"starchy" meaning in All languages combined

See starchy on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: starchier [comparative], more starchy [comparative], starchiest [superlative], most starchy [superlative]
Etymology: From starch + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|starch|y|id2=adjectival}} starch + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} starchy (comparative starchier or more starchy, superlative starchiest or most starchy)
  1. Of or pertaining to starch. Translations (of or pertaining to starch): tärkkelys- (Finnish), fekulala (Ido), škrobový (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-starchy-en-adj-CowplTkl Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 12 16 34 37 Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to starch': 69 16 12 3
  2. Containing starch. Translations (containing starch): 有淀粉的 (Chinese Mandarin), tärkkelyspitoinen (Finnish), fekuloza (Ido), berkanji (Malay)
    Sense id: en-starchy-en-adj-k83GyQKq Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 12 16 34 37 Disambiguation of 'containing starch': 14 67 15 4
  3. Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.
    Sense id: en-starchy-en-adj-NSn5O~6l Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 12 16 34 37
  4. Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.
    Sense id: en-starchy-en-adj-0ukT-dTt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 9 34 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 12 16 34 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: non-starchy, starchily, starchiness Translations (hardened with starch): колосан (kolosan) (Bulgarian), tärkätty (Finnish), накрахмаленный (nakraxmalennyj) [masculine] (Russian), накрахмаленная (nakraxmalennaja) [feminine] (Russian), škrobený (Slovak) Translations (of personality: starched): скован (skovan) (Bulgarian), jäykkä (Finnish), muodollinen (Finnish), škrobený (Slovak)
Disambiguation of 'hardened with starch': 25 34 31 10 Disambiguation of 'of personality: starched': 13 17 34 36

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for starchy meaning in All languages combined (4.1kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "non-starchy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "starchily"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "starchiness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "starch",
        "3": "y",
        "id2": "adjectival"
      },
      "expansion": "starch + -y",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From starch + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "starchier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more starchy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "starchiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most starchy",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er",
        "2": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "starchy (comparative starchier or more starchy, superlative starchiest or most starchy)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 16 34 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to starch."
      ],
      "id": "en-starchy-en-adj-CowplTkl",
      "links": [
        [
          "starch",
          "starch"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 12 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to starch",
          "word": "tärkkelys-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 12 3",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to starch",
          "word": "fekulala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 16 12 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to starch",
          "word": "škrobový"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 16 34 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Containing starch."
      ],
      "id": "en-starchy-en-adj-k83GyQKq",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "14 67 15 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "containing starch",
          "word": "有淀粉的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 67 15 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "containing starch",
          "word": "tärkkelyspitoinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 67 15 4",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "containing starch",
          "word": "fekuloza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 67 15 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "containing starch",
          "word": "berkanji"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 16 34 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched."
      ],
      "id": "en-starchy-en-adj-NSn5O~6l",
      "links": [
        [
          "starch",
          "starch"
        ],
        [
          "starched",
          "starched"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 9 34 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 16 34 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having a starched personality; stiffly formal."
      ],
      "id": "en-starchy-en-adj-0ukT-dTt",
      "links": [
        [
          "starched",
          "starched"
        ],
        [
          "formal",
          "formal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "25 34 31 10",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kolosan",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "word": "колосан"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 34 31 10",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "word": "tärkätty"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 34 31 10",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nakraxmalennyj",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "накрахмаленный"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 34 31 10",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nakraxmalennaja",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "накрахмаленная"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 34 31 10",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "word": "škrobený"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "13 17 34 36",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skovan",
      "sense": "of personality: starched",
      "word": "скован"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "13 17 34 36",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of personality: starched",
      "word": "jäykkä"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "13 17 34 36",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of personality: starched",
      "word": "muodollinen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "13 17 34 36",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of personality: starched",
      "word": "škrobený"
    }
  ],
  "word": "starchy"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "non-starchy"
    },
    {
      "word": "starchily"
    },
    {
      "word": "starchiness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "starch",
        "3": "y",
        "id2": "adjectival"
      },
      "expansion": "starch + -y",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From starch + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "starchier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more starchy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "starchiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most starchy",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er",
        "2": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "starchy (comparative starchier or more starchy, superlative starchiest or most starchy)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to starch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "starch",
          "starch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Containing starch."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "starch",
          "starch"
        ],
        [
          "starched",
          "starched"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having a starched personality; stiffly formal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "starched",
          "starched"
        ],
        [
          "formal",
          "formal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to starch",
      "word": "tärkkelys-"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to starch",
      "word": "fekulala"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to starch",
      "word": "škrobový"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "containing starch",
      "word": "有淀粉的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "containing starch",
      "word": "tärkkelyspitoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "containing starch",
      "word": "fekuloza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "containing starch",
      "word": "berkanji"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kolosan",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "word": "колосан"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "word": "tärkätty"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nakraxmalennyj",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "накрахмаленный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nakraxmalennaja",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "накрахмаленная"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "word": "škrobený"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skovan",
      "sense": "of personality: starched",
      "word": "скован"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of personality: starched",
      "word": "jäykkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of personality: starched",
      "word": "muodollinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of personality: starched",
      "word": "škrobený"
    }
  ],
  "word": "starchy"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (0b52755 and 5cb0836). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.