Added 7 October 2026
full
/fʊl/ noun
In Latin: plēnus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about full at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The time when the Moon is fully illuminated.
the moon is at the full
verb
adjective
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Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal.
a full glass
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Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete.
an entire town devastated by an earthquake
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Complete in extent or degree and in every particular.
a full game
adverb
Origin
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, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish full. 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.
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