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From a medieval diminutive of the given name Philip.

From Middle English fille, vülle, fülle, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī, from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄ (“fullness”). Cognate with German Fülle.

See thill.

From Middle English fillen, fullen, from Old English fyllan (“to fill, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill”), from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (“to make full, fill”), from *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h1nós (“full”). Cognate with Scots fill (“to fill”), West Frisian folje (“to fill”), Low German füllen (“to fill”), Dutch vullen (“to fill”), German füllen (“to fill”), Danish fylde (“to fill”), Swedish fylla (“to fill”), Norwegian fylle (“to fill”), Icelandic fylla (“to fill”) and Latin plenus (“full”)

290 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: достатъчно количество (dostatǎčno količestvo) — sufficient or more than sufficient amount
• Finnish: tarpeeksi — sufficient or more than sufficient amount
• Irish: sáith — sufficient or more than sufficient amount
• Latin: pleo — sufficient or more than sufficient amount
• Middle English: fille — sufficient or more than sufficient amount
• Scottish Gaelic: sàth — sufficient or more than sufficient amount
• Scottish Gaelic: leòr — sufficient or more than sufficient amount
• Bulgarian: запълване (zapǎlvane) — amount that fills a container
• Dutch: lading — amount that fills a container
• Finnish: täyttö — amount that fills a container
• German: Füllung — amount that fills a container
• Bulgarian: запълване (zapǎlvane) — filling of a container
• Finnish: täyttö — filling of a container
• German: Füllung — filling of a container
• Spanish: repostaje — filling of a container
• Bulgarian: пълнеж (pǎlnež) — something used to occupy empty spaces
• Dutch: vulsel — something used to occupy empty spaces
• Dutch: vulling — something used to occupy empty spaces
• Finnish: täyte — something used to occupy empty spaces
• Finnish: täyteaine — something used to occupy empty spaces
• German: Füllmaterial — something used to occupy empty spaces
• Indonesian: urukan — something used to occupy empty spaces
• Malay: tambakan — something used to occupy empty spaces
• Spanish: relleno — something used to occupy empty spaces
• Albanian: mbush — add contents to, so it is full
• Arabic: مَلَأَ (malaʔa) — add contents to, so it is full
• Arabic: ملى (malā) — add contents to, so it is full
• Arabic: ترس (tiras) — add contents to, so it is full
• Arabic: فول (fawwal) — add contents to, so it is full
• Arabic: عبّى (ʕabba) — add contents to, so it is full
• Arabic: عمّر (ʕəmmər) — add contents to, so it is full
• Arabic: عبّى (ʕabba) — add contents to, so it is full
• Arabic: ملّى (malla) — add contents to, so it is full
• Arabic: حشى (ḥaša) — add contents to, so it is full
• Armenian: լցնել (lcʻnel) — add contents to, so it is full
• Aromanian: umplu — add contents to, so it is full
• Azerbaijani: doldurmaq — add contents to, so it is full
• Bangi: tondisa — add contents to, so it is full
• Bengali: ভরা (bhora) — add contents to, so it is full
• Bulgarian: пълня (pǎlnja) — add contents to, so it is full
• Bulgarian: изпълвам (izpǎlvam) — add contents to, so it is full
• Bulgarian: изпълня (izpǎlnja) — add contents to, so it is full
• Bulgarian: запълвам (zapǎlvam) — add contents to, so it is full
• Bulgarian: запълня (zapǎlnja) — add contents to, so it is full
• Burmese: ဖြည့် (hprany.) — add contents to, so it is full
• Catalan: emplenar — add contents to, so it is full
• Cherokee: ᎠᎧᎵᎢᎭ (akaliiha) — add contents to, so it is full
• Chinese Mandarin: 裝滿 /装满 (zhuāngmǎn) — add contents to, so it is full
• Chinese Mandarin: 填滿 /填满 (tiánmǎn) — add contents to, so it is full
• Cimbrian: büllan — add contents to, so it is full
• Dalmatian: emplar — add contents to, so it is full
• Dutch: vullen — add contents to, so it is full
• Dutch: opvullen — add contents to, so it is full
• Esperanto: plenigi — add contents to, so it is full
• Finnish: täyttää — add contents to, so it is full
• French: remplir — add contents to, so it is full
• Friulian: jemplâ — add contents to, so it is full
