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-ful¹

  • /fʊl/
  • /fəl/
  • [fl̩]

Rhymes with -ʊl

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English -ful, -full, from Old English -ful, -full (“full of; -ful”), from Proto-Germanic *-fullaz (“-ful”), from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”); see full. Cognate with Scots -fu, Saterland Frisian -ful (“-ful”), West Frisian -fol (“-ful”), Dutch -vol (“-ful”), German -voll (“-ful”), Swedish -full (“-ful”), Danish -fuld (“-ful”), Icelandic -fullur, -fyllur (“-ful”).

suffix more -ful · most -ful · -full · ⠰⠇

  1. morpheme Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun. sin + -ful → sinful

    Similar: -ose

Opposite: -less

-ful²

  • /fʊl/
  • /fəl/
  • [fl̩]

Rhymes with -ʊl

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, -full, from Proto-Germanic *fullō, *fullijô (“filling”).

suffix -fuls · -sful · -full · ⠰⠇

  1. morpheme Used to form nouns from nouns meaning “as much as can be held by what is denoted by the noun”. bowl + -ful → bowlful

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suffix

Opposite: -less

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suffix full of, possessing

Deutsch-voll

suffix as much as can be held

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@misc{ful_2026,
  title = {-ful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}