"flaky" meaning in All languages combined

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "flakily"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "flakiness"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "flaky pastry"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "flake",
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      },
      "expansion": "flake + -y",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From flake + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flakier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flakiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "flaky (comparative flakier, superlative flakiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cornflakey"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 30 33",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
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        },
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "en:Personality",
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike."
      ],
      "id": "en-flaky-en-adj-ibvc8tzF",
      "links": [
        [
          "flakes",
          "flake"
        ],
        [
          "loose",
          "loose"
        ],
        [
          "masses",
          "masses"
        ],
        [
          "cleaving",
          "cleaving"
        ],
        [
          "flakes",
          "flakes"
        ],
        [
          "layers",
          "layers"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ljuspest",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "word": "люспест"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "word": "vlokkig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "word": "hiutalemainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "word": "hilseilevä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "word": "flockig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "word": "blättrig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "word": "schuppig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "word": "aus Schichten bestehend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "word": "exzentrisch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "lepioeidís",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "λεπιοειδής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "folidoeidís",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "φολιδοειδής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xlopʹjevidnyj",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "word": "хлопьевидный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 7 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "plastívčástyj",
          "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пласті́вча́стий"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 30 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Joseph Itiel, A Consumer's Guide to Male Hustlers",
          "text": "I have noticed that when hustlers upgrade themselves to models (as distinguished from models who have never hustled) they tend to continue being flaky about appointments. On my last trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, I was stood up twice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans."
      ],
      "id": "en-flaky-en-adj-rJNSE3Ov",
      "links": [
        [
          "Unreliable",
          "unreliable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction."
      ],
      "id": "en-flaky-en-adj-tKmNuTo3",
      "links": [
        [
          "Unreliable",
          "unreliable"
        ],
        [
          "intermittent",
          "intermittent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a thing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfleɪkiː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪki"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-flaky.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/En-us-flaky.ogg/En-us-flaky.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-us-flaky.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "flakey"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "malasidua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "epäluotettava"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "häilähtelevä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "ailahteleva"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lâcheur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "unzuverlässig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alloprósallos",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αλλοπρόσαλλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "inaffidabile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "strambo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nedóverliv",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "недо́верлив"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "māhunga wai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "postrzelony"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenadjóžnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "ненадёжный"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vetrenyj",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "ветреный"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nepévnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "непе́вний"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lehkovážnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "легкова́жний"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 45 45",
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "umfarlozlekh",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "אומפֿאַרלאָזלעך"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flaky"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪki",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪki/2 syllables",
    "en:Personality"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "flakily"
    },
    {
      "word": "flakiness"
    },
    {
      "word": "flaky pastry"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "2": "flake",
        "3": "-y",
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      },
      "expansion": "flake + -y",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From flake + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flakier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flakiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "flaky (comparative flakier, superlative flakiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cornflakey"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flakes",
          "flake"
        ],
        [
          "loose",
          "loose"
        ],
        [
          "masses",
          "masses"
        ],
        [
          "cleaving",
          "cleaving"
        ],
        [
          "flakes",
          "flakes"
        ],
        [
          "layers",
          "layers"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Joseph Itiel, A Consumer's Guide to Male Hustlers",
          "text": "I have noticed that when hustlers upgrade themselves to models (as distinguished from models who have never hustled) they tend to continue being flaky about appointments. On my last trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, I was stood up twice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Unreliable",
          "unreliable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Unreliable",
          "unreliable"
        ],
        [
          "intermittent",
          "intermittent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, of a thing) Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a thing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfleɪkiː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪki"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-flaky.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/En-us-flaky.ogg/En-us-flaky.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-us-flaky.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "flakey"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ljuspest",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "люспест"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "vlokkig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "hiutalemainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "hilseilevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "flockig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "blättrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "schuppig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "aus Schichten bestehend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "exzentrisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lepioeidís",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λεπιοειδής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "folidoeidís",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φολιδοειδής"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlopʹjevidnyj",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "word": "хлопьевидный"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plastívčástyj",
      "sense": "Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пласті́вча́стий"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "malasidua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "epäluotettava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "häilähtelevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "ailahteleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lâcheur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "unzuverlässig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alloprósallos",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αλλοπρόσαλλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "inaffidabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "strambo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nedóverliv",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "недо́верлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "māhunga wai"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "postrzelony"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenadjóžnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "ненадёжный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vetrenyj",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "ветреный"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nepévnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "непе́вний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lehkovážnyj",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "легкова́жний"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "umfarlozlekh",
      "sense": "of a person: unreliable",
      "word": "אומפֿאַרלאָזלעך"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flaky"
}