# 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: /əˈbʌn.dənt/
* (US) IPA: /əˈbʌn.dənt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧bun‧dant

### Adjective

abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)
* 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.
* 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.
* (mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. [First attested in the mid 16th 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
### 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 Latin abundantem.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Adjective

abundant m or f (masculine and feminine plural abundants)
* 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
* gerund of abundar

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* abondant

### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French abundant.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative abundantst)
* abundant

#### Declension
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abʊnˈdant/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “abundant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## 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
### References

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