mouthful

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• /ˈmaʊθfʊl/
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From mouth + -ful.

From Middle English mouthful, mouth-full, mouthe full, from Old English *mūþfull, from Proto-West Germanic *munþafull, equivalent to mouth + -ful. Compare Dutch mondvol (“mouthful”), German Mundvoll (“mouthful”), Danish mundfuld (“mouthful”), Swedish munfull (“mouthful”), Icelandic munnfylli (“mouthful”). Compare also West Frisian mûlfol (“mouthful”).

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: لُقْمَة (luqma) — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Assamese: গৰাহ (gorah) — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Bulgarian: хапка (hapka) — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Burmese: လုပ် (lup) — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Catalan: mossegada — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Catalan: bocí — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Catalan: mos — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Danish: mundfuld — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Dutch: mondvol — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Dutch: mondjevol — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Finnish: suullinen — amount that will fit in a mouth
• French: gorgée — amount that will fit in a mouth
• French: bouchée — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Gallo: becheil — amount that will fit in a mouth
• German: Mondvoll — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Greek: μπουκιά (boukiá) — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Gujarati: કોળિયો (koḷiyo) — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Hungarian: falat — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Ido: bokedo — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Irish: bolgam — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Irish: lán béil — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Istriot: bucun — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Italian: boccone — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Italian: boccata — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Italian: morso — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Latin: buccea — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Latin: buccella — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Macedonian: за́лак (zálak) — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Norwegian: munnfull — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Persian: دهان پر (dahān-e porr) — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Polish: kęs — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Portuguese: bocado — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Romanian: gură — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Romanian: îmbucătură — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Russian: кусо́к (kusók) — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Russian: глото́к (glotók) — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Scottish Gaelic: balgam — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Serbo-Croatian: за̏лога̄ј — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Serbo-Croatian: zȁlogāj — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Sicilian: vuccuni — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Spanish: bocado — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Swedish: munfull — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Tagalog: samuol — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Thai: คํา (kam) — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Uzbek: hoplam — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Uzbek: tishlam — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Venetan: bocon — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Welsh: cegaid — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Welsh: llond ceg — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Zulu: ithamo — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Zulu: umthamo — amount that will fit in a mouth
• Spanish: palabrotas — a tirade of abusive language
• Spanish: sermón — a tirade of abusive language
• Spanish: atrevido — a tirade of abusive language