opulent C2 Topic:Money & Finance US /ˈɒpjʊlənt/ See IPA manual Freq #45848 Meanings 1 adj Showing great wealth and luxury; richly grand. They were married in an opulent hotel filled with chandeliers and marble floors. 2 adj Rich and abundant in quality or quantity. The garden was opulent with roses of every imaginable colour. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · showing great wealth and... gilded Word family Derived forms inopulentopulentlyunopulent Related forms opulence Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”). opulentus Latin *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # opulent **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɒpjʊlənt/ **Frequency rank:** 45848 ## Meanings 1. Showing great wealth and luxury; richly grand. 2. Rich and abundant in quality or quantity. ## Examples - They were married in an opulent hotel filled with chandeliers and marble floors. - The garden was opulent with roses of every imaginable colour. ## Derived Forms - inopulent - opulently - unopulent ## Related Forms - opulence ## Roots and Affixes - Root: opulentus - Root: *h₃ep- ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”). ## AI Etymology Opulent is borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”). Important recorded forms include opulentus (Latin) and *h₃ep- (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include showing great wealth and luxury; richly grand and rich and abundant in quality or quantity. The wider family includes derived forms such as inopulent, opulently, and unopulent and related words such as opulence. ## Topics - Money & Finance - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown