Translation
abundant, plentiful
Word origin
From Latin abundans, the present participle of abundare ('to overflow'), which is ab ('away') plus unda ('wave'). The image is water spilling over the edge, the same wave that gives English undulate.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- abundare
- English cognates
- abundant, abound, undulate, inundate
Examples
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Heavy rain fell during the night.
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We had plenty of time to talk.
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In that country water is plentiful.
A step up from . is a lot of water; is more than you could use. The adverb abunde is the form you will meet most often, usually softening a boast: abunde.
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