"hefty" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhɛfti/ Audio: en-us-hefty.ogg Forms: heftier [comparative], heftiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛfti Etymology: 19th century. From heft (“weight”) + -y. The similarity with German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”) is apparently coincidental. From the German are Dutch, Danish, Norwegian heftig, Swedish häftig. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|heft|y|gloss1=weight}} heft (“weight”) + -y, {{cog|de|heftig|t=vigorous, violent, intense}} German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”), {{cog|nl|-}} Dutch, {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|sv|häftig}} Swedish häftig Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} hefty (comparative heftier, superlative heftiest)
  1. with heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive Translations (impressive, mighty): mahtava (Finnish), beeindruckend (German), poderoso (Portuguese), impresionant (Romanian), впечатля́ющий (vpečatljájuščij) (Russian), могу́щественный (mogúščestvennyj) (Russian), etkileyici (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hefty-en-adj-V43hfmKX Disambiguation of 'impressive, mighty': 69 1 18 11 0
  2. Strong; bulky. Translations (strong, bulky): як (jak) (Bulgarian), здрав (zdrav) (Bulgarian), fors (Dutch), stevig (Dutch), forta (Esperanto), tukeva (Finnish), deftig (German), klobig (German), robusto (Portuguese), solid (Romanian), большо́й (bolʹšój) (Russian), объёмистый (obʺjómistyj) (Russian), масси́вный (massívnyj) (Russian), изря́дный (izrjádnyj) (Russian), оби́льный (obílʹnyj) (Russian), çam yarması gibi (Turkish), iri (Turkish), iri yarı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hefty-en-adj-F8VxINwZ Disambiguation of 'strong, bulky': 5 85 2 0 8
  3. (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built. Translations (powerfully or heavily built): як (jak) (Bulgarian), stevig (Dutch), tanakka (Finnish), vanttera (Finnish), baraqué (French), costaud (French), kräftig (German), mächtig (German), stark (German), katete (Maori), -radji (Ngazidja Comorian), robusto (Portuguese), forte (Portuguese), дю́жий (djúžij) (note: of a person) (Russian), здорове́нный (zdorovénnyj) (Russian), си́льный (sílʹnyj) (Russian), мо́щный (móščnyj) (Russian), robusto (Spanish), güçlü kuvvetli (Turkish), kuvvetli (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hefty-en-adj-weLh1mlA Disambiguation of 'powerfully or heavily built': 4 5 79 7 6
  4. Heavy, weighing a lot. Translations (heavy): тежък (težǎk) (Bulgarian), fors (Dutch), zwaar (Dutch), tuhti (Finnish), lourd (French), schwer (German), katete (Maori), toimaha (Maori), taumaha (Maori), pesuc [masculine] (Occitan), pesuga [feminine] (Occitan), ciężki (Polish), pesado (Portuguese), тяжёлый (tjažólyj) (Russian), pesado (Spanish), ağır (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hefty-en-adj-nyokUeds Disambiguation of 'heavy': 33 0 2 65 0
  5. (of a number or amount) Large.
    Sense id: en-hefty-en-adj-Wi6UNMYQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 4 30 2 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 17 4 23 6 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 0 34 5 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 8 23 3 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 5 21 2 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 11 18 6 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 0 24 6 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 5 8 17 3 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 5 19 6 59 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 3 23 5 59 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 3 21 7 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 10 9 17 6 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations: 7 9 18 6 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 7 10 18 6 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 5 20 8 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 9 22 5 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 11 5 19 6 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 1 23 4 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 0 19 4 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 9 17 5 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: heftily, heftiness

Inflected forms

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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "težǎk",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "тежък"
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      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "fors"
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      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "zwaar"
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      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "tuhti"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "lourd"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "schwer"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "katete"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "toimaha"
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      "word": "taumaha"
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      "word": "pesuc"
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      "sense": "heavy",
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      "word": "pesuga"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "ciężki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "pesado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjažólyj",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "тяжёлый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "pesado"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "heavy",
      "word": "ağır"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "mahtava"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "beeindruckend"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "poderoso"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "impresionant"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vpečatljájuščij",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "впечатля́ющий"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mogúščestvennyj",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "могу́щественный"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "impressive, mighty",
      "word": "etkileyici"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jak",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "як"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zdrav",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "здрав"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "fors"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "stevig"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "forta"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "tukeva"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "deftig"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "klobig"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "robusto"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "solid"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bolʹšój",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "большо́й"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obʺjómistyj",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "объёмистый"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "massívnyj",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "масси́вный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "izrjádnyj",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "изря́дный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "obílʹnyj",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "оби́льный"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "çam yarması gibi"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "iri"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "strong, bulky",
      "word": "iri yarı"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jak",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "як"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "stevig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "tanakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "vanttera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "baraqué"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "costaud"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "kräftig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "mächtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "stark"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "katete"
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    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "-radji"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "robusto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "forte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of a person",
      "roman": "djúžij",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "дю́жий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zdorovénnyj",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "здорове́нный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sílʹnyj",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "си́льный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "móščnyj",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "мо́щный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "robusto"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "güçlü kuvvetli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "powerfully or heavily built",
      "word": "kuvvetli"
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  "word": "hefty"
}

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