"powdery" meaning in English

See powdery in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpaʊdəɹi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-powdery.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more powdery [comparative], most powdery [superlative]
Etymology: powder + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|powder|y}} powder + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} powdery (comparative more powdery, superlative most powdery)
  1. Of or pertaining to powder. Translations (of or pertaining to powder): ψαφαρός (psapharós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), jauhemainen (Finnish), jauhoinen (Finnish), poudreux (French), pulverig (German), pulverartig (German), pudrig (German), puderartig (German), púdrach (Irish), poodyragh (Manx), pulwrich (Plautdietsch), порошкообра́зный (poroškoobráznyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-powdery-en-adj-JT0l~Xp6 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to powder': 94 6
  2. Having a lot of powder
    Sense id: en-powdery-en-adj-RoctzeCL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: powdery liveforever, powdery mildew, powdery scab Related terms: powderiness, powderily, granular

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for powdery meaning in English (3.4kB)

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nonpowdery"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "powdery liveforever"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "powdery mildew"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "powdery scab"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "powder",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "powder + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "powder + -y",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more powdery",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most powdery",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "powdery (comparative more powdery, superlative most powdery)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "powderiness"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "powderily"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "granular"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "powdery drink",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to powder."
      ],
      "id": "en-powdery-en-adj-JT0l~Xp6",
      "links": [
        [
          "powder",
          "powder"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
          "word": "jauhemainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
          "word": "jauhoinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
          "word": "poudreux"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
          "word": "pulverig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
          "word": "pulverartig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
          "word": "pudrig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
          "word": "puderartig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "psapharós",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ψαφαρός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
          "word": "púdrach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
          "word": "poodyragh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
          "word": "pulwrich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poroškoobráznyj",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
          "word": "порошкообра́зный"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having a lot of powder"
      ],
      "id": "en-powdery-en-adj-RoctzeCL",
      "links": [
        [
          "powder",
          "powder"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpaʊdəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-powdery.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-powdery.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-powdery.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-powdery.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-powdery.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "powdery"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nonpowdery"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "powdery liveforever"
    },
    {
      "word": "powdery mildew"
    },
    {
      "word": "powdery scab"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "powder",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "powder + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "powder + -y",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more powdery",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most powdery",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "powdery (comparative more powdery, superlative most powdery)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "powderiness"
    },
    {
      "word": "powderily"
    },
    {
      "word": "granular"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "powdery drink",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to powder."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "powder",
          "powder"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having a lot of powder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "powder",
          "powder"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpaʊdəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-powdery.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-powdery.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-powdery.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-powdery.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-powdery.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
      "word": "jauhemainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
      "word": "jauhoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
      "word": "poudreux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
      "word": "pulverig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
      "word": "pulverartig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
      "word": "pudrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
      "word": "puderartig"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "psapharós",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ψαφαρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
      "word": "púdrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
      "word": "poodyragh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
      "word": "pulwrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poroškoobráznyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to powder",
      "word": "порошкообра́зный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "powdery"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.