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humid

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhjuːmɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːmɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: HH Y UW1 M AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH Y UW1 M IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: Y UW1 M AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 4: Y UW1 M IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • humid earth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: damp, moist, bewatered, drenched, dripping, drunk, humid, irriguous, madid, moisty, overwatered, plashy, saturated, soaked, sodden, soggy, soppy, spewy, spongy, squidgy, thoan, thone, undried, watered, waterlogged, watery, wet, wetter than an otter's pocket, wiery

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • humid air
  • humid weather

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin ūmeō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin ūmidus Latin hūmidusder. Old French humideder. English humid Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus (“moist”). Via Proto-Indo-European *wegw- (“wet”) related to English weaky.

Across languages

Translations

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: i lagësht — slightly wet
  • Arabic: رَطْب (raṭb) — slightly wet
  • Arabic: رَطِب (raṭib) — slightly wet
  • Armenian: խոնավ (xonav) — slightly wet
  • Azerbaijani: rütubətli — slightly wet
  • Azerbaijani: nəm — slightly wet
  • Azerbaijani: nəmli — slightly wet
  • Basque: heze — slightly wet
  • Belarusian: вільго́тны (vilʹhótny) — slightly wet
  • Bengali: আর্দ্র (ardro) — slightly wet
  • Bulgarian: вла́жен (vlážen) — slightly wet
  • Burmese: စိုထိုင်း (cuihtuing:) — slightly wet
  • Catalan: humit — slightly wet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 濕 /湿 (shī) — slightly wet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 濕潤 /湿润 (shīrùn) — slightly wet
  • Czech: vlhký — slightly wet
  • Danish: fugtig — slightly wet
  • Dutch: vochtig — slightly wet
  • Esperanto: humida — slightly wet
  • Estonian: niiske — slightly wet
  • Finnish: kostea — slightly wet
  • Finnish: humidi — slightly wet
  • French: mouillé — slightly wet
  • French: humide — slightly wet
  • West-Frisian: fochtich — slightly wet
  • West-Frisian: damp — slightly wet
  • Friulian: umid — slightly wet
  • Galician: húmido — slightly wet
  • Georgian: ნესტიანი (nesṭiani) — slightly wet
  • Georgian: ნოტიო (noṭio) — slightly wet
  • Georgian: ტენიანი (ṭeniani) — slightly wet
  • German: feucht — slightly wet
  • Greek: υγρός (ygrós) — slightly wet
  • Greek: νοτερός (noterós) — slightly wet
  • Haitian Creole: imid — slightly wet
  • Hebrew: לַח (lakh) — slightly wet
  • Hindi: नम (nam) — slightly wet
  • Hindi: गीला (gīlā) — slightly wet
  • Hindi: आर्द्र (ārdra) — slightly wet
  • Hindi: तर (tar) — slightly wet
  • Hindi: आबी (ābī) — slightly wet
  • Hungarian: nyirkos — slightly wet
  • Iban: embap — slightly wet
  • Icelandic: rakur — slightly wet
  • Ido: humida — slightly wet
  • Indonesian: lembap — slightly wet
  • Irish: taisíoch — slightly wet
  • Italian: umido — slightly wet
  • Japanese: 湿気の多い (shikke no ōi) — slightly wet
  • Japanese: 蒸し暑い (mushiatsui) — slightly wet
  • Japanese: 湿っぽい (shimeppoi) — slightly wet
  • Japanese: 湿った (shimetta) — slightly wet
  • Kazakh: дымқыл (dymqyl) — slightly wet
  • Kazakh: сулы (suly) — slightly wet
  • Kazakh: ылғал (ylğal) — slightly wet
  • Khmer: សើម (saəm) — slightly wet
  • Korean: 습기가 많다 (seupgiga manta) — slightly wet
  • Korean: 축축하다 (chukchukhada) — slightly wet
  • Kyrgyz: нымдуу (nımduu) — slightly wet
  • Kyrgyz: жаан-чачындуу (jaan-cacınduu) — slightly wet
  • Lao: ຊຸ່ມ (sum) — slightly wet
  • Lao: ຈື້ນ (chư̄n) — slightly wet
  • Lao: ປຽກ (pīak) — slightly wet
  • Latgalian: volgons — slightly wet
  • Latin: ūvidus — slightly wet
  • Latvian: mitrs — slightly wet
  • Latvian: mikls — slightly wet
  • Latvian: valgs — slightly wet
  • Latvian: valgans — slightly wet
  • Lithuanian: drėgnas — slightly wet
  • Macedonian: влажен (vlažen) — slightly wet
  • Malay: lembap — slightly wet
  • Marathi: आर्द्र (ārdra) — slightly wet
  • Marathi: दमट (damaṭ) — slightly wet
  • Marathi: ओले (ole) — slightly wet
  • Māori: haitutu — slightly wet
  • Mongolian: чийглэг (čiigleg) — slightly wet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fuktig — slightly wet
  • Persian: مرطوب (martub) — slightly wet
  • Persian: تر (tar) — slightly wet
  • Piedmontese: ùmid — slightly wet
  • Plautdietsch: feicht — slightly wet
  • Polish: wilgotny — slightly wet
  • Portuguese: úmido — slightly wet
  • Portuguese: húmido — slightly wet
  • Romanian: umed — slightly wet
  • Russian: вла́жный (vlážnyj) — slightly wet
  • Serbo-Croatian: вла̏жан — slightly wet
  • Serbo-Croatian: vlȁžan — slightly wet
  • Slovak: vlhký — slightly wet
  • Slovene: vlažen — slightly wet
  • Spanish: húmedo — slightly wet
  • Swedish: fuktig — slightly wet
  • Tajik: мартуб (martub) — slightly wet
  • Tajik: тар (tar) — slightly wet
  • Tày: ấm — slightly wet
  • Thai: ชื้น (chʉ́ʉn) — slightly wet
  • Thai: เปียก (bpìiak) — slightly wet
  • Turkish: nemli — slightly wet
  • Turkish: rutubetli — slightly wet
  • Turkmen: dymyk — slightly wet
  • Turkmen: yzgarly — slightly wet
  • Ukrainian: воло́гий (volóhyj) — slightly wet
  • Urdu: نم (nam) — slightly wet
  • Urdu: گیلا (gīlā) — slightly wet
  • Urdu: تر (tar) — slightly wet
  • Uzbek: nam — slightly wet
  • Uzbek: hoʻl — slightly wet
  • Uzbek: zax — slightly wet
  • Vietnamese: ẩm — slightly wet
  • Welsh: llaith — slightly wet
  • Yiddish: פֿײַכט (faykht) — slightly wet
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