costly

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒst.li/
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From Middle English costly, costely, costeley, equivalent to cost + -ly.

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: скъп (skǎp) — expensive
• Bulgarian: це́нен (cénen) — expensive
• Catalan: costós — expensive
• Dutch: prijzig — expensive
• Dutch: duur — expensive
• Dutch: kostbaar — expensive
• Esperanto: multekosta — expensive
• Esperanto: altepreza — expensive
• French: coûteux — expensive
• French: lourd — expensive
• German: teuer — expensive
• German: kostspielig — expensive
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (galaufs) — expensive
• Ancient Greek: πολυτελής (polutelḗs) — expensive
• Icelandic: kostnaðarsamur — expensive
• Irish: luachmhar — expensive
• Irish: costasach — expensive
• Irish: costasúil — expensive
• Italian: costoso — expensive
• Italian: caro — expensive
• Italian: dispendioso — expensive
• Latin: pretiōsus — expensive
• Latin: impensus — expensive
• Latvian: dārgs — expensive
• Norman: couôteux — expensive
• Occitan: costós — expensive
• Polish: kosztowny — expensive
• Portuguese: custoso — expensive
• Portuguese: caro — expensive
• Romanian: costisitor — expensive
• Romanian: scump — expensive
• Russian: дорогосто́ящий (dorogostójaščij) — expensive
• Russian: дорого́й (dorogój) — expensive
• Russian: це́нный (cénnyj) — expensive
• Sanskrit: बहुमूल्य (bahumūlya) — expensive
• Sanskrit: महार्घ (mahārgha) — expensive
• Scottish Gaelic: cosgail — expensive
• Spanish: costoso — expensive
• Spanish: caro — expensive
• Swedish: dyr — expensive
• Swedish: kostsam — expensive