abound

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈbaʊnd/
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• US: /əˈbaʊnd/
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• rhymes with -aʊnd
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 B AW1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* First attested around 1325. * From Middle English abounden, abounde, from Old French abonder, abunder, from Latin abundāre (“overflow”), which comes from ab (“from, down from”) + undō (“surge, swell, rise in waves, move in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: překypovat — to be full to overflowing
• Czech: být plný — to be full to overflowing
• Dutch: zeer productief zijn — to be full to overflowing
• Dutch: overvloedig voortbrengen — to be full to overflowing
• German: überquellen — to be full to overflowing
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (gaaukan) — to be full to overflowing
• Ancient Greek: βρύω (brúō) — to be full to overflowing
• Serbo-Croatian: obilovati — to be full to overflowing
• Spanish: rebosar — to be full to overflowing
• Spanish: rebosante — to be full to overflowing
• German: überbordend produktiv — to be highly productive
• German: übererfüllen — to be highly productive
• Arabic: كَثُر (kaṯur) — to be plentiful
• Arabic: تَوَفَر (tawafar) — to be plentiful
• Arabic: كتر (keter) — to be plentiful
• Arabic: اتوفر (etwafar) — to be plentiful
• Bulgarian: изобилствам (izobilstvam) — to be plentiful
• Chinese Mandarin: 盛產 /盛产 (shèngchǎn) — to be plentiful
• Chinese Mandarin: 富有 (fùyǒu) — to be plentiful
• Chinese Mandarin: 富於 /富于 (fùyú) — to be plentiful
• Choctaw: lawa — to be plentiful
• Choctaw: la̱wa — to be plentiful
• Czech: hojně se vyskytovat — to be plentiful
• Dutch: overvloedig aanwezig zijn — to be plentiful
• Dutch: wemelen — to be plentiful
• Dutch: in grote aantallen voorkomen — to be plentiful
• Esperanto: abundi — to be plentiful
• Esperanto: sufiĉegi — to be plentiful
• Finnish: olla runsaasti — to be plentiful
• Finnish: olla tulvillaan — to be plentiful
• French: foisonner — to be plentiful
• Galician: abondar — to be plentiful
• Galician: sobexar — to be plentiful
• Galician: rebordar — to be plentiful
• Galician: amorrar — to be plentiful
• Galician: abouxar — to be plentiful
• German: im Überfluss vorhanden sein — to be plentiful
• German: wimmeln — to be plentiful
• Ancient Greek: βρύω (brúō) — to be plentiful
• Italian: abbondare — to be plentiful
• Italian: essere abbondante — to be plentiful
• Japanese: たくさんある (takusan aru) — to be plentiful
• Latin: exubero — to be plentiful
• Māori: whakamakuru — to be plentiful
• Mapudungun: ünüfn — to be plentiful
• Norwegian: bogna — to be plentiful
• Norwegian: ha flust av — to be plentiful
• Portuguese: abundar — to be plentiful
• Portuguese: ser abundante — to be plentiful
• Quechua: achkachay — to be plentiful
• Romanian: abunda — to be plentiful
• Russian: изоби́ловать (izobílovatʹ) — to be plentiful
• Russian: кише́ть (kišétʹ) — to be plentiful
• Serbo-Croatian: obilovati — to be plentiful
• Spanish: abundar — to be plentiful
• Spanish: ser abundante — to be plentiful
• Swedish: finnas i riklig mängd — to be plentiful
• Swedish: finnas i överflöd — to be plentiful
• Thai: เต็มไปด้วย (dtem bpai dûay) — to be plentiful
• Thai: อุดมไปด้วย (udom bpai dûay) — to be plentiful
• Chinese Mandarin: 充滿 /充满 (chōngmǎn) — to be copiously supplied with
• Czech: oplývat — to be copiously supplied with
• Czech: překypovat — to be copiously supplied with
• Dutch: wemelen van — to be copiously supplied with
• Dutch: krioelen van — to be copiously supplied with
• Finnish: olla runsaasti — to be copiously supplied with
• Finnish: olla tulvillaan — to be copiously supplied with
• Finnish: olla täynnä — to be copiously supplied with
• Finnish: olla pullollaan — to be copiously supplied with
• French: abonder en — to be copiously supplied with
• French: fourmiller de — to be copiously supplied with
• Galician: abondar — to be copiously supplied with
• Galician: sobexar — to be copiously supplied with
• Galician: rebordar — to be copiously supplied with
• Galician: amorrar — to be copiously supplied with
• Galician: abouxar — to be copiously supplied with
• German: wimmeln von — to be copiously supplied with
• German: wimmeln an — to be copiously supplied with
• Hungarian: bővelkedik — to be copiously supplied with
• Italian: abbondare — to be copiously supplied with
• Italian: essere abbondante — to be copiously supplied with
• Japanese: たくさん (takusan) — to be copiously supplied with
• Portuguese: abundar — to be copiously supplied with
• Portuguese: ser abundante — to be copiously supplied with
• Spanish: abundar — to be copiously supplied with
• Spanish: ser abundante — to be copiously supplied with