adj
Meaning 1
Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bulky
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.
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/ˈbʌlki/
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adj
Meaning 2
Unwieldy.
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adj
Meaning 3
Having excess body mass, especially muscle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
of large size for its weight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology
From Middle English bulki, boulky, equivalent to bulk + -y.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: ضَخْم (ḍaḵm) — large in size, mass, or volume
- Bulgarian: обемист (obemist) — large in size, mass, or volume
- Bulgarian: масивен (masiven) — large in size, mass, or volume
- Catalan: voluminós — large in size, mass, or volume
- Czech: objemný — large in size, mass, or volume
- Danish: voluminøs — large in size, mass, or volume
- Dutch: lijvig — large in size, mass, or volume
- Dutch: omvangrijk — large in size, mass, or volume
- Dutch: dik — large in size, mass, or volume
- Esperanto: ampleksa — large in size, mass, or volume
- Esperanto: dika — large in size, mass, or volume
- Finnish: kookas — large in size, mass, or volume
- Finnish: iso — large in size, mass, or volume
- French: gros — large in size, mass, or volume
- French: corpulent — large in size, mass, or volume
- French: volumineux — large in size, mass, or volume
- German: massig — large in size, mass, or volume
- German: wuchtig — large in size, mass, or volume
- Greek: ογκώδης (ogkódis) — large in size, mass, or volume
- Hungarian: nagy terjedelmű — large in size, mass, or volume
- Hungarian: terjedelmes — large in size, mass, or volume
- Hungarian: masszív — large in size, mass, or volume
- Hungarian: vaskos — large in size, mass, or volume
- Hungarian: méretes — large in size, mass, or volume
- Hungarian: testes — large in size, mass, or volume
- Hungarian: zömök — large in size, mass, or volume
- Ingrian: varma — large in size, mass, or volume
- Irish: téagartha — large in size, mass, or volume
- Italian: voluminoso — large in size, mass, or volume
- Italian: massiccio — large in size, mass, or volume
- Italian: ingombrante — large in size, mass, or volume
- Korean: 거대한 (geodaehan) — large in size, mass, or volume
- Māori: takapū — large in size, mass, or volume
- Māori: pūngerungeru — large in size, mass, or volume
- Māori: hore — large in size, mass, or volume
- Occitan: voluminós — large in size, mass, or volume
- Polish: masywny — large in size, mass, or volume
- Portuguese: grosso — large in size, mass, or volume
- Portuguese: volumoso — large in size, mass, or volume
- Portuguese: massudo — large in size, mass, or volume
- Romanian: mare — large in size, mass, or volume
- Romanian: voluminos — large in size, mass, or volume
- Russian: объёмистый (obʺjómistyj) — large in size, mass, or volume
- Scottish Gaelic: tomadach — large in size, mass, or volume
- Serbo-Croatian: krupan — large in size, mass, or volume
- Serbo-Croatian: velik — large in size, mass, or volume
- Slovak: objemný — large in size, mass, or volume
- Spanish: voluminoso — large in size, mass, or volume
- Swedish: skrymmande — large in size, mass, or volume
- Ottoman Turkish: یوغون (yoğun) — large in size, mass, or volume
- Ottoman Turkish: ایری (iri) — large in size, mass, or volume
- Walloon: håynûle — large in size, mass, or volume
- Bulgarian: тромав (tromav) — unwieldy
- Finnish: kömpelö — unwieldy
- French: encombrant — unwieldy
- German: sperrig — unwieldy
- Hungarian: ormótlan — unwieldy
- Irish: téagartha — unwieldy
- Italian: scomodo — unwieldy
- Māori: pū(w)heki — unwieldy
- Māori: pū(w)heti — unwieldy
- Occitan: embarrassant — unwieldy
- Occitan: empachós — unwieldy
- Occitan: encombrant — unwieldy
- Occitan: encombrós — unwieldy
- Occitan: empachatiu — unwieldy
- Occitan: entrepachant — unwieldy
- Romanian: mătăhălos — unwieldy
- Russian: громо́здкий (gromózdkij) — unwieldy
- Spanish: abultado — unwieldy
- Spanish: rebultado — unwieldy
- Swedish: skrymmande — unwieldy