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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈbɑː.mi/ [UK], /ˈbɑmi/ [US], /ˈbɔmi/ [US], /ˈbɑlmi/ [US] Audio: en-au-balmy.ogg Forms: balmier [comparative], balmiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɑːmi, -ɑːlmi Etymology: From balm + -y. Doublet of balsamic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|balm|y}} balm + -y, {{doublet|en|balsamic}} Doublet of balsamic Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} balmy (comparative balmier, superlative balmiest)
  1. Producing balm.
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  2. Soothing or fragrant. Translations (soothing or fragrant): ароматичен (aromatičen) (Bulgarian), уханен (uhanen) (Bulgarian), vonný (Czech), balsamisk (Danish), leppoisa (Finnish), rauhoittava (english: soothing) (Finnish), tuoksuva (english: fragrant) (Finnish), embaumant (French), suave (French), lindernd (German), mildernd (German), sanft (German), balzsamos (Hungarian), illatos (Hungarian), balsamach (Irish), balsamach (Old Irish), арома́тный (aromátnyj) (Russian), благоуханный (blagouxannyj) (Russian), குணப்படுத்தத் தக்க (kuṇappaṭuttat takka) (Tamil), மென்மையான (meṉmaiyāṉa) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-balmy-en-adj-02jjmlhg Disambiguation of 'soothing or fragrant': 3 92 3 1
  3. Of weather, mild and pleasant. Translations (mild and pleasant): мек (mek) (Bulgarian), нежен (nežen) (Bulgarian), 温暖惬意的 (Chinese Mandarin), vlahý (Czech), balsamisk (Danish), leppeä (Finnish), lempeä (Finnish), leuto (Finnish), doux (French), agréable (French), mild (German), sanft (German), balzsamos (Hungarian), enyhe (Hungarian), balsamach (Irish), tūāhuru (note: of the weather) (Maori), не́жный (néžnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-balmy-en-adj-2mHY3gBV Disambiguation of 'mild and pleasant': 1 7 86 7
  4. (informal, US) Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric. Tags: US, informal Synonyms: barmy [UK] Translations (colloquial: foolish): смахнат (smahnat) (Bulgarian), trhlý (Czech), střelený (Czech), hämy (Finnish), cintré (French), fou (French), bizarre (French), bolondos (Hungarian), hóbortos (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-balmy-en-adj-rQtVI0px Categories (other): American English, English terms suffixed with -y, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Old Irish translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 46 8 2 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 44 8 8 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 36 6 7 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 44 8 8 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Irish translations: 36 6 7 51 Disambiguation of 'colloquial: foolish': 0 0 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: balmify, balmily, balminess, barmy (english: probably), unbalmy

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "balm + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "balsamic"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of balsamic",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From balm + -y. Doublet of balsamic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balmier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balmiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "balmy (comparative balmier, superlative balmiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Producing balm."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "balm",
          "balm"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Soothing or fragrant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Soothing",
          "soothing"
        ],
        [
          "fragrant",
          "fragrant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949 March 7, “Pyramid Club Craze Sweeps Nation”, in LIFE, volume 26, number 10, →ISSN, page 27:",
          "text": "The new mass hysteria is known as the Pyramid Club and began—like so many other strange and wonderful notions—somewhere under the balmy skies of California.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of weather, mild and pleasant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mild",
          "mild"
        ],
        [
          "pleasant",
          "pleasant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 125:",
          "text": "I'm going away. He's off his chump, he is. I dont want no balmies teaching me.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1958 April 1, Roald Dahl, “Parson's Pleasure”, in Esquire, page 148:",
          "text": "'I reckon he's balmy,' Claud said, and Bert grinned darkly, rolling his misty eye slowly round in its socket.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "crazy",
          "crazy"
        ],
        [
          "mad",
          "mad"
        ],
        [
          "eccentric",
          "eccentric"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, US) Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "barmy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɑː.mi/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɑmi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔmi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɑlmi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-balmy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/En-au-balmy.ogg/En-au-balmy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/En-au-balmy.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːmi"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːlmi"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "aromatičen",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "ароматичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uhanen",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "уханен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "vonný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "balsamisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "leppoisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "soothing",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "rauhoittava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "fragrant",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "tuoksuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "embaumant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "suave"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "lindernd"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "mildernd"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "sanft"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "balzsamos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "illatos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "balsamach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "balsamach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aromátnyj",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "арома́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blagouxannyj",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "благоуханный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kuṇappaṭuttat takka",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "குணப்படுத்தத் தக்க"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "meṉmaiyāṉa",
      "sense": "soothing or fragrant",
      "word": "மென்மையான"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mek",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "мек"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nežen",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "нежен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "温暖惬意的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "vlahý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "balsamisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "leppeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "lempeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "leuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "doux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "agréable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "mild"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "sanft"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "balzsamos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "enyhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "balsamach"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of the weather",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "tūāhuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "néžnyj",
      "sense": "mild and pleasant",
      "word": "не́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smahnat",
      "sense": "colloquial: foolish",
      "word": "смахнат"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "colloquial: foolish",
      "word": "trhlý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "colloquial: foolish",
      "word": "střelený"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colloquial: foolish",
      "word": "hämy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "colloquial: foolish",
      "word": "cintré"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "colloquial: foolish",
      "word": "fou"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "colloquial: foolish",
      "word": "bizarre"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "colloquial: foolish",
      "word": "bolondos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "colloquial: foolish",
      "word": "hóbortos"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balmy"
}

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