"starchy" meaning in English

See starchy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈstɑɹt͡ʃi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-starchy.wav 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 15 37 35 Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to starch': 70 14 12 4
  2. Containing starch. Translations (containing starch): 有淀粉的 (yǒu diànfěn de) (Chinese Mandarin), tärkkelyspitoinen (Finnish), féculent (French), αμυλούχος (amyloúchos) (Greek), αμυλώδης (amylódis) (Greek), fekuloza (Ido), berkanji (Malay), крахма́листый (kraxmálistyj) (Russian), feculento (Spanish), amiláceo (Spanish), крохма́листий (kroxmálystyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-starchy-en-adj-k83GyQKq Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 12 15 37 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 10 41 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 10 40 41 Disambiguation of 'containing starch': 13 68 15 5
  3. Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched. Translations (of personality: starched): скован (skovan) (Bulgarian), jäykkä (Finnish), muodollinen (Finnish), škrobený (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-starchy-en-adj-NSn5O~6l Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 12 15 37 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 10 41 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 10 40 41 Disambiguation of 'of personality: starched': 16 21 39 24
  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), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 9 37 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 12 15 37 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 14 22 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 18 28 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 10 19 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 15 26 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 14 26 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 15 20 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 10 41 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 9 12 20 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 12 15 27 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 10 40 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 12 21 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 12 15 27 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 12 20 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 12 15 27 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: non-starchy, starchily, starchiness Related terms: cornstarchy Translations (hardened with starch): колосан (kolosan) (Bulgarian), tärkätty (Finnish), накрахмаленный (nakraxmalennyj) (Russian), škrobený (Slovak), almidonado (Spanish), накрохма́лений (nakroxmálenyj) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'hardened with starch': 23 32 34 12

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "nakraxmalennyj",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "word": "накрахмаленный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "word": "škrobený"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "word": "almidonado"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nakroxmálenyj",
      "sense": "hardened with starch",
      "word": "накрохма́лений"
    },
    {
      "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"
}

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