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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plena#Esperanto
plena
Etymology
Compare Latin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin
plēnārius
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plenarius#Latin
, Catalan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language
ple
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ple#Catalan
, French
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language
plein
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plein#French
, Ido
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ido
plena
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plena#Ido
, Italian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language
pieno
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pieno#Italian
, Portuguese
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language
cheio
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cheio#Portuguese
, Romanian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language
plin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plin#Romanian
, Sardinian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinian_language
prenu
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prenu#Sardinian
, Spanish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language
lleno
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lleno#Spanish
. Pronunciation
Adjective
plena (accusative singular
plenan
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plenan#Esperanto
, plural plenaj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plenaj#Esperanto
, accusative plural plenajn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plenajn#Esperanto
) full
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/full
, complete
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/complete
Usage notes
-plena is used in many compounds to mean "full of", similar to the suffix
-ful
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ful#English
. Antonyms
malplena
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malplena#Esperanto
(“empty”)
Derived terms
nuboplena
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nuboplena#Esperanto
(“overcast”) plenmano
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plenmano#Esperanto
(“handful”) plenplena
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plenplena#Esperanto
(“chock full”)