• Friulian: implenâ — add contents to, so it is full
• Galician: encher — add contents to, so it is full
• German: füllen — add contents to, so it is full
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fulljan) — add contents to, so it is full
• Greek: γεμίζω (gemízo) — add contents to, so it is full
• Ancient Greek: πίμπλημι (pímplēmi) — add contents to, so it is full
• Ancient Greek: πληρόω (plēróō) — add contents to, so it is full
• Ancient Greek: μεστόω (mestóō) — add contents to, so it is full
• Hebrew: מִלָּא (millá) — add contents to, so it is full
• Hungarian: megtölt — add contents to, so it is full
• Icelandic: fylla — add contents to, so it is full
• Irish: líon — add contents to, so it is full
• Old Irish: línaid — add contents to, so it is full
• Italian: imbottire — add contents to, so it is full
• Italian: riempire — add contents to, so it is full
• Japanese: 満たす (mitasu) — add contents to, so it is full
• Japanese: 一杯にする (ippai ni suru) — add contents to, so it is full
• Khmer: បំពេញ (bɑmpɨɲ) — add contents to, so it is full
• Korean: 채우다 (chae'uda) — add contents to, so it is full
• Northern Kurdish: tijî kirin — add contents to, so it is full
• Northern Kurdish: dagirtin — add contents to, so it is full
• Ladino: inchir — add contents to, so it is full
• Ladino: yenar — add contents to, so it is full
• Latin: pleō — add contents to, so it is full
• Lingala: tondisa — add contents to, so it is full
• Lithuanian: pi̇̀ldyti — add contents to, so it is full
• Malayalam: നിറയ്ക്കുക (niṟaykkuka) — add contents to, so it is full
• Māori: whakakī — add contents to, so it is full
• Eastern Mari: авалаш (avalaš) — add contents to, so it is full
• Middle English: fillen — add contents to, so it is full
• Occitan: emplenar — add contents to, so it is full
• Polish: napełniać — add contents to, so it is full
• Polish: napełnić — add contents to, so it is full
• Polish: wypełniać — add contents to, so it is full
• Polish: wypełnić — add contents to, so it is full
• Portuguese: encher — add contents to, so it is full
• Quechua: hunt'achiy — add contents to, so it is full
• Quechua: hunt'ay — add contents to, so it is full
• Romanian: a umple — add contents to, so it is full
• Romanian: împlini — add contents to, so it is full
• Romansh: emplenir — add contents to, so it is full
• Romansh: amplanir — add contents to, so it is full
• Romansh: amplaneir — add contents to, so it is full
• Romansh: implir — add contents to, so it is full
• Romansh: stuppar — add contents to, so it is full
• Russian: заполня́ть (zapolnjátʹ) — add contents to, so it is full
• Russian: запо́лнить (zapólnitʹ) — add contents to, so it is full
• Russian: наполня́ть (napolnjátʹ) — add contents to, so it is full
• Russian: напо́лнить (napólnitʹ) — add contents to, so it is full
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsaich — add contents to, so it is full
• Serbo-Croatian: pȕniti — add contents to, so it is full
• Sicilian: jìnchiri — add contents to, so it is full
• Sicilian: ìnchiri — add contents to, so it is full
• Sicilian: ìnciri — add contents to, so it is full
• Slovak: naplniť — add contents to, so it is full
• Slovak: napĺňať — add contents to, so it is full
• Slovak: vyplniť — add contents to, so it is full
• Slovak: vypĺňať — add contents to, so it is full
• Lower Sorbian: połniś — add contents to, so it is full
• Spanish: llenar — add contents to, so it is full
• Spanish: implar — add contents to, so it is full
• Swedish: fylla — add contents to, so it is full
• Thai: ทําให้เต็ม — add contents to, so it is full
• Turkish: doldurmak — add contents to, so it is full
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎍𐎀 (mlả) — add contents to, so it is full
• Venetan: inpir — add contents to, so it is full
• Venetan: inpinir — add contents to, so it is full
• Venetan: inpienir — add contents to, so it is full
• Volapük: fulükön — add contents to, so it is full
• Walloon: rimpli — add contents to, so it is full
• Walloon: rapleni — add contents to, so it is full
• Welsh: llenwi — add contents to, so it is full
• Armenian: լցնել (lcʻnel) — enter, making it full
• Bulgarian: запълвам (zapǎlvam) — enter, making it full
• Dutch: vullen — enter, making it full
• Hungarian: betölt — enter, making it full
