"airtight" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more airtight [comparative], most airtight [superlative]
Etymology: From 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)
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  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
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

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1990 April 28, Patricia Roth Schwartz, “The Odd Couple”, in Gay Community News, page 7:",
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          "word": "無破綻的"
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          "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
          "word": "无破绽的"
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          "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
          "word": "严密的"
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          "word": "vedenpitävä"
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          "_dis1": "1 95 4",
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          "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
          "word": "en béton"
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          "word": "hieb- und stichfest"
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          "word": "wasserdicht"
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          "word": "αρραγής"
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          "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
          "word": "óhrekjandi"
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          "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
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          "_dis1": "1 95 4",
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          "sense": "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."
        },
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          "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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      "word": "transpirable"
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          "ref": "1990 April 28, Patricia Roth Schwartz, “The Odd Couple”, in Gay Community News, page 7:",
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          "ref": "1908, The Plumbers Trade Journal, Plumbers’ Trade Journal Publishing Company, volume 44",
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      "word": "герметы́чны"
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      "word": "hermètic"
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      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "氣密的"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "mìfēng de",
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      "word": "密封的"
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      "word": "lufttæt"
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      "word": "luchtdicht"
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      "word": "hermetisch"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "hermétique"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "étanche"
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      "word": "luftdicht"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
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      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "lufttett"
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      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
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      "word": "powietrznoszczelny"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermético"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "impermeável"
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      "roman": "germetíčnyj",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "гермети́чный"
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      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "воздухонепроница́емый"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zrakotesen"
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      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermético"
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      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "lufttät"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "hermetisk"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "luom"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "hermetýčnyj",
      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
      "word": "гермети́чний"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "impermeable to air or other gases",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "hermètic"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "無破綻的"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wú pòzhàn de",
      "sense": "having no weak points or flaws",
      "word": "无破绽的"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "嚴密的"
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    {
      "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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