"steamy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈstiː.mi/ Audio: En-au-steamy.ogg [Australia] Forms: steamier [comparative], more steamy [comparative], steamiest [superlative], most steamy [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːmi Etymology: steam + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|steam|y}} steam + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} steamy (comparative steamier or more steamy, superlative steamiest or most steamy)
  1. Warm and humid; full of steam. Translations (full of steam): ἀτμώδης (atmṓdēs) (Ancient Greek), ἀτμιδώδης (atmidṓdēs) (Ancient Greek), парен (paren) (Bulgarian), наситен с пара (nasiten s para) (Bulgarian), höyryinen (Finnish), huuruinen (Finnish), dampfend (German), ατμώδης (atmódis) (Greek), ομιχλώδης (omichlódis) (Greek), fumante (Italian), umido (Italian), humeante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-steamy-en-adj-EL5Axabb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 3 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 77 4 19 Disambiguation of 'full of steam': 87 11 2
  2. Resembling or characteristic of steam.
    Sense id: en-steamy-en-adj-o6r4pXQJ
  3. (colloquial, figurative) Erotic. Tags: colloquial, figuratively Translations (erotic): еротичен (erotičen) (Bulgarian), eroottinen (Finnish), kuuma (Finnish), heiß (German), αισθησιακός (aisthisiakós) (Greek), sensuale (Italian), zmysłowy (Polish), apasionado (Spanish), fogoso (Spanish), tórrido (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-steamy-en-adj-jTRwyAkV Disambiguation of 'erotic': 1 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: steamily, steaminess

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for steamy meaning in English (4.8kB)

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