noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -ɪdəti
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Dampness, especially that of the air.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
The high humidity made the air feel sticky and hot.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The amount of water vapour in the air.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
Plants in the greenhouse thrive in constant humidity.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
wetness in the atmosphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humidness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wetness
Narrower terms: mugginess
History
Etymology
From Middle English humidite, borrowed from Old French humidité, from Medieval Latin hūmiditās, from Latin ūmidus (“damp, moist, wet”). By surface analysis, humid + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
137 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
lagështi
— dampness, especially that of the air
Arabic:
رُطُوبَة
(ruṭūba)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Armenian:
խոնավություն
(xonavutʻyun)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Asturian:
humedanza
— dampness, especially that of the air
Azerbaijani:
rütubət
— dampness, especially that of the air
Bashkir:
дымлылыҡ
(dımlılıq)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Basque:
hezetasun
— dampness, especially that of the air
Belarusian:
вільго́тнасць
(vilʹhótnascʹ)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Bhojpuri:
नमी
(namī)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Breton:
glebiadur
— dampness, especially that of the air
Bulgarian:
вла́жност
(vlážnost)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Catalan:
humitat
— dampness, especially that of the air
Chinese Mandarin:
濕度 /湿度
(shīdù)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Czech:
vlhkost
— dampness, especially that of the air
Danish:
luftfugtighed
— dampness, especially that of the air
Dutch:
luchtvochtigheid
— dampness, especially that of the air
Esperanto:
humideco
— dampness, especially that of the air
Estonian:
õhuniiskus
— dampness, especially that of the air
Finnish:
kosteus
— dampness, especially that of the air
French:
humidité
— dampness, especially that of the air
Galician:
humidade
— dampness, especially that of the air
Georgian:
ტენიანობა
(ṭenianoba)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Georgian:
სინესტე
(sinesṭe)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Georgian:
ნესტიანობა
(nesṭianoba)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Georgian:
ჰაერის ტენიანობა
(haeris ṭenianoba)
— dampness, especially that of the air
German:
Feuchtigkeit
— dampness, especially that of the air
Greek:
υγρασία
(ygrasía)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Haitian Creole:
imidite
— dampness, especially that of the air
Hebrew:
לַחוּת
(lakhút)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Hindi:
उमस
(umas)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Hindi:
नम
(nam)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Hindi:
नमी
(namī)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Hindi:
आर्द्रता
(ārdratā)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Hindi:
गीलापन
(gīlāpan)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Hungarian:
nyirkosság
— dampness, especially that of the air
Ilocano:
dam-eg
— dampness, especially that of the air
Indonesian:
kelembapan
— dampness, especially that of the air
Irish:
bogthaise
— dampness, especially that of the air
Italian:
umidità
— dampness, especially that of the air
Japanese:
湿気
(shikke)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Japanese:
湿度
(shitsudo)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Kazakh:
ылғалдылық
(ylğaldylyq)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Khmer:
សំណើម
(sɑmnaəm)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Khmer:
សន្សើម
(sɑɑsɑnsaəm)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Korean:
습도
(seupdo)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Korean:
습기
(seupgi)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Kyrgyz:
нымдуулук
(nımduuluk)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Lao:
ຄວາມຊຸ່ມ
(khuām sum)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Lao:
ຄວາມຊຶ້ນ
(khuām sưn)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Latvian:
mitrums
— dampness, especially that of the air
Lithuanian:
drėgmė
— dampness, especially that of the air
Macedonian:
влага
(vlaga)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Macedonian:
влажност
(vlažnost)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Malay:
kelembapan
— dampness, especially that of the air
Marathi:
आर्द्रता
(ārdratā)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Marathi:
दमटपणा
(damṭapṇā)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Marathi:
ओलावा
(olāvā)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Māori:
pīpīwai
— dampness, especially that of the air
Navajo:
níłchʼi ditłééʼ