• Irish: líon — enter, making it full
• Japanese: 埋める (umeru) — enter, making it full
• Malayalam: നിറയുക (niṟayuka) — enter, making it full
• Middle English: fillen — enter, making it full
• Portuguese: encher — enter, making it full
• Russian: заполня́ть (zapolnjátʹ) — enter, making it full
• Russian: запо́лнить (zapólnitʹ) — enter, making it full
• Scottish Gaelic: sàsaich — enter, making it full
• Serbo-Croatian: pȕniti — enter, making it full
• Slovak: zaplniť — enter, making it full
• Slovak: zapĺňať — enter, making it full
• Swedish: fylla — enter, making it full
• Welsh: llenwi — enter, making it full
• Arabic: مَلَأَ (malaʔa) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Armenian: լցնել (lcʻnel) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Azerbaijani: doldurmaq — occupy fully, take up all of
• Belarusian: напаўня́ць (napawnjácʹ) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Belarusian: напо́ўніць (napównicʹ) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Belarusian: запаўня́ць (zapawnjácʹ) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Belarusian: запо́ўніць (zapównicʹ) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Bulgarian: запълвам (zapǎlvam) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Catalan: omplir — occupy fully, take up all of
• Chechen: дуза (duza) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Chinese Mandarin: 裝滿 /装满 (zhuāngmǎn) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Czech: vyplnit — occupy fully, take up all of
• Dutch: vullen — occupy fully, take up all of
• Esperanto: enspaci — occupy fully, take up all of
• Finnish: täyttää — occupy fully, take up all of
• French: remplir — occupy fully, take up all of
• Galician: encher — occupy fully, take up all of
• German: füllen — occupy fully, take up all of
• German: ausfüllen — occupy fully, take up all of
• Hungarian: megtölt — occupy fully, take up all of
• Icelandic: fylla — occupy fully, take up all of
• Irish: líon — occupy fully, take up all of
• Old Irish: línaid — occupy fully, take up all of
• Italian: occupare interamente — occupy fully, take up all of
• Italian: occupare pienamente — occupy fully, take up all of
• Italian: occupare completamente — occupy fully, take up all of
• Italian: riempire — occupy fully, take up all of
• Japanese: 溢れる (afureru) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Northern Kurdish: tijî bûn — occupy fully, take up all of
• Latgalian: piļdeit — occupy fully, take up all of
• Latvian: pildīt — occupy fully, take up all of
• Malayalam: നിറയുക (niṟayuka) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Middle English: fillen — occupy fully, take up all of
• Oromo: guutuu — occupy fully, take up all of
• Polish: napełniać — occupy fully, take up all of
• Polish: napełnić — occupy fully, take up all of
• Polish: zapełniać — occupy fully, take up all of
• Polish: zapełnić — occupy fully, take up all of
• Portuguese: encher — occupy fully, take up all of
• Russian: заполня́ть (zapolnjátʹ) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Russian: запо́лнить (zapólnitʹ) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Russian: наполня́ть (napolnjátʹ) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Russian: напо́лнить (napólnitʹ) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Sanskrit: पृणाति (pṛṇā́ti) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Slovak: zaplniť — occupy fully, take up all of
• Slovak: zapĺňať — occupy fully, take up all of
• Lower Sorbian: połniś — occupy fully, take up all of
• Spanish: llenar — occupy fully, take up all of
• Swedish: fylla — occupy fully, take up all of
• Ukrainian: запо́внювати (zapóvnjuvaty) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Ukrainian: заповня́ти (zapovnjáty) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Ukrainian: запо́внити (zapóvnyty) — occupy fully, take up all of
• Volapük: fulükön — occupy fully, take up all of
• Welsh: llenwi — occupy fully, take up all of
• Arabic: اِمْتَلأَ — become full of contents
• Armenian: լցվել (lcʻvel) — become full of contents
• Azerbaijani: dolmaq — become full of contents
• Bulgarian: напълвам се (napǎlvam se) — become full of contents
• Dutch: vollopen — become full of contents
• Finnish: täyttyä — become full of contents
