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ful

ful

See also: fúl, fûl, fül, -ful, and ful-

Catalan

Adjective

ful m, f ‎(invariable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Fula.

Proper noun

ful m

  1. Fula

Related terms

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fúll ‎(“foul”), from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pū- ‎(“be rotten; putrid”), *pew-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuːl/, [fuːˀl]
  • Homophone: fugl

Adjective

ful

  1. nasty, ugly

Inflection

Inflection of ful
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular ful — —2
Neuter singular fult — —2
Plural fule — —2
Definite attributive1 fule — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Lojban

Rafsi

ful

  1. rafsi of fulta.

Maltese

Noun

ful

  1. plural of fula

Middle English

Adverb

ful

  1. very; much; to a great extent
    • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
      And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Indo-European *pū- ‎(“be rotten; putrid”), *pew-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʉːɽ/
  • Homophone: fugl
  • Rhymes: -ʉːɽ

Adjective

ful

  1. clever, sly

Inflection

Old English

Adjective

ful

  1. Alternative form of full

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, corresponding to Proto-Indo-European *pū-; compare Old Frisian fūl, Old High German fūl (German faul), Dutch vuil, Old Norse fúll (Danish and Swedish ful), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 ‎(fuls).

Pronunciation

Adjective

fūl

  1. foul (dirty, stinking, vile, corrupt)
Declension

Descendants

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulnaz.

Adjective

ful

  1. full

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: fol
  • West Frisian: fol

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ful/

Verb

·ful

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive prototonic of fo·loing

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·ful ·ḟul ·ful
pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Cognate with Old English full, Old Frisian full, Dutch vol, Old High German foll, Old Norse fullr, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 ‎(fulls).

Adjective

ful

  1. full

Declension


Related terms

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ful/

Noun

ful m inan

  1. full house

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pū- ‎(“be rotten; putrid”), *pew-.

Pronunciation

  • (Swedish) IPA(key): /fʉːl/
  • Rhymes: -ʉːl

Adjective

ful

  1. ugly; of displeasing appearance
    Det var den fulaste unge jag någonsin sett.
    That's the ugliest kid I've ever seen.
  2. dirty, bad; something contradictory to norms and rules
    Larsson gjorde en riktigt ful tackling.
    Larsson pulled off a really dirty tackle.
  3. prefix indicating a state of low or poor quality: an ironic opposite of fin, "fine, elegant."
    • 2000, Mikael Niemi, Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.
      Hukande tassade han fram till predikstolen, en skygg liten gosse med fulsnaggat hår.
      Shoulders hunched, he tip-toed toward the pulpit, a bashful little boy with an awful haircut.

Declension

Inflection of ful
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ful fulare fulast
Neuter singular fult fulare fulast
Plural fula fulare fulast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fule fulare fulaste
All fula fulare fulaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Related terms

  • asful
  • fulöl
  • fulsnygg
  • skitful

Volapük

Noun

ful ‎(plural fuls)

  1. fullness

Declension

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fullaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈful/
  • IPA(key): /ˈfuːl/

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