-ful Definition
ful
See also fúl, and fül
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse fúll (“foul”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /fuːl/, [fuːˀl]
- Homophone: fugl
Adjective
ful (neuter fult, definite and plural fule)
- nasty, ugly
Lojban
Rafsi
ful
- Rafsi of fulta.
Maltese
Noun
ful
- Plural form of fula.
Middle English
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 herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse fúll.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ful
Inflection
Inflection of ful| Bokmål | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine singular | ful | fule | Comparative | fulere | Superlative | fulest | fuleste | |
| Feminine singular | ful | fule | ||||||
| Neuter singular | fult | fule | ||||||
| Plural | fule | fule | ||||||
| Nynorsk | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | ||||
| Masculine singular | ful | fule | Comparative | fulare | Superlative | fulast | fulaste | |
| Feminine singular | ful | fule | ||||||
| Neuter singular | fult | fule | ||||||
| Plural | fule | fule |
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *fullaz.
Adjective
ful
- Alternative form of full.
Etymology 2
from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, corresponding to Proto-Indo-European *pu-; compare Old High German fūl (German faul), Dutch vuil, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fūls), Old Norse fúll (Danish and Swedish ful).
Adjective
fūl
- foul (dirty, stinking, vile, corrupt)
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fullaz.
Adjective
ful
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ful/
Noun
ful m.
Declension
declension of ful| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ful | fule |
| genitive | fula | fuli/fulów |
| dative | fulowi | fulom |
| accusative | ful | fule |
| instrumental | fulem | fulami |
| locative | fulu | fulach |
| vocative | fulu | fule |
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ful
- ugly; of displeasing appearance
- Det var den fulaste unge jag någonsin sett.
- That's the ugliest kid I've ever seen.
- Det var den fulaste unge jag någonsin sett.
- dirty, bad; something contradictory to norms and rules
- Larsson gjorde en riktigt ful tackling.
- Larsson pulled off a really dirty tackle.
- Larsson gjorde en riktigt ful tackling.
- 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.
- Hukande tassade han fram till predikstolen, en skygg liten gosse med fulsnaggat hår.
- 2000, Mikael Niemi, Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.
Declension
Declension of ful| Inflections of ful | Absolute | Comparative | Superlative | ||
| Attributive | Predicative | ||||
| Indefinite singular | Common | ful | fulare | fulast | |
| Neuter | fult | ||||
| Definite singular | Masc. | fule | fulaste | ||
| All | fula | fulaste | |||
| Plural | fula | fulaste | |||
Related terms
- asful
- fulöl
- fulsnygg
- skitful
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