• French: se remplir — become full of contents
• German: sich füllen — become full of contents
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌽𐌰𐌽 (fullnan) — become full of contents
• Hebrew: התמלא (hitmalé) — become full of contents
• Hebrew: מָלֵא (malé) — become full of contents
• Hungarian: megtelik — become full of contents
• Icelandic: fyllast — become full of contents
• Irish: líon — become full of contents
• Japanese: 満ちる (michiru) — become full of contents
• Japanese: 一杯になる (ippai ni naru) — become full of contents
• Northern Kurdish: tijî bûn — become full of contents
• Malayalam: നിറയുക (niṟayuka) — become full of contents
• Middle English: fillen — become full of contents
• Portuguese: encher — become full of contents
• Russian: заполня́ться (zapolnjátʹsja) — become full of contents
• Russian: запо́лниться (zapólnitʹsja) — become full of contents
• Russian: наполня́ться (napolnjátʹsja) — become full of contents
• Russian: напо́лниться (napólnitʹsja) — become full of contents
• Slovak: naplniť sa — become full of contents
• Slovak: napĺňať sa — become full of contents
• Lower Sorbian: połniś se — become full of contents
• Swedish: fyllas — become full of contents
• Turkish: dolmak — become full of contents
• Ottoman Turkish: طولمق (dolmak) — become full of contents
• Volapük: fulikön — become full of contents
• Welsh: llenwi — become full of contents
• Armenian: լցվել (lcʻvel) — become pervaded with something
• Bulgarian: изпълвам се (izpǎlvam se) — become pervaded with something
• Dutch: vervullen — become pervaded with something
• Dutch: gevuld worden met — become pervaded with something
• German: sich füllen — become pervaded with something
• Hungarian: megtelik — become pervaded with something
• Icelandic: fyllast — become pervaded with something
• Middle English: fillen — become pervaded with something
• Russian: заполня́ться (zapolnjátʹsja) — become pervaded with something
• Russian: запо́лниться (zapólnitʹsja) — become pervaded with something
• Russian: наполня́ться (napolnjátʹsja) — become pervaded with something
• Russian: напо́лниться (napólnitʹsja) — become pervaded with something
• Slovak: naplniť sa — become pervaded with something
• Slovak: napĺňať sa — become pervaded with something
• Lower Sorbian: połniś se — become pervaded with something
• Welsh: llenwi — become pervaded with something
• Bulgarian: изпълнявам (izpǎlnjavam) — satisfy, obey
• Bulgarian: изпълня (izpǎlnja) — satisfy, obey
• Dutch: vervullen — satisfy, obey
• Hungarian: kielégít — satisfy, obey
• Middle English: fillen — satisfy, obey
• Slovak: splniť — satisfy, obey
• Slovak: spĺňať — satisfy, obey
• Slovak: vybaviť — satisfy, obey
• Slovak: vybavovať — satisfy, obey
• Slovak: uspokojiť — satisfy, obey
• Slovak: uspokojovať — satisfy, obey
• Spanish: llenar — satisfy, obey
• Welsh: llenwi — satisfy, obey
• Bulgarian: заемам (zaemam) — install someone or be installed in
• Bulgarian: заема (zaema) — install someone or be installed in
• Dutch: invullen — install someone or be installed in
• French: combler — install someone or be installed in
• German: besetzen — install someone or be installed in
• Hungarian: betelik — install someone or be installed in
• Māori: tiriwā — install someone or be installed in
• Slovak: obsadiť — install someone or be installed in
• Slovak: obsadzovať — install someone or be installed in
• Spanish: ocupar — install someone or be installed in
• Spanish: cubrir — install someone or be installed in
• Spanish: cumplimentar — install someone or be installed in
• Welsh: llenwi — install someone or be installed in
• Bulgarian: пломбирам (plombiram) — treat (a tooth)
• Catalan: empastar — treat (a tooth)
• Dutch: vullen — treat (a tooth)
• Finnish: paikata — treat (a tooth)
• Galician: empastar — treat (a tooth)
• German: füllen — treat (a tooth)
• Greek: σφραγίζω (sfragízo) — treat (a tooth)
• Hungarian: betöm — treat (a tooth)
• Northern Kurdish: dagirtin — treat (a tooth)
• Portuguese: restaurar — treat (a tooth)
• Romanian: plomba — treat (a tooth)
• Slovak: zaplombovať — treat (a tooth)
• Spanish: empastar — treat (a tooth)
• Volapük: plumbön — treat (a tooth)
• Welsh: llenwi — treat (a tooth)
• Bulgarian: напълня (napǎlnja) — vulgar: to ejaculate inside