fuzzy

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfʌzi/
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• Northern-England: /ˈfʊzi/
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• Scotland: /ˈfʌze/
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• Scotland: /-zɪ/
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• Scotland: /-zi/
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• rhymes with -ʌzi
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• CMU ARPABET: F AH1 Z IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Uncertain. Apparently from fuzz + -y, though some sources suggest that fuzz derives from fuzzy. Compare fozy, or Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”).

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: мъхест (mǎhest) — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Bulgarian: мъхнат (mǎhnat) — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Bulgarian: пухен (puhen) — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Catalan: arrissat — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Catalan: borrós — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Danish: dunet — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Danish: håret — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Esperanto: vila — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Finnish: nukkainen — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Galician: felpudo — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• German: fusselig — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• German: flauschig — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Greek: χνουδωτός (chnoudotós) — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Hungarian: szőrmók — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Hungarian: bolyhos — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Macedonian: вла́сест (vlásest) — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Norwegian Bokmål: lodden — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Norwegian Bokmål: ullen — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Norwegian Nynorsk: loden — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ullen — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Portuguese: felpudo — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Russian: пуши́стый (pušístyj) — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Spanish: velloso — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Spanish: felpudo — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Spanish: afelpado — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Spanish: velludo — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Spanish: vellido — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Spanish: lanuginoso — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Turkish: tüylü — covered with fuzz or loose fibres
• Bulgarian: неясен (nejasen) — vague or imprecise
• Bulgarian: мътен (mǎten) — vague or imprecise
• Catalan: borrós — vague or imprecise
• Danish: uklar — vague or imprecise
• Danish: tåget — vague or imprecise
• Danish: vag — vague or imprecise
• Finnish: epäselvä — vague or imprecise
• Finnish: sekava — vague or imprecise
• French: flou — vague or imprecise
• French: confus — vague or imprecise
• Galician: vago — vague or imprecise
• Galician: impreciso — vague or imprecise
• German: vage — vague or imprecise
• German: ungenau — vague or imprecise
• Greek: ασαφής (asafís) — vague or imprecise
• Greek: θαμπός (thampós) — vague or imprecise
• Greek: θολός (tholós) — vague or imprecise
• Hungarian: homályos — vague or imprecise
• Hungarian: pontatlan — vague or imprecise
• Hungarian: zavaros — vague or imprecise
• Irish: neamhbheacht — vague or imprecise
• Macedonian: ма́тен (máten) — vague or imprecise
• Macedonian: ма́глив (mágliv) — vague or imprecise
• Macedonian: не́јасен (néjasen) — vague or imprecise
• Norwegian Bokmål: ullen — vague or imprecise
• Norwegian Bokmål: uklar — vague or imprecise
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ullen — vague or imprecise
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uklar — vague or imprecise
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uklår — vague or imprecise
• Polish: rozmyty — vague or imprecise
• Polish: nieścisły — vague or imprecise
• Portuguese: vago — vague or imprecise
• Portuguese: impreciso — vague or imprecise
• Russian: нечёткий (nečótkij) — vague or imprecise
• Spanish: impreciso — vague or imprecise
• Spanish: desvaído — vague or imprecise
• Swedish: luddig — vague or imprecise
• Swedish: dimmig — vague or imprecise
• Bulgarian: неясен (nejasen) — not clear; unfocused
• Bulgarian: размазан (razmazan) — not clear; unfocused
• Catalan: borrós — not clear; unfocused
• Danish: sløret — not clear; unfocused
• Danish: uklar — not clear; unfocused
• Danish: udvisket — not clear; unfocused
• Finnish: epäselvä — not clear; unfocused
• Finnish: samea — not clear; unfocused
• Finnish: sumea — not clear; unfocused
• French: flou — not clear; unfocused
• Galician: borroso — not clear; unfocused
• German: verschwommen — not clear; unfocused
• German: unscharf — not clear; unfocused
• German: diffus — not clear; unfocused
• Greek: θαμπός (thampós) — not clear; unfocused
• Greek: συγκεχυμένος (sygkechyménos) — not clear; unfocused
• Greek: θολός (tholós) — not clear; unfocused
• Hungarian: elmosódott — not clear; unfocused
• Hungarian: homályos — not clear; unfocused
• Macedonian: не́јасен (néjasen) — not clear; unfocused
• Māori: makaro — not clear; unfocused
• Māori: pōrehurehu — not clear; unfocused
• Māori: pūrehurehu — not clear; unfocused
• Norwegian Bokmål: uklar — not clear; unfocused
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uklar — not clear; unfocused
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uklår — not clear; unfocused
• Polish: rozmyty — not clear; unfocused
• Portuguese: desfocado — not clear; unfocused
• Russian: нерезкий (nerezkij) — not clear; unfocused
• Spanish: desenfocado — not clear; unfocused
• Spanish: borroso — not clear; unfocused
• Spanish: desdibujado — not clear; unfocused
• Swedish: suddig — not clear; unfocused
• Swedish: otydlig — not clear; unfocused
• Turkish: belirsiz — not clear; unfocused
• Turkish: muğlak — not clear; unfocused
• Turkish: bulanık — not clear; unfocused
• Yoruba: bàìbàì — not clear; unfocused
• Bulgarian: размит (razmit) — computing theory: employing fuzzy logic