opulence

opulence

English

Etymology

From French opulence, from Latin opulentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒp.jʊl.əns/

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• Rhymes: -ɒpjʊləns

Noun

opulence (countable and uncountable, plural opulences)

1. wealth
2. abundance, bounty, profusion
3. ostentatious display of wealth and luxury; plushness.
   • 1721, John Gay, A Panegyrical Epiſtle to Mr. Thomas Snow, Goldſmith, near Temple-Bar; Occaſion’d by his Buying and Selling the Third South-Sea Subſcriptions, taken in by the Directors at a Thouſand per Cent, published in 1733 in Miſcellanies, volume 3, page 239:

     There in full Opulence a Banker dwelt,
     Who all the Joys and Pangs of Riches felt;
     His Side-board glitter’d with imagin’d Plate;
     And his proud Fancy held a vaſt Eſtate.

   • C. J. Fox:

     The most meritorious persons have always … been removed from opulence.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:wealth

Related terms

• opulent

Translations

wealth

Catalan: opulència f Dutch: rijkdom (nl) m, weelde (nl) Finnish: vauraus (fi) German: Reichtum (de) m, Wohlstand (de) m Latin: opēs (la) f pl, opulentia f Polish: obfitość (pl) f Romanian: opulență (ro) f Russian: бога́тство (ru) n (bogátstvo) Spanish: opulencia (es) f Swedish: rikedom (sv)

abundance

Dutch: overvloed (nl) m Finnish: ylenpalttisuus (fi) Russian: изоби́лие (ru) n (izobílije), пы́шность (ru) f (pýšnostʹ) (figuratively) Swedish: överflöd (sv) n

ostentatious display of wealth and luxury

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: loisto (fi), mahtailu (fi), ylenpalttisuus (fi) Russian: ро́скошь (ru) f (róskošʹ), роско́шество (ru) n (roskóšestvo)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opulentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.py.lɑ̃s/

Noun

opulence f (plural opulences)

1. opulence

Related terms

• opulent

Further reading

• “opulence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.