"capacious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kəˈpeɪʃəs/ Audio: en-us-capacious.ogg [US] Forms: more capacious [comparative], most capacious [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: From Latin capāx (“wide, spacious, large; capable”) + -ious. Displaced native Old English numol. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{suffix|en|capāx|ious|lang1=la|t1=wide, spacious, large; capable}} Latin capāx (“wide, spacious, large; capable”) + -ious, {{ncog|ang|numol}} Old English numol Head templates: {{en-adj}} capacious (comparative more capacious, superlative most capacious)
  1. Having a lot of space inside; roomy. Synonyms (roomy): ample, commodious, roomy, spacious, voluminous Translations (having a lot of space inside): مُتَّسِع (muttasiʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), просторен (prostoren) (Bulgarian), обемист (obemist) (Bulgarian), rummelig (Danish), ruim (Dutch), tilava (Finnish), capace (French), geräumig (German), ευρύχωρος (evrýchoros) (Greek), dea-láin (Irish), capace (Italian), capax (Latin), ngakengake (Maori), fireh (Northern Kurdish), rommelig (Norwegian Bokmål), numol (Old English), espaçoso (Portuguese), вмести́тельный (vmestítelʹnyj) (Russian), просто́рный (prostórnyj) (Russian), объёмистый (obʺjómistyj) (Russian), espacioso (Spanish), rymlig (Swedish), spatiös (Swedish), просто́рий (prostóryj) (Ukrainian), містки́й (mistkýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-capacious-en-adj-CdP6wJ3I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ious Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ious: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'roomy': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'having a lot of space inside': 99 1
  2. Capable, able.
    Sense id: en-capacious-en-adj-77VUPKF5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: capable, capacity

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