English · adjective

powerful

‘having power’
power+-fulPOS

-ful — possessive / characterised-by

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
powerful
power+-fulpossessive / characterised-by
French
puissant
puissant
Hindi
बलवानbalvān
बल+-वानpossessive / characterised-by
Telugu
బలవంతుడుbalavantuḍu
బలం+-వంతుడుpossessive / characterised-by
Tamil
வலிமையானvalimaiyāṉa
வலி+-மைabstract state+-ஆனrelational adjective

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  1. 01powerful is an English adjective formed from the stem power with the suffix -ful (possessive / characterised-by).3 steps
    • rulerule:morphology-chain
    • affixaffix:en:-ful
    • rulerule:segmentation-confidence:1.0
  2. 02Its meaning ('having power') can be approximated as HAVE(HAVE(BIG, DO)) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.3 steps
  3. 03Aligned forms: French puissant (translation equivalent); Hindi बलवान (balvān) (translation equivalent); Tamil வலிமையான (valimaiyāṉa) (translation equivalent); Telugu బలవంతుడు (balavantuḍu) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment