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== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: fo͝ol, IPA(key): /fʊl/, [fʊɫ] (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /fʉl/ Homophone: fool (accents with foot-goose merger or full-fool merger) Rhymes: -ʊl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ful, from Old English full (“full”), from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Germanic cognates include West Frisian fol, Low German vull, Dutch vol, German voll, Danish fuld, and Norwegian and Swedish full (the latter three via Old Norse). Proto-Indo-European cognates include English plenty (via Latin, compare plēnus), Welsh llawn, Russian по́лный (pólnyj), Lithuanian pilnas, Persian پر (por), Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇá). See also fele and Scots fou (whence the English doublet fou (“drunk”)). For the "drunk, intoxicated" sense, compare also Swedish full and other Scandinavian languages. ==== Adjective ==== full (comparative fuller or more full, superlative fullest or most full) Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available. Complete; with nothing omitted. (category theory, of a functor between locally small categories) Surjective as a map of morphisms Coordinate terms: faithful, fully faithful (category theory, of a subcategory S of C) Including all morphisms. Formally: Such that for every pairs of objects (X, Y) in S, the hom-sets Hom S ⁡ ( X , Y ) {\displaystyle \operatorname {Hom} _{S}(X,Y)} and Hom C ⁡ ( X , Y ) {\displaystyle \operatorname {Hom} _{C}(X,Y)} are equal. Coordinate terms: embedding, replete, strictly full Total, entire. Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited. (informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete. (informal, with "of") Replete, abounding with. (informal, of hands, chiefly in the plural) Carrying as much as possible. (of physical features) Plump, round. (of the moon) Having its entire face illuminated. (of clothing) Of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable. Having depth and body; rich. (obsolete) Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it. Filled with emotions. (obsolete) Impregnated; made pregnant. (poker, postnominal) Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house. (chiefly Australia) Drunk, intoxicated. 1925, United States House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee No. 1, Charges Against William E. Baker, U.S. District Judge: Mr. Coniff: That is the only evidence you gave of his being intoxicated, that his hat was on the side? […] Mr. Coniff: That is the only indication you gave the committee when you were asked if the judge was full, that his hat was on the side of his head; is that right? ===== Synonyms ===== (containing the maximum possible amount): abounding, brimful, bursting, chock-a-block, chock-full, full up, full to bursting, full to overflowing, jam full, jammed, jam-packed, laden, loaded, overflowing, packed, rammed, stuffed, pregnant (complete): complete, thorough (total): entire, total (satisfied, in relation to eating): glutted, gorged, sated, satiate, satiated, satisfied, stuffed (of a garment): baggy, big, large, loose, outsized, oversized, voluminous (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “containing the maximum possible amount”): empty (antonym(s) of “complete”): incomplete (antonym(s) of “total”): partial (antonym(s) of “satisfied, in relation to eating”): empty, hungry, starving (antonym(s) of “of a garment”): close-fitting, small, tight, tight-fitting ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Gulf Arabic: فُل (ful) → Hebrew: פוּל → Japanese: フル ===== Translations ===== ==== Adverb ==== full (not comparable) (archaic) Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely. ===== Derived terms ===== full-grown full well === Etymology 2 === From Middle English fulle, fylle, fille, from Old English fyllu, fyllo (“fullness, fill, plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄, *fulnō (“fullness, filling, overflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *plūno-, *plno- (“full”), from *pelh₁-, *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”). Cognate with German Fülle (“fullness, fill”), Icelandic fylli (“fulness, fill”). More at fill. ==== Noun ==== full (plural fulls) Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill. (of the moon) The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon. a. 1622, Francis Bacon, Natural History, in The works of Francis Bacon, 1765, page 322 It is like, that the brain of man waxeth moister and fuller upon the full of the moon: [...] a. 1656, Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (editor), Works, Volume VII: Practical Works, Revised edition, 1808 page 219, This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses, while the shadow of this sinful mass hides her beauty from the world. (gymnastics) A flip involving a complete turn in midair. (freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist. ===== Derived terms ===== (freestyle skiing): ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== full (third-person singular simple present fulls, present participle fulling, simple past and past participle fulled) (of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English fullen, fulwen (“to baptise”), from Old English fullian, fulwian (“to baptise”), from full- + *wīhan (later *wēon (“to make holy”)). Compare Old English fulluht, fulwiht (“baptism”). ==== Verb ==== full (third-person singular simple present fulls, present participle fulling, simple past and past participle fulled) (transitive) To baptise. ===== Derived terms ===== fulling ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === From Middle English fullen (“to full”), from Anglo-Norman fuller, fuler, Middle French foller, fouler, from Old French foler, fouler (“to tread, stamp, full”), from Medieval Latin fullāre, from Latin fullō (“a fuller”). Compare Old English fullian (“to full”). ==== Verb ==== full (third-person singular simple present fulls, present participle fulling, simple past and past participle fulled) To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk. Synonyms: tuck, walk, waulk ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin folium (“leaf”). Compare French feuille, Spanish hoja, Italian foglio, Italian foglia (the latter from Latin folia, plural of folium). Doublet of the borrowing foli. