Dictionary

populous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɒpjʊləs/ (UK)
• päpʹyə-ləs (US)
• /ˈpɑpjələs/ (US)
• /ˈpɔp(j)ʊləs/ (South-Asia)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

First used in English in the mid 15th century; from Latin populosus (“full of people, populous”).

Meanings

1. Having a large population.
   • China is the most populous country in the world.
2. (of a language) Spoken by a large number of people.
   • Chinese is the most populous language.
   • The Sino-Tibetan family includes Mandarin, the most populous language in the world, spoken by more than one billion Chinese. 1974, Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina M. Hyams, An Introduction to Language, →ISBN, page 524:
3. Densely populated.
   • The Nile delta is a populous region.
4. Crowded with people.
   • Airport departure halls are often populous places during the rush hours.

Forms

Deriveds

overpopulous · unpopulous · equipopulous · populosity · populously · populousness

Translations (42)

ru многолю́дный (having a large population) · es poblado (having a large population) · de weit verbreitet (spoken by a large number of people) · fi väkirikas (having a large population) · fi tiheästi asuttu (densely populated) · bg многолюден (having a large population) · ja 人口の多い (having a large population) · el πυκνοκατοικημένος (densely populated) · de bevölkerungsreich (having a large population) · nb folkerik (having a large population) · cmn 人口多 (having a large population) · it popoloso (having a large population) · pt populoso (having a large population) · pl ludny (having a large population) · de volkreich (having a large population) · fi ruuhkainen (crowded with people) · eu jendetsu (having a large population) · gv pobbylagh (densely populated) · bg гъсто населен (densely populated) · ru густонаселённый (having a large population) · fi runsasväkinen (having a large population) · cmn 人口稠密 (having a large population) · nb befolkningsrik (having a large population) · de (dicht) bevölkert (densely populated) · la celeber (densely populated) · cy poblog (having a large population) · de bevölkert (having a large population) · sv folkrik (having a large population) · de dichtbevölkert (densely populated) · it popolosa (having a large population) · gv pobbylagh (having a large population) · la celeber (crowded with people) · de häufig gesprochen (spoken by a large number of people) · de menschenüberfüllt (crowded with people) · vi đông đảo (having a large population) · de (dicht) besiedelt (densely populated) · vi đông (having a large population) · es populoso (having a large population) · fr populeux (having a large population) · ca populós (having a large population) · el πολυάνθρωπος (having a large population) · nn folkerik (having a large population)