adj
Meaning 1
Very liberal in giving or bestowing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
munificent
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Received-Pronunciation, US: /mjuˈnɪfɪsn̩t/
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adj
Meaning 2
Very generous; lavish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
Qualifier: donation
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
very generous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- distributed gifts with a lavish hand
- the critics were lavish in their praise
- a munificent gift
- his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
- prodigal praise
- unsparing generosity
- his unstinted devotion
- called for unstinting aid to Britain
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lavish, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Back-formation from munificence, from Latin mūnificentia.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: առատաձեռն (aṙatajeṙn) — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Bulgarian: разточителен (raztočitelen) — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Bulgarian: да́шен (dášen) — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Czech: velkomyslný — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Czech: velkorysý — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Dutch: vrijgevig — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Dutch: goedgeefs — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Dutch: gul — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Dutch: munificent — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Dutch: genereus — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Finnish: antelias — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Finnish: avokätinen — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- German: freigebig — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Hindi: दानवीर (dānvīr) — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Indonesian: dermawan — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Italian: munifico — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Korean: 후하다 (huhada) — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Māori: ngākau oha — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Norwegian Bokmål: generøs — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Norwegian Bokmål: raus — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Norwegian Bokmål: rundhåndet — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Norwegian Nynorsk: raus — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Polish: szczodry — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Polish: hojny — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Russian: ще́дрый (ščédryj) — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Spanish: generoso — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Spanish: desprendido — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Spanish: dadivoso — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Spanish: munificente — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Swedish: frikostig — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Swedish: givmild — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Swedish: generös — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Ottoman Turkish: جومرد (cömerd) — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Ottoman Turkish: كریم (kerim) — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Ukrainian: щедрий (ščedryj) — (of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
- Bulgarian: щедър (štedǎr) — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Chinese Cantonese: 厚重 (hau5 zung6) — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Chinese Mandarin: 厚重 (hòuzhòng) — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Czech: velkomyslný — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Czech: velkorysý — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Finnish: antelias — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Finnish: avokätinen — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- German: großzügig — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Korean: 후하다 (huhada) — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Norwegian Bokmål: raus — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Norwegian Bokmål: generøs — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Norwegian Bokmål: overdådig — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Polish: szczodry — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Polish: hojny — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish
- Ukrainian: щедрий (ščedryj) — (of a gift, donation, etc.) very generous; lavish