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5-letter words (3 found)

AMPLE,MAPLE,PELMA,

4-letter words (13 found)

ALME,LAME,LAMP,LEAM,LEAP,MALE,MEAL,MELA,PALE,PALM,PEAL,PELA,PLEA,

3-letter words (18 found)

ALE,ALP,AME,AMP,APE,ELM,LAM,LAP,LEA,LEP,MAE,MAL,MAP,MEL,PAL,PAM,PEA,PEL,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AL,AM,EA,EL,EM,LA,MA,ME,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 46 words from ample according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of ample

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Definitions and meaning of ample

ample

Etymology

From late Middle English ample, from Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæm.pəl/
  • Rhymes: -æmpəl

Determiner

ample

  1. A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.
    We have ample time to finish the task.
    It is a large house with ample space for all of us.
  2. (as pronoun) A quantity (of something) that is fully sufficient; plenty.
    We don't need any more. We already have ample.

Adjective

ample (comparative ampler, superlative amplest)

  1. Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.
  2. Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive

Synonyms

  • full, spacious, extensive, wide, capacious, abundant, plentiful, plenteous, copious, bountiful; rich, liberal, munificent
  • See also Thesaurus:ample
  • (large): See also Thesaurus:large
  • (fully sufficient): See also Thesaurus:abundant

Related terms

Translations

References

  • “ample”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “ample”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Mapel, Maple, Palme, maple, pelma

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin amplus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈam.plə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈam.ple]
  • Homophone: ampla (Balearic, Central)

Adjective

ample (feminine ampla, masculine and feminine plural amples)

  1. wide
  2. ample, plentiful

Derived terms

  • amplada
  • amplament
  • amplària

Related terms

  • ampliar

Further reading

  • “ample” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “ample”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “ample” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “ample” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ample, inheried from Latin amplus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃pl/

Adjective

ample (plural amples)

  1. plentiful, abundant, copious, profuse, ample
  2. (of clothes) loose, baggy

References

Further reading

  • “ample”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

amplē (comparative amplius, superlative amplissimē)

  1. amply, largely

Etymology 2

Adjective

ample

  1. vocative masculine singular of amplus

References

  • “ample”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ample”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • emple

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ample, from Old French ample, from Latin amplus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈampəl/, /ˈɛmpəl/

Adjective

ample

  1. (Late Middle English) ample, copious, profuse

Related terms

  • amplifiyen

Descendants

  • English: ample
  • Scots: ample

References

  • “ample, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-04.

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