fulle

See also: fülle, füllé, and Fülle

Middle English

Etymology 1

A variant of fille (fill, sufficiency) influenced by ful, reinforced by the Western Middle English development of Old English /y/ to /u/.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈful(ə)/

Noun

fulle (uncountable)

  1. The totality or entirety of something.
  2. A sufficient amount; the state of satiation.
  3. A desired amount; the state of satisfaction.
  4. Profusion, surfeit; a state of plenty.
  5. (rare) The apex or culmination of something.
Descendants
  • English: full
  • Scots: fou, full
References

Etymology 2

Adjective

fulle

  1. alternative form of ful
  2. inflection of ful:
    1. weak singular
    2. strong/weak plural

Etymology 3

Verb

fulle

  1. alternative form of fillen

Etymology 4

Verb

fulle

  1. alternative form of fullen (to fill)

Etymology 5

Verb

fulle

  1. alternative form of fullen (to full)

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

fulle

  1. definite singular of full
  2. plural of full

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

fulle

  1. definite singular of full
  2. plural of full

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈful.le/, [ˈfuɫ.ɫe]

Adjective

fulle

  1. inflection of full:
    1. strong accusative feminine singular
    2. strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular
    3. strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
    4. weak nominative feminine/neuter singular
    5. weak accusative neuter singular

Noun

fulle

  1. dative singular of full

Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʊlə/
  • Hyphenation: ful‧le
  • Rhymes: -ʊlə

Adjective

fulle

  1. Inflected form of ful

Swedish

Adjective

fulle

  1. definite natural masculine singular of full