"racy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɹeɪsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-racy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: racier [comparative], raciest [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪsi Etymology: race (“having a characteristic taste (of wines, fruits, etc.)”) + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|race#Etymology_2|-y|t1=having a characteristic taste (of wines, fruits, etc.)}} race (“having a characteristic taste (of wines, fruits, etc.)”) + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} racy (comparative racier, superlative raciest)
  1. Mildly risqué.
    Sense id: en-racy-en-adj-xDVnwOLI
  2. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil. Synonyms: fresh, rich
    Sense id: en-racy-en-adj-IjuBpO3A
  3. (figurative, by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively. Tags: broadly, figuratively Translations (lively and entertaining and typically slightly risque): дързък (dǎrzǎk) (Bulgarian), ronski (Finnish), härski (Finnish), tātākī (Maori), sexy (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-racy-en-adj-tQQvEyUH Disambiguation of 'lively and entertaining and typically slightly risque': 29 7 59 6
  4. (programming) Involving a data race or a race condition. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-racy-en-adj-ZmrYrX-Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 17 21 59 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 9 19 7 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 16 17 16 51 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: racily, raciness, racy of one's soil, racy of the soil

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈra.t͡sɨ/
Rhymes: -at͡sɨ Head templates: {{head|pl|noun form|g=f}} racy f
  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of raca Tags: dative, feminine, form-of, genitive, locative, singular Form of: raca
    Sense id: en-racy-pl-noun-~Wj-t7pf Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for racy meaning in All languages combined (5.6kB)

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