— dampness, especially that of the air
Norwegian Bokmål:
luftfuktighet
— dampness, especially that of the air
Norwegian Nynorsk:
fukt
— dampness, especially that of the air
Persian:
رطوبت
(rotubat)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Persian:
نم
(nam)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Persian:
نمناکی
(namnâki)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Polish:
wilgotność
— dampness, especially that of the air
Portuguese:
umidade
— dampness, especially that of the air
Portuguese:
humidade
— dampness, especially that of the air
Romanian:
umezeală
— dampness, especially that of the air
Romanian:
umiditate
— dampness, especially that of the air
Russian:
вла́жность
(vlážnostʹ)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Scots:
humidity
— dampness, especially that of the air
Serbo-Croatian:
вла̏жно̄ст
— dampness, especially that of the air
Serbo-Croatian:
vlȁžnōst
— dampness, especially that of the air
Tachawit:
illumeḍ
— dampness, especially that of the air
Sicilian:
muḍḍura
— dampness, especially that of the air
Sindhi:
اٻس
(āḇs)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Slovak:
vlhkosť
— dampness, especially that of the air
Slovene:
vlažnost
— dampness, especially that of the air
Somali:
dhado
— dampness, especially that of the air
Spanish:
humedad
— dampness, especially that of the air
Spanish:
relente
— dampness, especially that of the air
Swahili:
unyevuanga
— dampness, especially that of the air
Swedish:
luftfuktighet
— dampness, especially that of the air
Tagalog:
halumigmig
— dampness, especially that of the air
Tagalog:
hamil
— dampness, especially that of the air
Tagalog:
sayimsim
— dampness, especially that of the air
Tajik:
рутубат
(rutubat)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Tajik:
намӣ
(nami)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Tajik:
тарӣ
(tari)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Tajik:
нам
(nam)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Tajik:
намнокӣ
(namnoki)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Thai:
ความชื้น
(kwaam-chʉ́ʉn)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Turkish:
nem
— dampness, especially that of the air
Turkmen:
yzgar
— dampness, especially that of the air
Ukrainian:
воло́гість
(volóhistʹ)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Uyghur:
نەملىك
(nemlik)
— dampness, especially that of the air
Uzbek:
namlik
— dampness, especially that of the air
Vietnamese:
độ ẩm
— dampness, especially that of the air
Vietnamese:
tình trạng ẩm ướt
— dampness, especially that of the air
Vietnamese:
ẩm độ
— dampness, especially that of the air
Arabic:
رُطُوبَة
(ruṭūba)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Armenian:
խոնավություն
(xonavutʻyun)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Bashkir:
дымлылыҡ
(dımlılıq)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Bulgarian:
вла́га
(vlága)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Czech:
vlhkost
— amount of water vapour in the air
Dutch:
luchtvochtigheid
— amount of water vapour in the air
Finnish:
ilmankosteus
— amount of water vapour in the air
French:
humidité
— amount of water vapour in the air
Galician:
humidade
— amount of water vapour in the air
Georgian:
ტენიანობა
(ṭenianoba)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Georgian:
ჰაერის ტენიანობა
(haeris ṭenianoba)
— amount of water vapour in the air
German:
Luftfeuchtigkeit
— amount of water vapour in the air
Hindi:
उमस
(umas)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Hindi:
नमी
(namī)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Hindi:
आर्द्रता
(ārdratā)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Indonesian:
kelembapan udara
— amount of water vapour in the air
Japanese:
湿度
(shitsudo)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Latvian:
mitrums
— amount of water vapour in the air
Macedonian:
влажност
(vlažnost)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Marathi:
आर्द्रता
(ārdratā)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Marathi:
दमटपणा
(damṭapṇā)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Marathi:
ओलावा
(olāvā)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Māori:
pīpīwai
— amount of water vapour in the air
Polish:
wilgotność
— amount of water vapour in the air
Portuguese:
umidade
— amount of water vapour in the air
Portuguese:
humidade
— amount of water vapour in the air
Romanian:
umiditate
— amount of water vapour in the air
Russian:
вла́жность
(vlážnostʹ)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Sicilian:
muḍḍura
— amount of water vapour in the air
Sicilian:
umidità
— amount of water vapour in the air
Sindhi:
گھم
(ghm)
— amount of water vapour in the air
Spanish:
humedad
— amount of water vapour in the air
Swahili:
unyevuanga
— amount of water vapour in the air
Swedish:
luftfuktighet
— amount of water vapour in the air
Tagalog:
halumigmig
— amount of water vapour in the air
Tagalog:
hamil
— amount of water vapour in the air
Tagalog:
sayimsim
— amount of water vapour in the air
