groovy

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• /ˈɡɹuvi/
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• rhymes with -uːvi
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Etymology tree English groove Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English groovy From groove + -y.

From the phrase in the groove, originally in reference to the grooves of an early phonograph record.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• German: rau — having grooves
• Bulgarian: отличен (otličen) — cool, neat, interesting
• Bulgarian: превъзходен (prevǎzhoden) — cool, neat, interesting
• Catalan: genial — cool, neat, interesting
• Chinese Mandarin: 时髦 (shí máo) — cool, neat, interesting
• Czech: módní — cool, neat, interesting
• Czech: šik — cool, neat, interesting
• Czech: skvělý — cool, neat, interesting
• Czech: super — cool, neat, interesting
• Czech: boží — cool, neat, interesting
• Finnish: jännä — cool, neat, interesting
• Finnish: mielenkiintoinen — cool, neat, interesting
• German: toll — cool, neat, interesting
• German: fetzig — cool, neat, interesting
• German: schick — cool, neat, interesting
• Italian: fico — cool, neat, interesting
• Polish: morowy — cool, neat, interesting
• Polish: klawy — cool, neat, interesting
• Portuguese: bacana — cool, neat, interesting
• Russian: клёвый (kljóvyj) — cool, neat, interesting
• Spanish: bacán — cool, neat, interesting
• Spanish: macanudo — cool, neat, interesting
• Spanish: genial — cool, neat, interesting
• Spanish: guay — cool, neat, interesting