"-ful" meaning in English

See -ful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /fʊl/, /fəl/, [fl̩] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--ful.wav Forms: more -ful [comparative], most -ful [superlative], -full [alternative, uncommon], ⠰⠇ [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful Inherited from Middle English -ful, -full, from Old English -ful, -full (“full of; -ful”), from Proto-Germanic *-fullaz (“-ful”), from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”); see full. Cognate with Scots -fu, Saterland Frisian -ful (“-ful”), West Frisian -fol (“-ful”), Dutch -vol (“-ful”), German -voll (“-ful”), Swedish -full (“-ful”), Danish -fuld (“-ful”), Icelandic -fullur, -fyllur (“-ful”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:inh|enm:-ful|id=adjective|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|-ful|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English -ful, {{inh+|en|enm|-ful}} Inherited from Middle English -ful, {{inh|en|ang|-ful}} Old English -ful, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-fullaz||-ful}} Proto-Germanic *-fullaz (“-ful”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fullaz|t=full}} Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), {{cog|sco|-fu}} Scots -fu, {{cog|stq|-ful|t=-ful}} Saterland Frisian -ful (“-ful”), {{cog|fy|-fol|t=-ful}} West Frisian -fol (“-ful”), {{cog|nl|-vol|t=-ful}} Dutch -vol (“-ful”), {{cog|de|-voll|t=-ful}} German -voll (“-ful”), {{cog|sv|-full|t=-ful}} Swedish -full (“-ful”), {{cog|da|-fuld|t=-ful}} Danish -fuld (“-ful”), {{cog|is|-fullur}} Icelandic -fullur Head templates: {{en-adj}} -ful (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -ful, superlative most -ful)
  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun. Tags: morpheme Synonyms (full of): -ose Translations (full of, possessing): -plný (Czech), -fuld (Danish), da (Esperanto), -plena (Esperanto), -oza (Esperanto), -voll (German), -oza (Ido), -osus (Latin), -dar (Northern Kurdish), bi- (Northern Kurdish), -மிகு (-miku) [formal] (Tamil), -lon (Welsh), -llon (Welsh), -lawn (Welsh), -llawn (Welsh)
    Sense id: en--ful-en-suffix-nmSWwb0a Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 37 23 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 48 25 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 36 20 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 19 23 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 65 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /fʊl/, /fəl/, [fl̩] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--ful.wav Forms: -fuls [plural], -sful [plural], -full [alternative, uncommon], ⠰⠇ [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, -full, from Proto-Germanic *fullō, *fullijô (“filling”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|-ful|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English -ful, {{inh+|en|enm|-ful}} Inherited from Middle English -ful, {{inh|en|ang|-ful}} Old English -ful, {{der|en|gem-pro|*fullō}} Proto-Germanic *fullō Head templates: {{en-noun|s|-sful}} -ful (noun-forming suffix, plural -fuls or -sful)
  1. Used to form nouns from nouns meaning “as much as can be held by what is denoted by the noun” Tags: morpheme Related terms (having a considerable amount of): -some Translations (as much as can be held): -as (Cornish), -fuld (Danish), -ée (French), -ata (Interlingua), -ata [feminine] (Italian), -ada [feminine] (Portuguese), -ada [feminine] (Spanish), -aid [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en--ful-en-suffix-A0-lLrXk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
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          "adjective",
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          "noun",
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          "full",
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        [
          "tending",
          "tend#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "thoroughly",
          "thoroughly#English"
        ],
        [
          "possess",
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        [
          "quality",
          "quality#Noun"
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        [
          "expressed",
          "express#Verb"
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          "sense": "full of",
          "word": "-ose"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
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          "sense": "full of, possessing",
          "word": "-plný"
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          "lang_code": "da",
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          "lang_code": "eo",
          "sense": "full of, possessing",
          "word": "-oza"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "full of, possessing",
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          "code": "io",
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          "sense": "full of, possessing",
          "word": "-oza"
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        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "lang_code": "kmr",
          "sense": "full of, possessing",
          "word": "-dar"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "lang_code": "kmr",
          "sense": "full of, possessing",
          "word": "bi-"
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          "code": "la",
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          "lang_code": "la",
          "sense": "full of, possessing",
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          "code": "ta",
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          "lang_code": "ta",
          "roman": "-miku",
          "sense": "full of, possessing",
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          ],
          "word": "-மிகு"
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          "code": "cy",
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          "sense": "full of, possessing",
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      "ipa": "/fʊl/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/fəl/"
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          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "as much as can be held",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ada"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
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          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "as much as can be held",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ada"
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        {
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