adj
Meaning 1
Full of bubbles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Whip the egg white into a bubbly froth.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bubbly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbʌbli/
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/ˈbʌbəli/
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rhymes with -ʌbli
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CMU ARPABET: B AH1 B L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: B AH1 B AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Cheerful, lively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- She has a bubbly personality.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ebullient, perky
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having the characteristics of bubbles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The architecture of the conservatory was bubbly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Having the characteristics of economic bubbles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: economics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Champagne.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
Examples
- We're getting married–this calls for a bottle of bubbly!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bub, bubbles, champers, fizz, shampoo
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
full of or showing high spirits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bright bubbly children
- a bubbly personality
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bubbling champagne
- foamy (or frothy) beer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bubbling, foaming, foamy, frothy, effervescing, spumy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: champagne
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sparkling wine
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English bubble Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bubbly From bubble + -y.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kupliva — full of bubbles
- Māori: mirumiru — full of bubbles
- Spanish: burbujeante — full of bubbles
- Esperanto: gaja — cheerful, lively
- Finnish: eloisa — cheerful, lively
- Galician: alegre — cheerful, lively
- Galician: animado — cheerful, lively
- German: fröhlich — cheerful, lively
- German: lebhaft — cheerful, lively
- German: temperamentvoll — cheerful, lively
- Portuguese: alegre — cheerful, lively
- Portuguese: feliz — cheerful, lively
- Portuguese: vivo — cheerful, lively
- Portuguese: animado — cheerful, lively
- Spanish: burbujeante — cheerful, lively
- Swedish: sprudlande — cheerful, lively
- Finnish: kuplamainen — having the characteristics of bubbles
- Finnish: räjähtämäisillään — ready to burst
- Finnish: kupla- — economics: having the characteristics of economic bubbles
- Finnish: kupliva — term for champagne which is derived from its bubbles
- Finnish: kuplajuoma — term for champagne which is derived from its bubbles
- Swedish: bubbel — term for champagne which is derived from its bubbles