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plenitude en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈplɛnɪtjuːd/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English plenitude, that borrowed from Anglo-Norman plenitude, Middle French plenitude, and their source, Latin plēnitūdō.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Fullness; completeness.
   • Louis ignored him, recalling the parlements to the plenitude of their powers on 23 September. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 393:
   • The idea that the love of Philimore had abated, when hers for him seemed in its plenitude, was a most severe aggravation of her misfortune. 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 152:
2. (countable, qualifier:heraldry and older astronomy, uncountable) Fullness (of the moon).
3. (countable, uncountable) An abundance; a full supply.
   • Mankind's old greatness was created in scarcity. But what may we expect from plenitude? 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 156:
4. (countable, uncountable) The metaphysical idea that the universe contains everything that is possible.

Forms

Deriveds

plenitude principle · plenitudinous · plentitude · plenitudinary · overplenitude

Relateds

plenitudine · plenty

Translations (18)

ru оби́лие (abundance, plenty) · bg изобилие (abundance, plenty) · ru полнота́ (fullness, completeness) · fr plénitude (abundance, plenty) · ota بركت (abundance, plenty) · es plenitud (abundance, plenty) · pl obfitość (abundance, plenty) · bg пълнота (fullness, completeness) · hi बहुलता (abundance, plenty) · bg цялост (fullness, completeness) · fr plénitude (fullness, completeness) · nb rikdom (fullness, completeness) · de Fülle (abundance, plenty) · es plenitud (fullness, completeness) · nb overflod (fullness, completeness) · nb overflod (abundance, plenty) · pl pełnia (fullness, completeness) · ru изоби́лие (abundance, plenty)