populous

populous

English

Etymology

First used in English in the mid 15th century; from Latin populosus (“full of people, populous”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒpjʊləs/
• (US) enPR: päpʹyə-ləs, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpjələs/
• Homophone: populace

Adjective

populous (comparative more populous, superlative most populous)

1. Having a large population.

   China is the most populous country in the world.

2. (of a language) Spoken by a large number of people.

   Chinese is the most populous language.

   • Victoria Fromkin, ‎Robert Rodman, ‎Nina M. Hyams, An Introduction to Language →ISBN, page 524:

     The Sino-Tibetan family includes Mandarin, the most populous language in the world, spoken by more than one billion Chinese.

3. Densely populated.

   The Nile delta is a populous region.

4. Crowded with people.

   Airport departure halls are often populous places during the rush hours.

Translations

having a large population

Chinese: Mandarin: 人口稠密 (zh) (rénkǒu chóumì), 人口多 (rénkǒu duō) Finnish: väkirikas, runsasväkinen French: populeux (fr) German: volkreich, bevölkerungsreich (de) Japanese: 人口の多い (じんこうのおおい, jinkō-no ōi) Manx: pobbylagh Norwegian: Bokmål: folkerik, befolkningsrik Nynorsk: folkerik

Polish: ludny Portuguese: populoso (pt) Russian: густонаселённый (ru) (gustonaseljónnyj), многолю́дный (ru) (mnogoljúdnyj) Spanish: muy poblado m, populoso m Swedish: folkrik (sv) Vietnamese: đông (vi), đông đảo (vi)

densely populated

Finnish: tiheästi asuttu

Latin: celeber (la) Manx: pobbylagh

crowded with people

Finnish: ruuhkainen

Latin: celeber (la)