amplo

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• inpyo (Fribourgeois)
• amplou (Jurassien)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amplus.

Adjective

amplo (feminine ampla, masculine plural amplos, feminine plural amples) (ORB large)

1. extensive, plentiful

Derived terms

• amplor

References

• ample in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• amplo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “amplus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 487

Latin

Adjective

amplō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of amplus

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.plu/

• Hyphenation: am‧plo

Adjective

amplo (feminine ampla, masculine plural amplos, feminine plural amplas)

1. ample, wide

   Synonyms: ancho, largo

   Antonym: estreito

   Caminho amplo. ― Wide pathway.

2. spacious

   Synonym: espaçoso

   Amplos aposentos. ― Ample dwellings.

3. abundant, abounding (fully sufficient)

   Synonyms: abundante, farto, extenso

   Ampla evidência. ― Abounding evidence.

Usage notes

More commonly than other adjectives, it may be used preceding the noun it modifies.

Related terms

• ampliação
• ampliadamente
• ampliado
• ampliador
• ampliamento
• ampliar
• ampliativo
• ampliatório
• ampliável
• amplidão
• amplificação
• amplificado
• amplificador
• amplificante
• amplificar
• amplificativo
• amplificável
• amplitude
• ancho

 

Spanish

Adjective

amplo (feminine ampla, masculine plural amplos, feminine plural amplas)

1. Obsolete spelling of amplio.

Further reading

• “amplo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014