adj
Meaning 1
Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
drafty
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɑːfti/
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General-American: /ˈdɹæfti/
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rhymes with -æfti
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CMU ARPABET: D R AE1 F T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
- It's really drafty (draughty) in here.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not airtight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: draughty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From earlier draughty, equivalent to draft + -y.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изложен на течение (izložen na tečenie) — characterized by gusts of wind; windy
- Finnish: puuskainen — characterized by gusts of wind; windy
- Finnish: tuulinen — characterized by gusts of wind; windy
- German: zugig — characterized by gusts of wind; windy
- Hungarian: huzatos — characterized by gusts of wind; windy
- Finnish: vetoinen — of a building: not sealed against draughts
- Finnish: vetoisa — of a building: not sealed against draughts
- German: zugig — of a building: not sealed against draughts
- Italian: spifferoso — of a building: not sealed against draughts
- Māori: kauanu — of a building: not sealed against draughts