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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɔftnəs/ [General-American], /ˈsɑftnəs/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˈsɒftnəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-softness.ogg Forms: softnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English softnesse, from Old English sōftnes, alteration of earlier sēftnes. Equivalent to soft + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|softnesse}} Middle English softnesse, {{inh|en|ang|sōftnes}} Old English sōftnes, {{suf|en|soft|ness}} soft + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} softness (usually uncountable, plural softnesses)
  1. The quality of being soft. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: flaccidity, mollitude [rare], softness Hyponyms: bendability, flexibility, moldability Translations (the quality of being soft): ἁπαλότης (hapalótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), μαλακία (malakía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), نُعُومَة (nuʕūma) [feminine] (Arabic), suavitat [feminine] (Catalan), měkkost [feminine] (Czech), douceur [feminine] (French), suavidade [feminine] (Galician), სირბილე (sirbile) (Georgian), Weichheit [feminine] (German), απαλότητα (apalótita) [feminine] (Greek), leibideacht (note: of person) [feminine] (Irish), morbidezza [feminine] (Italian), mollitūdō [feminine] (Latin), lenitas [feminine] (Latin), mīkstums [masculine] (Latvian), മൃദുത്വം (mr̥dutvaṁ) (Malayalam), sēftnes [feminine] (Old English), meuj [masculine] (Piedmontese), suavidade [feminine] (Portuguese), moliciune [feminine] (Romanian), мя́гкость (mjáxkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), suavidad [feminine] (Spanish), molicie [feminine] (Spanish), mjukhet (Swedish), కోమలత్వం (kōmalatvaṁ) (Telugu), మెత్తన (mettana) (Telugu)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "of person",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leibideacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morbidezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mollitūdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lenitas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mīkstums"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "mr̥dutvaṁ",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "word": "മൃദുത്വം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sēftnes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meuj"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suavidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moliciune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mjáxkostʹ",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мя́гкость"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suavidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "molicie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "word": "mjukhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kōmalatvaṁ",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "word": "కోమలత్వం"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mettana",
      "sense": "the quality of being soft",
      "word": "మెత్తన"
    }
  ],
  "word": "softness"
}

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