"airtight" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more airtight [comparative], most airtight [superlative]
Etymology: air + tight Etymology templates: {{compound|en|air|tight}} air + tight Head templates: {{en-adj}} airtight (comparative more airtight, superlative most airtight)
  1. Impermeable to air or other gases. Synonyms (impermeable to air): hermetic Translations (impermeable to air or other gases): герметы́чны (hjermjetýčny) (Belarusian), паветранепраніка́льны (pavjetranjepranikálʹny) (Belarusian), hermètic (Catalan), 氣密的 (Chinese Mandarin), 气密的 (qìmì de) (Chinese Mandarin), 密封的 (mìfēng de) (Chinese Mandarin), lufttæt (Danish), luchtdicht (Dutch), hermetisch (Dutch), hermetika (Esperanto), õhukindel (Estonian), hermeetiline (Estonian), ilmatiivis (Finnish), hermeettinen (Finnish), kaasutiivis (Finnish), hermétique (French), étanche (French), luftdicht (German), hermetisch (German), αεροστεγής (aerostegís) (Greek), loftþéttur (Icelandic), aerdhíonach (Irish), aerobach (Irish), aeriata (Irish), ermetico [masculine] (Italian), 気密の (kimitsu no) (alt: きみつの) (Japanese), 密閉の (mippei no) (alt: みっぺいの) (Japanese), херме́тичен (hermétičen) (Macedonian), воздухонепро́пустлив (vozduhoneprópustliv) (Macedonian), lufttett (Norwegian Bokmål), lufttett (Norwegian Nynorsk), szczelny (Polish), powietrznoszczelny [rare] (Polish), hermético (Portuguese), impermeável (Portuguese), гермети́чный (germetíčnyj) (Russian), воздухонепроница́емый (vozduxonepronicájemyj) (Russian), zrakotesen [masculine] (Slovene), hermético (Spanish), lufttät (Swedish), hermetisk (Swedish), luom (Tagalog), гермети́чний (hermetýčnyj) (Ukrainian), повітронепроникни́й (povitronepronyknýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-airtight-en-adj-63pkCICY Disambiguation of 'impermeable to air': 99 1 1 Disambiguation of 'impermeable to air or other gases': 98 1 1
  2. (figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws. Tags: figuratively Translations (having no weak points or flaws): hermètic (Catalan), 無破綻的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无破绽的 (wú pòzhàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 嚴密的 (Chinese Mandarin), 严密的 (yánmì de) (Chinese Mandarin), sluitend (Dutch), onweerlegbaar (Dutch), pitävä (Finnish), vedenpitävä (Finnish), en béton (French), hieb- und stichfest (German), wasserdicht (German), αρραγής (arragís) (Greek), óhrekjandi (Icelandic), doshéanta (Irish), cruinn (Irish), inexpugnável (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-airtight-en-adj-fezSikdx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 68 28 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 51 45 Disambiguation of 'having no weak points or flaws': 1 96 3
  3. (figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-airtight-en-adj-GuGJvziG Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 51 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: air-tight, air tight Derived forms: airtighten, airtightly, airtightness, nonairtight
Related terms: coldtight, cold-tight, drafttight, draft-tight, draughttight, draught-tight, driptight, drip-tight, dusttight, dust-tight, gastight, gas-tight, heattight, heat-tight, jointtight, joint-tight, leaktight, leak-tight, lighttight, light-tight, liquidtight, liquid-tight, oiltight, oil-tight, pressuretight, pressure-tight, raintight, rain-tight, sandtight, sand-tight, soiltight, soil-tight, thoughttight, thought-tight, watertight, water-tight, weathertight, weather-tight

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          "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
          "word": "inexpugnável"
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          "ref": "1908, The Plumbers Trade Journal, Plumbers’ Trade Journal Publishing Company, volume 44",
          "text": "when Roger asked for $100 to take the preliminary steps to establish his claim, Mike yelled like a Hebrew auctioneer, for he was air-tight and squeezed a dollar until the woman on it yelled."
        },
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          "ref": "1915 April, Annals of Iowa, Historical Department of Iowa, series 3, volume 12, page 599",
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        }
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        "(figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted."
