"downy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdaʊni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-downy.wav Forms: downier [comparative], downiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aʊni Etymology: From down + -y. Etymology templates: {{af|en|down|-y|id2=adjectival}} down + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} downy (comparative downier, superlative downiest)
  1. Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair. Translations (having down): marbluñvek (Breton), пухест (puhest) (Bulgarian), мъхест (mǎhest) (Bulgarian), 毛茸茸 (máoróngróng) (Chinese Mandarin), donzig (Dutch), untuvainen (Finnish), duveteux (French), flaumig (German), clúmhach (Irish), lanuginoso (Italian), pūkains (Latvian), dünijch (Plautdietsch), puchowy (Polish), пухо́вый (puxóvyj) (english: made of down) (Russian), пуши́стый (pušístyj) (english: furry, fuzzy) (Russian), dunig (Swedish), manbluog (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-downy-en-adj-44YM0Lxx Disambiguation of 'having down': 78 5 17
  2. (slang, dated) Sharp-witted, perceptive. Tags: dated, slang Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-downy-en-adj-~S0GN8hl Disambiguation of Emotions: 1 50 47 2 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 46 48 4 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 4 38 46 10 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 49 45 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 49 46 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 50 46 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 4 42 50 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 3 47 44 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 46 46 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 48 44 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 50 41 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 41 49 5 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 48 45 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 4 42 49 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 1 50 48 1 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 42 48 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 52 42 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 47 46 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 3 48 44 4 1
  3. (UK, Norfolk) Low-spirited; down in the mouth. Tags: Norfolk, UK Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-downy-en-adj-DVFu8Xkq Disambiguation of Emotions: 1 50 47 2 1 Categories (other): British English, Norfolk English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 46 48 4 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 4 38 46 10 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 49 45 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 49 46 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 50 46 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 4 42 50 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 40 52 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 3 47 44 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 46 46 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 48 44 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 50 41 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 41 49 5 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 48 45 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 4 42 49 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 37 53 5 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 1 50 48 1 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 42 48 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 47 46 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 3 48 44 4 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: downy birch, downy rattlesnake, downy willow, downy woodpecker

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdaʊni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-downy.wav Forms: downies [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊni Etymology: From down + -y. Etymology templates: {{af|en|down|-y|id2=adjectival}} down + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} downy (plural downies)
  1. A blanket filled with down; a duvet.
    Sense id: en-downy-en-noun-lNR9-Mfq Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 4 38 46 10 2
  2. (slang, dated) A bed. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-downy-en-noun-zpTyZ4s9

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "downy birch"
    },
    {
      "word": "downy rattlesnake"
    },
    {
      "word": "downy willow"
    },
    {
      "word": "downy woodpecker"
    }
  ],
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        "id2": "adjectival"
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      "expansion": "down + -y",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From down + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "downier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "downiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1947, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Speech in UK House of Commons, 10th November 1947",
          "text": "The right hon. Gentleman has much more claim to the adjective downy than I have, but he really cannot catch me with that one.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 10, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:",
          "text": "I’m not clever, p’raps: but I am rather downy; and partial friends say I know what’s o’clock tolerably well.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sharp-witted, perceptive."
      ],
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        [
          "Sharp-witted",
          "sharp-witted"
        ],
        [
          "perceptive",
          "perceptive"
        ]
      ],
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        "(slang, dated) Sharp-witted, perceptive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "Norfolk English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Low-spirited; down in the mouth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "down in the mouth",
          "down in the mouth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, Norfolk) Low-spirited; down in the mouth."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Norfolk",
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdaʊni/"
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-aʊni"
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      "homophone": "Downie"
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    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "marbluñvek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "puhest",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "пухест"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎhest",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "мъхест"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "máoróngróng",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "毛茸茸"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "donzig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "untuvainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "duveteux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "flaumig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "clúmhach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "lanuginoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "pūkains"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "dünijch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "puchowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "made of down",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "puxóvyj",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "пухо́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "furry, fuzzy",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pušístyj",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "пуши́стый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "dunig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having down",
      "word": "manbluog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "downy"
}

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    "Rhymes:English/aʊni",
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From down + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "downies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "downy (plural downies)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Dorothy M. Jensen, The Little Girl From 311 Travis Street, page 246:",
          "text": "Went to bed with 2 downies on the bed, but the heat finally kicked in and ended with one cover and my feet sticking out.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A blanket filled with down; a duvet."
      ],
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        [
          "blanket",
          "blanket"
        ],
        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ],
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          "duvet",
          "duvet"
        ]
      ]
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "text": "to do the downy (i.e. lie in bed)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1857, Anthony Trollope, The Three Clerks, volume I, London: Richard Bentley, page 181:",
          "text": "\"Lord love you, Mr. Scott, I've a deal to do before I get to my downy; and I don't like those doctored tipples. Good night, Mr. Scott; I wishes you good night, sir;\" and making another slight reference to his hat, which had not been removed from his head during the whole interview, Mr. Manylodes took himself off.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bed",
          "bed#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, dated) A bed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdaʊni/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊni"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Downie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "downy"
}

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