"richness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɪt͡ʃnəs/ Forms: richnesses [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English richenesse; by surface analysis, rich + ness. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|richenesse|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English richenesse, {{inh+|en|enm|richenesse}} Inherited from Middle English richenesse, {{surface analysis|en|rich|ness|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, rich + ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} richness (usually uncountable, plural richnesses)
  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being rich; wealthiness, wealth, riches. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state or quality of being rich): богатство (bogatstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ricor [feminine] (Catalan), riquesa [feminine] (Catalan), rikkaus (Finnish), richesse [feminine] (French), Reichtum [masculine] (German), saibhreas [masculine] (Irish), ricchezza (Italian), байлық (bailyq) (Kazakh), opulentia (Latin), bagātība [feminine] (Latvian), mantīgums [masculine] (Latvian), richenesse (Middle English), richedom (Middle English), bogactwo [neuter] (Polish), bogatość [feminine, rare] (Polish), riqueza [feminine] (Portuguese), bogăție (Romanian), бога́тство (bogátstvo) [neuter] (Russian), bogastvo [neuter] (Slovene), ความรวย (kwaam-ruai) (Thai), zenginlik (Turkish), varlıklılık (Turkish), varsıllık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-richness-en-noun-MYX8r2Tt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 6 29 9 Disambiguation of 'state or quality of being rich': 83 10 1 5
  2. (uncountable) The state of having many examples or cases; abundance; profusion. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-richness-en-noun-pU6qXESb
  3. (ecology) The number of types in a community. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Ecology Translations (ecology: number of types): lajirikkaus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-richness-en-noun-tw-jM~3c Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'ecology: number of types': 8 3 87 3
  4. (countable) The result or product of being rich. Tags: countable, usually Translations (result of being rich): rikkaus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-richness-en-noun-yb13imXj Disambiguation of 'result of being rich': 34 2 2 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: enrichment, biodiversity [ecology, biology, natural-sciences]

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      "sense": "ecology: number of types",
      "word": "lajirikkaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "result of being rich",
      "word": "rikkaus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "richness"
}

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