plenty

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US /ˈplɛnti/ UK /ˈplɛnti/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

1

pron
A large amount that is more than enough.

There was plenty of food for everyone.
2

noun
A situation in which there is a large, more-than-adequate supply of things.

We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.
3

adv
More than enough; very.

This office is plenty big enough for our needs.

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1 pron · a large amount that is more... abundance

2 noun · a situation in which there... abundance plenitude profusion

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Simplified etymology

Plenty goes back to Latin plenus, meaning “full.” Its early senses were “fullness” and “perfection.”

Etymology

From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete.

*pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European plentie Middle English plenté Old French plenitatem Latin *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Indo-European

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# plenty

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** pron, noun, adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈplɛnti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈplɛnti/
**Frequency rank:** 1357

## Meanings
1. A large amount that is more than enough.
2. A situation in which there is a large, more-than-adequate supply of things.
3. More than enough; very.

## Examples
- There was plenty of food for everyone.
- We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.
- This office is plenty big enough for our needs.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *pleh₁-
- Root: plentie
- Root: plenté
- Root: plenitatem
- Root: *pl̥h₁nós

## Etymology
From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete.

## AI Etymology
Plenty comes from Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete. In present-day English it covers a large amount that is more than enough, a situation in which there is a large, more-than-adequate supply of things, and more than enough; very.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words

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