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfuʎ] Rhymes: -uʎ === Noun === full m (plural fulls) sheet of paper ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fulla === Further reading === “full” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ful/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English full. ==== Adjective ==== full (plural fulls) (North America) full (North America) overflowing, packed, crowded ==== Adverb ==== full (North America) very, really C'est full poche, ça ! ― That really sucks! === Etymology 2 === From English full house. ==== Noun ==== full m (plural fulls) (poker) full house === Further reading === “full”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === From English full house. === Noun === full m (invariable) (card games, poker) full house, boat == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== full alternative form of ful === Etymology 2 === ==== Adverb ==== full (North Riding) alternative form of foule === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== full alternative form of fullen (“to full”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish fuld, from Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Cognates include Swedish full, Norwegian Nynorsk full, Icelandic fullur, German voll, Dutch vol, English full, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 (fulls), Lithuanian pilnas, Old Church Slavonic плънъ (plŭnŭ), Latin plēnus, Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs) and πλέως (pléōs), Old Irish lán, and Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʉl/ === Adjective === full (neuter singular fullt, definite singular and plural fulle, comparative fullere, indefinite superlative fullest, definite superlative fulleste) full (containing the maximum possible amount) drunk ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fylle === See also === -full (Bokmål) === References === “full” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Cognates include Danish fuld, Swedish full, Icelandic fullur, German voll, Dutch vol, English full, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 (fulls), Lithuanian pilnas, Old Church Slavonic плънъ (plŭnŭ), Latin plēnus, Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs) and πλέως (pléōs), Old Irish lán, and Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʊlː/ === Adjective === full (neuter singular fullt, definite singular and plural fulle, comparative fullare, indefinite superlative fullast, definite superlative fullaste) full (containing the maximum possible amount) Glaset er fullt. ― The glass is full. drunk Ho drakk seg full på raudvin. ― She got drunk on red wine. complete, total Han har full kontroll. ― He is in total control. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fylla fylle ==== Descendants ==== Russenorsk: fol === References === “full” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /full/, [fuɫ] Rhymes: -ull === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from *pleh₁- (“to fill”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ful ==== Adjective ==== full full late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History filled complete entire ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== fullīċe fyllan fyllu ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: ful, fol, full, vol, vulEnglish: fullScots: fou, fullYola: vull === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *fullą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pēl(w)- (“a kind of vessel”). Akin to Old Saxon full (“beaker”), Old Norse full (“beaker, toast”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ful ==== Noun ==== full n a beaker a cup, especially one with liquor in it ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: == Old Norse == === Adjective === full inflection of fullr: strong feminine nominative singular strong neuter nominative/accusative plural == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English full. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈful/ Rhymes: -ul Syllabification: full === Adjective === full (not comparable, no derived adverb) (colloquial) alternative spelling of ful === Noun === full m inan (colloquial) alternative spelling of ful ==== Declension ==== === Numeral === full (colloquial) alternative spelling of ful === Further reading === full in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN full in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English full. === Pronunciation === === Adverb === full (slang) completely, absolutely, fully, super ==== Usage notes ==== This word is slang used almost exclusively by the youth, partially satirically (though it has come to be used in serious informal contexts). == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈful/ [ˈful] Rhymes: -ul Syllabification: full === Noun === full m (plural full) (poker) full house === Further reading === “full”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɵl/ === Adjective === full full (containing the maximum possible amount) drunk (intoxicated) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (drunk): (drunk, colloquial, slang): (drunk, humorous): ==== Hyponyms ==== (very drunk): (tipsy, slightly drunk): ==== Derived terms ==== handfull ==== Related terms ==== fylla ==== See also ==== baksmälla (“hangover”) däcka (“pass out”) nyktra till (“sober up”) === References === “full”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “full”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “full”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)