adj
Meaning 1
Containing bubbles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Fizzy drinks are also known as carbonated beverages.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fizzy
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Sound
Pronunciation
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fĭz'i
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/ˈfɪzi/
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rhymes with -ɪzi
adj
Meaning 2
Lively, vivacious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Makes a hissing sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: onomatopoeic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fizzy drink
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
hissing and bubbling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fizzing
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English fizz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fizzy From fizz + -y.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: فَوَّار (fawwār) — containing bubbles
- Finnish: kuohuva — containing bubbles
- Finnish: kupliva — containing bubbles
- Finnish: poreileva — containing bubbles
- Hungarian: buborékos — containing bubbles
- Hungarian: szénsavas — containing bubbles
- Italian: frizzante — containing bubbles
- Italian: gassato — containing bubbles
- Māori: mirumiru — containing bubbles
- Māori: koropupū — containing bubbles
- Polish: gazowany — containing bubbles
- Bulgarian: шипящ (šipjašt) — context of a liquid
- Bulgarian: газиран (gaziran) — context of a liquid
- Dutch: sprankelend — context of a liquid
- Dutch: koolzuurhoudend — context of a liquid
- Finnish: poreileva — context of a liquid
- Finnish: pore- — context of a liquid
- German: sprudelnd — context of a liquid
- German: spritzig — context of a liquid
- German: kohlensäurehaltig — context of a liquid
- German: perlend — context of a liquid
- German: moussierend — context of a liquid
- Greek: ανθρακούχος (anthrakoúchos) — context of a liquid
- Norman: pétillant — context of a liquid
- Polish: napój gazowany — context of a liquid
- Russian: газиро́ванный (gaziróvannyj) — context of a liquid
- Bulgarian: шипящ (šipjašt) — onomatopoeia
- Bulgarian: съскащ (sǎskašt) — onomatopoeia
- Finnish: pihisevä — onomatopoeia
- German: zischend — onomatopoeia
- Polish: syk — onomatopoeia
- Russian: шипу́чий (šipúčij) — onomatopoeia
- Russian: шипя́щий (šipjáščij) — onomatopoeia