundant

#### Derived terms

* ampleness
* semiample

#### Related terms

* amplifiable
* amplification
* amplificatory
* amplifier
* amplify
* amplitude

#### Translations

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### References

* “ample”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “ample”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Mapel, Maple, Palme, maple, pelma

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin amplus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈam.plə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈam.ple]
* Homophone: ampla (Balearic, Central)

### Adjective

ample (feminine ampla, masculine and feminine plural amples)
* wide
* ample, plentiful

#### Derived terms

* amplada
* amplament
* amplària

#### Related terms

* ampliar

### Further reading

* “ample” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ample”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “ample” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “ample” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French ample, inherited from Latin amplus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑ̃pl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

ample (plural amples)
* plentiful, abundant, copious, profuse, ample
* (of clothes) loose, baggy

### References

* ↑ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “amplus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 488

### Further reading

* “ample”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Etymology 1
#### Adverb

amplē (comparative amplius, superlative amplissimē)
* amply, largely

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

ample
* vocative masculine singular of amplus

### References

* “ample”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ample”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* emple

### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ample, from Old French ample, from Latin amplus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈampəl/, /ˈɛmpəl/

### Adjective

ample
* (Late Middle English) ample, copious, profuse

#### Related terms

* amplifiyen

#### Descendants

* English: ample
* Scots: ample

#### References

* “ample, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-04.