dizzy

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• UK, US: /ˈdɪzi/
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH1 Z IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English dysy, desy, dusi, from Old English dysiġ (“stupid, foolish”), from Proto-West Germanic *dusīg (“stunned; dazed”). Akin to West Frisian dize (“fog”), Dutch deusig, duizig (“dizzy”), duizelig (“dizzy”), German dösig (“sleepy; stupid”).

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَائِخ (dāʔiḵ) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Bulgarian: замаян (zamajan) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Burmese: မူး (mu:) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Catalan: marejat — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Chinese Cantonese: 暈 /晕 (wan4) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Chinese Mandarin: 暈 /晕 (yūn) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Czech: mající závrať — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Danish: svimmel — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Dutch: draaierig — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Dutch: duizelig — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Finnish: huimata — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Finnish: pyörryttää — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Finnish: pyöriä päässä — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• French: avoir la tête qui tourne — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• French: avoir le vertige — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• French: pris de vertige — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• German: schwindelig — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• German: schwindlig — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Greek: ζαλισμένος (zalisménos) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Greek: συγκεχυμένος (sygkechyménos) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Greek: ζαβλακομένος (zavlakoménos) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Ancient Greek: ἰλιγγιῶν (ilingiôn) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Ancient Greek: σκοτοδινιῶν (skotodiniôn) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Hebrew: מסוחרר (mesuchrár) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Hebrew: מסוחררת (mesuchréret) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Icelandic: vankaður — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Indonesian: pusing — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Irish: meadhránach — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Irish: míobhánach — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Italian: avere le vertigini — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Central Kurdish: گێژ (gêj) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Northern Kurdish: gêj — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Malay: kepala pusing — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Middle English: gydy — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Khiamniungan Naga: tǖkēmkù — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Norwegian Bokmål: svimmel — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Norwegian Bokmål: ør — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Persian: گیج (gij) — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Plautdietsch: dieslich — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Polish: oszołomiony — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Portuguese: tonto — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Portuguese: zonzo — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Serbo-Croatian: vrtjeti se u glavi — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Lower Sorbian: zawity — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Lower Sorbian: zwity — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Spanish: mareado — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Spanish: vertiginoso — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Spanish: vaguido — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Swedish: yr — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Swedish: snurrig — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Swedish: dimmig — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Swedish: omtöcknad — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Swedish: vimmelkantig — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Swedish: groggy — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Unami: kionàskwe — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Welsh: chwil — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Welsh: pensyfrdan — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Welsh: penysgafn — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Welsh: penfeddw — experiencing a sensation of whirling and being unbalanced
• Bulgarian: шеметен (šemeten) — producing giddiness
• Catalan: vertiginós — producing giddiness
• Dutch: duizelingwekkend — producing giddiness
• Esperanto: kapturna — producing giddiness
• Finnish: huimaava — producing giddiness
• French: vertigineux — producing giddiness
• French: étourdissant — producing giddiness
• Galician: vertixinoso — producing giddiness
• German: schwindelerregend — producing giddiness
• Greek: ζαλιστικός (zalistikós) — producing giddiness
• Greek: συγχυτικός (synchytikós) — producing giddiness
• Greek: ιλιγγιώδης (ilingiódis) — producing giddiness
• Ancient Greek: σκοτωματικός (skotōmatikós) — producing giddiness
• Italian: vertiginoso — producing giddiness
• Portuguese: vertiginoso — producing giddiness
• Russian: головокружи́тельный (golovokružítelʹnyj) — producing giddiness
• Serbo-Croatian: opojno — producing giddiness
• Spanish: mareador — producing giddiness
• Spanish: vertiginoso — producing giddiness
• Swedish: yrselframkallande — producing giddiness
• Swedish: svindlande — producing giddiness
• Finnish: tyhmä — empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous
• French: tête en l’air — empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous
• French: écervelé — empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous
• Icelandic: ringlaður — empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous
• Serbo-Croatian: blesav — empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous
• Swedish: virrig — empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous
• Swedish: snurrig — empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous
• Chinese Mandarin: 暈 /晕 (yùn) — to make (someone or something) dizzy
• Swedish: att göra yr — to make (someone or something) dizzy
• Swedish: att göra snurrig — to make (someone or something) dizzy
• Swedish: att göra virrig — to make (someone or something) dizzy