opulence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɒp.jʊl.əns/
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Etymology
From French opulence, from Latin opulentia.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Wealth.
- (countable, uncountable) Abundance, bounty, profusion.
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(countable, uncountable) Ostentatious display of wealth and luxury; plushness.
The most meritorious persons have always … been removed from opulence.
C. J. FoxThere in full Opulence a Banker dwelt, Who all the Joys and Pangs of Riches felt; His Side-board glitter’d with imagin’d Plate; And his proud Fancy held a vaſt Eſtate.
1721, John Gay, “A Panegyrical Epiſtle to Mr. Thomas Snow, Goldſmith, near Temple-Bar; Occaſion’d by his Buying and Selling the Third South-Sea Subſcriptions, taken in by the Directors at a Thouſand per Cent”, in Miſcellanies, volume 3, published 1733, page 239:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| opulences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (39)
hu jólét (wealth) · hu bőség (abundance) · ru роско́шество (ostentatious display of wealth and luxury) · fi vauraus (wealth) · ru ро́скошь (ostentatious display of wealth and luxury) · la opulentia (wealth) · nl weelde (wealth) · cmn 豐富 /丰富 (abundance) · cmn 豪華 /豪华 (ostentatious display of wealth and luxury) · ru пы́шность (abundance) · cmn 財富 /财富 (wealth) · hu fényűzés (ostentatious display of wealth and luxury) · hi संपन्नता (wealth) · la opēs (wealth) · nl rijkdom (wealth) · cmn 炫耀財富 /炫耀财富 (ostentatious display of wealth and luxury) · cmn 豐盛 /丰盛 (abundance) · ca opulència (wealth) · fi ylenpalttisuus (ostentatious display of wealth and luxury) · cmn 充足 (abundance) · hi बहुतायत (abundance) · da overflod (abundance) · es opulencia (wealth) · hu gazdagság (wealth) · ru изоби́лие (abundance) · sv överflöd (abundance) · ro opulență (wealth) · fi loisto (ostentatious display of wealth and luxury) · fi mahtailu (ostentatious display of wealth and luxury) · hu vagyon (wealth) · hi बहुतायत (wealth) · de Reichtum (wealth) · sv rikedom (wealth) · de Wohlstand (wealth) · cmn 富有 (wealth) · nl overvloed (abundance) · pl obfitość (wealth) · ru бога́тство (wealth) · fi ylenpalttisuus (abundance)