colmare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to fill up (a glass, jar, etc.) to the brim
  2. (transitive) to fill (a depression or fossa in the ground) with soil or other materials
  3. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) to give abundantly
  4. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) to fill (someone) (with an emotion)

Frequency

26k
Hyphenated as
col‧mà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kolˈma.re/
Etymology

Probably from colmo, or alternatively, and less likely, from Latin cumulāre. Compare Spanish colmar.

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