homely

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• UK: /ˈhəʊmli/
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• US: hōmʹlē
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• US: /ˈhoʊmli/
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• rhymes with -əʊmli
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• CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 M L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English homly, hoomly, hamely (“domestic, familiar, plain, unattractive”), from Old English *hāmlīċ (“of the home, domestic”), from Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk (“of or characteristic of home”), equivalent to home + -ly. Cognate with Scots hamely (“familiar, personal, private”), West Frisian heimelik, Dutch heimelijk (“secret, secretive, clandestine”), German heimlich (“secret, secretive, clandestine, undercover”), Danish hemmelig (“secret”), Swedish hemlig (“secret, concealed, privy, covert”), Faroese heimligur (“homelike, homey”), Icelandic heimlegur (“homely; worldly”).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: útulný — cozy
• German: heimelig — cozy
• Bulgarian: грозноват (groznovat) — plain, physically unattractive
• Czech: prostý — plain, physically unattractive
• Czech: tuctový — plain, physically unattractive
• Czech: ordinérní — plain, physically unattractive
• Latin: invenustus — plain, physically unattractive
• Russian: невзрачный (nevzračnyj) — plain, physically unattractive
• Spanish: mal arrostrado — plain, physically unattractive
• Spanish: mal gestado — plain, physically unattractive
• Thai: บ้านๆ — plain, physically unattractive
• Bulgarian: домашен (domašen) — characteristic of or belonging to home
• Bulgarian: уютен (ujuten) — characteristic of or belonging to home
• Czech: domácký — characteristic of or belonging to home
• German: heimatlich — characteristic of or belonging to home
• Indonesian: rumahan — characteristic of or belonging to home
• Polish: swojski — characteristic of or belonging to home
• Spanish: hogareño — characteristic of or belonging to home
• Swedish: hemtrevlig — characteristic of or belonging to home
• Welsh: cartrefol — characteristic of or belonging to home
• Czech: vlídný — cordial, kind