mouthful

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The amount that will fit in a mouth.
2. (slang) Quite a bit.
3. Something difficult to pronounce or say.
4. A tirade of abusive language.

Adj

Bombastic or awkward.

Concepts

bouchée

gorgée

goût

lampée

morceau

becquée

Synonymes

bite

morsel

gulp

draught

sip

taste

bit

pick

⛏️

puff

sup

swallow

thimbleful

swallowing in one gulp

basinful

some food

bubble

cud

downing

draft

handful

nosegay

Traductions

boccone

μπουκιά

hap

mondvol

bocado

bocado

boccata

lokma

bocanada

Happen

parola di difficile pronuncia

mundvoll

Mundvoll

χαψιά

γλωσσοδέτης

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: mouthful

Appartenant à néerlandais: mondvol

Appartenant à allemand: Mundvoll

Appartenant à danois: mundfuld

Appartenant à suédois: munfull

Appartenant à islandais: munnfylli

In summary

From Middle English mouthful, mouth-full, mouthe full, equivalent to mouth + -ful. Compare Dutch mondvol (“mouthful”), German Mundvoll (“mouthful”), Danish mundfuld (“mouthful”), Swedish munfull (“mouthful”), Icelandic munnfylli (“mouthful”). Compare also West Frisian mûlfol (“mouthful”).