ful
Translingual
    
    
Catalan
    
    
Related terms
    
Danish
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, cognate with Swedish ful, English foul, German faul, Dutch vuil.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /fuːˀl/, [ˈfuˀl]
- Homophone: fugl
Maltese
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /fuːl/
See also
    
Middle English
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Old English full, from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
Adverb
    
ful
- very; much; to a great extent
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:- And I seide, "Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. […]- And I said, "Sir, in his time master John Wycliffe was held by very many men the greatest clerk that they knew living upon earth. And with this he was named, as I believe worthily, an excellent ruly and innocent man in all his living. […]
 
 
 
- full
- ca. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 25:8
- and failynge he was deed in a good elde, and of greet age, and ful of dayes, and he was gaderyd to his puple.
- and failing he was dead in a good old [age], and of great age, and full of days, and he was gathered to his people.
 
 
- and failynge he was deed in a good elde, and of greet age, and ful of dayes, and he was gaderyd to his puple.
 
- ca. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 25:8
References
    
- “ful, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.
Norwegian Nynorsk
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.
Adjective
    
ful (neuter fult, definite singular and plural fule, comparative fulare, indefinite superlative fulast, definite superlative fulaste)
References
    
- “ful” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Proto-West Germanic *full.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ful/
Declension
    
Etymology 2
    
From Proto-West Germanic *fūl.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /fuːl/
Declension
    
Derived terms
    
Old Frisian
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-West Germanic *full.
Old Irish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ful]
Derived terms
    
Old Saxon
    
    Alternative forms
    
Etymology
    
From Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
Declension
    
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | 
| nominative | ful | fulle | ful | fullu | ful | fulle | 
| accusative | fullana | fulle | ful | fullu | fulla | fulle | 
| genitive | fulles | fullarō | fulles | fullarō | fullaro | fullarō | 
| dative | fullumu | fullum | fullumu | fullum | fullaro | fullum | 
| Weak declension | ||||||
| gender | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| case | singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | 
| nominative | fullo | fullu | fulla | fullu | fulla | fullu | 
| accusative | fullun | fullun | fulla | fullun | fullun | fullun | 
| genitive | fullun | fullonō | fullun | fullonō | fullun | fullonō | 
| dative | fullun | fullum | fullun | fullum | fullun | fullum | 
Related terms
    
Descendants
    
- Low German: vull
Polish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ful/
- Audio - (file) 
- Rhymes: -ul
- Syllabification: ful
Alternative forms
    
Noun
    
ful m inan
- (poker) full house
- (colloquial) stout, porter (beer with mid-high hop and alcohol levels)
- (colloquial) full house (situation in which a place is filled with people to its maximum capacity)
- Synonym: komplet
 
Declension
    
Noun
    
ful m inan
Declension
    
Romanian
    
    
Saterland Frisian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /fʊl/
- Hyphenation: ful
- Rhymes: -ʊl
Etymology 1
    
From Old Frisian full, from Proto-West Germanic *full. Cognates include West Frisian fol and German voll.
Adjective
    
ful (masculine fullen, feminine, plural or definite fulle, comparative fuller, superlative fulst)
Antonyms
    
- (antonym(s) of “full”): loos
Etymology 2
    
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Spanish
    
    Etymology
    
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈful/ [ˈful]
- Rhymes: -ul
- Syllabification: ful
Further reading
    
- “ful”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz. Compare English foul, Dutch vuil, German faul.
Pronunciation
    
- (Sweden) IPA(key): /fʉːl/
- Audio - (file) 
- Rhymes: -ʉːl
Adjective
    
ful (comparative fulare, superlative fulast)
- ugly; of displeasing appearance
- Det var den fulaste unge jag någonsin sett.- That's the ugliest kid I've ever seen.
 
 
- dirty, bad; something contradictory to norms and rules
- Larsson gjorde en riktigt ful tackling.- Larsson pulled off a really dirty tackle.
 
 
- prefix indicating a state of low or poor quality: an ironic opposite of fin (“fine, elegant”).
- 2000, Mikael Niemi, Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.
- Hukande tassade han fram till predikstolen, en skygg liten gosse med fulsnaggat hår.- Shoulders hunched, he tip-toed toward the pulpit, a bashful little boy with an awful haircut.
 
 
 
- 2000, Mikael Niemi, Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.
Declension
    
| Inflection of ful | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 | 
| Common singular | ful | fulare | fulast | 
| Neuter singular | fult | fulare | fulast | 
| Plural | fula | fulare | fulast | 
| Masculine plural3 | fule | fulare | fulast | 
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative | 
| Masculine singular1 | fule | fulare | fulaste | 
| All | fula | fulare | fulaste | 
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Further reading
    
- ful in Svensk ordbok.