plenty
/ˈplɛnti/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
pron
More than enough.
det
many
Canadian usage; American usage; Colloquial
name
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Example Sentences
- "We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty."
- "During this season of distress, the discouragements to marriage, and the difficulty of rearing a family are so great that population is at a stand. In the mean time the cheapness of labour, the plenty of labourers, and the necessity of an increased industry amongst them, encourage cultivators to employ more labour upon their land, to turn up fresh soil, and to manure and improve more completely what is already in tillage."
- "'It's all right, darling,' said Bond, pulling out his notecase. 'You've forgotten you gave me your money to look after before we left the house.' 'Guess the lady'll need plenty for her summer frocks,' said the conductor."
- "Acquire one of these and you'll have plenty of car for your money."
- "This office is plenty big enough for our needs."
- "For the likes of her, the down-at-heels support of Hoboken pier was plenty good enough."
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman plent(é) + -y, from Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plēnitātem, accusative of plēnitās (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives replenish, plenary, complete, deplete, replete.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈplɛnti/
- British English: /ˈplɛnti/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- Colloquial
- Obsolete