"dicey" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdaɪsi/ Audio: En-au-dicey.ogg [Australia] Forms: dicier [comparative], diciest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪsi Etymology: dice + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dice|y}} dice + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} dicey (comparative dicier, superlative diciest)
  1. Fraught with danger. Translations (fraught with danger): потенциално опасен (potencialno opasen) (Bulgarian), nebezpečný (Czech), gevaarlijk (Dutch), bedreigend (Dutch), périlleux [masculine] (French), risqué [masculine] (French), brenzlig (German), опа́сный (opásnyj) (Russian), potencijalno opasan (Serbo-Croatian), riesgoso (Spanish), peligroso (Spanish), farlig (Swedish), riskli (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dicey-en-adj-7~UFQJwK Disambiguation of 'fraught with danger': 96 1 1 1
  2. Of uncertain, risky outcome. Translations (of uncertain, risky outcome): рискован (riskovan) (Bulgarian), riskantní (Czech), ošemetný (Czech), zrádný (Czech), onzeker (Dutch), riskant (Dutch), au résultat incertain (French), risqué (French), riskant (German), riscant [masculine] (Romanian), рискованый (riskovanyj) (Russian), riskantan (Serbo-Croatian), rizičan (Serbo-Croatian), peligroso (Spanish), arriesgado (Spanish), dudoso (Spanish), incierto (Spanish), riskabel (Swedish), belirsiz (Turkish), gayrimuayyen [obsolete] (Turkish), müphem [obsolete] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dicey-en-adj-Se0iCGhv Disambiguation of 'of uncertain, risky outcome': 1 85 13 0
  3. Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy.
    Sense id: en-dicey-en-adj-NEAnq13c
  4. (slang) Nauseating, rank. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-dicey-en-adj-tc223JPO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 5 8 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 28 4 10 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chancy, iffy, dicy Derived forms: diceyness, dicily

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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of uncertain, risky outcome",
      "word": "dudoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of uncertain, risky outcome",
      "word": "incierto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of uncertain, risky outcome",
      "word": "riskabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of uncertain, risky outcome",
      "word": "belirsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of uncertain, risky outcome",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "gayrimuayyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of uncertain, risky outcome",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "müphem"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dicey"
}

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