"peachy" meaning in All languages combined

See peachy on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpiːt͡ʃi/ Audio: En-au-peachy.ogg [Australia] Forms: peachier [comparative], peachiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːtʃi Etymology: Etymology tree Latin persicus Latin persicum Late Latin persica Vulgar Latin *pessica Old French peschebor. Middle English peche English peach Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English peachy From peach + -y. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|peach|-y<id:adjectival>|text=*|tree=+}} Etymology tree Latin persicus Latin persicum Late Latin persica Vulgar Latin *pessica Old French peschebor. Middle English peche English peach Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English peachy [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "persicum", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "persicus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "persicum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "persica", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*pessica", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "pesche", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "peche", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "peach", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-kos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "peachy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="peachy"> From peach + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} peachy (comparative peachier, superlative peachiest)
  1. Resembling a peach, peach-like. Translations (like a peach): perskeagtig (Afrikaans), broskvový (Czech), pfirsichähnlich (German), pfirsichartig (German), pfirsichhaft (German), perulega (Icelandic), persikolik (Swedish), persikoaktig (Swedish), persikoliknande (Swedish)
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  2. (colloquial) Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration. Tags: colloquial Translations (very good): skvělý (Czech), báječný (Czech), mahtavaa (Finnish), ihanaa (Finnish), schick (German), toll (German), הַכֹּל דְּבַשׁ (hakól dvash) (Hebrew), mjög (Icelandic), vel (Icelandic), grandioso (Italian), toppen (Swedish), finemang (Swedish), finfin (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: impeachy, peachily, peachiness, peachy keen

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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "like a peach",
      "word": "perskeagtig"
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      "sense": "like a peach",
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      "sense": "like a peach",
      "word": "pfirsichähnlich"
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      "word": "pfirsichhaft"
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      "sense": "like a peach",
      "word": "perulega"
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      "sense": "like a peach",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "very good",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "very good",
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "hakól dvash",
      "sense": "very good",
      "word": "הַכֹּל דְּבַשׁ"
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      "sense": "very good",
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      "sense": "very good",
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}

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