"feather-light" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From feather (noun) + light (“little weight”, adjective). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|feather|light|pos1=noun|pos2=adjective|t2=little weight}} feather (noun) + light (“little weight”, adjective) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} feather-light (not comparable)
  1. Extremely light; light as a feather. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: featherlight Translations (extremely light): höyhenenkevyt (Finnish), untuvankevyt (Finnish), federleicht (German), pehelykönnyű (Hungarian), ușor ca pana (Romanian), ligerísimo (Spanish), fjäderlätt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-feather-light-en-adj--5z2BAdF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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Download JSON data for feather-light meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)

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          "sense": "extremely light",
          "word": "ușor ca pana"
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