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plenty^¹

/ˈplɛnti/ UK
/ˈplɛnti/ US
[ˈplɛɾ̃i] US
[ˈplɛni] US
[ˈplɪɾ̃i]
[ˈplɪni]

Sounds like Pliny (pin–pen merger, nt-flapping) · Rhymes with -ɛnti

Where it comes from

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.

noun plenties

countable, uncountable A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude; a great deal. We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.
Similar: abundance, profusion

pronoun

More than enough. Acquire one of these and you'll have plenty of car for your money.

adverb

Canada, US, not comparable More than sufficiently. This office is plenty big enough for our needs.
Canada, US, colloquial, not comparable Used as an intensifier, very. She was plenty mad at him.

determiner

Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard much, enough There'll be plenty time later for that
Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard many Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.

adjective more plenty · most plenty

Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard, obsolete Plentiful. if reasons were as plenty as blackberries
Similar: plenteous

Plenty^²

proper noun

A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
A town in the Derwent Valley council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
A suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Nillumbik, Victoria, Australia

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: plentitude, plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, mickle, muckle, great deal, lot, enough, heap, sight, pile, mass, deal, wad, mess

Translations

Every language

noun a more-than-adequate amount

한국어	많음 maneum
日本語	沢山 takusan, 豊富 hōfu
中文	豐富 /丰富 fēngfù
हिन्दी	पर्याप्त paryāpt
Português	abundância
Français	abondance
Deutsch	Fülle, Überfluss
Italiano	abbondanza, cuccagna
Ελληνικά	αφθονία afthonía
Română	belşug
Русский	изоби́лие izobílije, оби́лие obílije, доста́ток dostátok, мно́жество mnóžestvo, избы́ток izbýtok
العربية	كَثِير kaṯīr
עברית	שפע

adv more than sufficiently or very

Español	bastante, asaz
Italiano	abbondantemente
Ελληνικά	αρκετά arketá
Русский	мно́го mnógo, доста́точно dostátočno, предоста́точно predostátočno

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@misc{plenty_2026,
  title = {plenty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plenty},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}