"flinty" meaning in English

See flinty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈflɪnti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flinty.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-flinty.wav Forms: flintier [comparative], more flinty [comparative], flintiest [superlative], most flinty [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪnti Etymology: From flint + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flint|y}} flint + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} flinty (comparative flintier or more flinty, superlative flintiest or most flinty)
  1. Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint. Translations (Resembling or containing flint.): кремъчен (kremǎčen) (Bulgarian), feuersteinartig (German), feuersteinhaltig (German), krzemienny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-flinty-en-adj-5NmczKwT Disambiguation of 'Resembling or containing flint.': 84 3 2 11
  2. (geology) Siliceous (including basanite). Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-flinty-en-adj-tn4mpd3- Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  3. (figuratively) Showing a lack of emotion. Tags: figuratively Translations (Showing a lack of emotion.): суров (surov) (Bulgarian), безчувствен (bezčuvstven) (Bulgarian), hartherzig (German), hart (German), herzlos (German), gefühllos (German)
    Sense id: en-flinty-en-adj-IkImp7wc Disambiguation of 'Showing a lack of emotion.': 1 1 96 2
  4. (wine) Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel. Categories (topical): Wine, Wine Translations (Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines.): flintig (German), mineralisch (German), Feuerstein- (German)
    Sense id: en-flinty-en-adj-Bh47EqHF Disambiguation of Wine: 7 10 4 79 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 26 2 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 8 20 7 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 36 5 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 14 3 72 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 20 2 69 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 19 10 61 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 23 8 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 21 10 59 Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine Disambiguation of 'Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines.': 1 5 2 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flintily, flintiness, unflinty Translations (Silieceous; flinty rock, flinty slate.): Feuerstein- (German), Kiesel- (German)
Disambiguation of 'Silieceous; flinty rock, flinty slate.': 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "word": "flintig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines.",
      "word": "mineralisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines.",
      "word": "Feuerstein-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flinty"
}

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