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    }
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}
{
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      "word": "breathable"
    },
    {
      "word": "transpirable"
    }
  ],
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    "English adjectives",
    "English compound adjectives",
    "English compound terms",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    {
      "word": "airtighten"
    },
    {
      "word": "airtightly"
    },
    {
      "word": "airtightness"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonairtight"
    }
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    }
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      "form": "more airtight",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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      "form": "most airtight",
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        "superlative"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "coldtight"
    },
    {
      "word": "cold-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "drafttight"
    },
    {
      "word": "draft-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "draughttight"
    },
    {
      "word": "draught-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "driptight"
    },
    {
      "word": "drip-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "dusttight"
    },
    {
      "word": "dust-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "gastight"
    },
    {
      "word": "gas-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "heattight"
    },
    {
      "word": "heat-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "jointtight"
    },
    {
      "word": "joint-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "leaktight"
    },
    {
      "word": "leak-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "lighttight"
    },
    {
      "word": "light-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "liquidtight"
    },
    {
      "word": "liquid-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "oiltight"
    },
    {
      "word": "oil-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "pressuretight"
    },
    {
      "word": "pressure-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "raintight"
    },
    {
      "word": "rain-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "sandtight"
    },
    {
      "word": "sand-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "soiltight"
    },
    {
      "word": "soil-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "thoughttight"
    },
    {
      "word": "thought-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "watertight"
    },
    {
      "word": "water-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "weathertight"
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      "word": "weather-tight"
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        {
          "ref": "1990 April 28, Patricia Roth Schwartz, “The Odd Couple”, in Gay Community News, page 7",
          "text": "She creates an airtight world of her imagining.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "We have an airtight argument they won’t be able to punch holes in."
        }
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        "(figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws."
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        {
          "ref": "1908, The Plumbers Trade Journal, Plumbers’ Trade Journal Publishing Company, volume 44",
          "text": "when Roger asked for $100 to take the preliminary steps to establish his claim, Mike yelled like a Hebrew auctioneer, for he was air-tight and squeezed a dollar until the woman on it yelled."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1915 April, Annals of Iowa, Historical Department of Iowa, series 3, volume 12, page 599",
          "text": "He was ‘air-tight,’ close-mouthed, and had but few confidants or intimate friends, but numerous acquaintances."
        }
      ],
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        "Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted."
      ],
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      "sense": "impermeable to air",
      "word": "hermetic"
    },
    {
      "word": "air-tight"
    },
    {
      "word": "air tight"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hjermjetýčny",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "герметы́чны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pavjetranjepranikálʹny",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "паветранепраніка́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermètic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "氣密的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qìmì de",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "气密的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mìfēng de",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "密封的"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "lufttæt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "luchtdicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermetisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "õhukindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermeetiline"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "ilmatiivis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermeettinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "kaasutiivis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermétique"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "étanche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "luftdicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermetisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aerostegís",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "αεροστεγής"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "loftþéttur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "aerdhíonach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "aerobach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "aeriata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ermetico"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きみつの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kimitsu no",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "気密の"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みっぺいの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mippei no",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "密閉の"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "hermétičen",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "херме́тичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vozduhoneprópustliv",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "воздухонепро́пустлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "lufttett"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "lufttett"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "szczelny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "powietrznoszczelny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermético"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "impermeável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "germetíčnyj",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "гермети́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozduxonepronicájemyj",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "воздухонепроница́емый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zrakotesen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermético"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "lufttät"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermetisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "luom"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hermetýčnyj",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "гермети́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povitronepronyknýj",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "повітронепроникни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "hermètic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "無破綻的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wú pòzhàn de",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "无破绽的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "嚴密的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yánmì de",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "严密的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "sluitend"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "onweerlegbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "pitävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "vedenpitävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "en béton"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "hieb- und stichfest"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "wasserdicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "arragís",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "αρραγής"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "óhrekjandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "doshéanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "cruinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "inexpugnável"
    }
  ],
  "word": "airtight"
}

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