amplo
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Franco-Provençal
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
amplo (feminine ampla, masculine plural amplos, feminine plural amples) (ORB, broad)
Derived terms
References
Further information
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “amplus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 487
Latin
Adjective
amplō
References
- “amplo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amplo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin amplus (“spacious; ample”). Doublet of ancho.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: am‧plo
Adjective
amplo (feminine ampla, masculine plural amplos, feminine plural amplas)
- ample, wide
- spacious
- Synonym: espaçoso
- Amplos aposentos. ― Ample dwellings.
- abundant, abounding (fully sufficient)
Usage notes
More commonly than other adjectives, it may be used preceding the noun it modifies.
Related terms
Spanish
Adjective
amplo (feminine ampla, masculine plural amplos, feminine plural amplas)
Further reading
- “amplo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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