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leafy

adj · 6 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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  • lēfʹē
  • /ˈliːfi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːfi
  • CMU ARPABET: L IY1 F IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Covered with leaves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • leafy trees
  • leafy vegetables

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Containing much foliage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a leafy avenue

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

In the form of leaves (of some material).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Resembling a leaf.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Wealthy, middle- or upper-class.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They live in a beautiful house in a leafy suburb.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

having or covered with leaves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • leafy trees
  • leafy vegetables

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: leafless

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English leaf Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English leafy From leaf + -y.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aromanian: frãndzos — covered with leaves
  • Catalan: fullós — covered with leaves
  • Catalan: fullat — covered with leaves
  • Dutch: gebladerd — covered with leaves
  • Finnish: lehtevä — covered with leaves
  • French: feuillu — covered with leaves
  • Galician: folloso — covered with leaves
  • Galician: frondoso — covered with leaves
  • German: laubtragender — covered with leaves
  • German: belaubt — covered with leaves
  • German: laubig — covered with leaves
  • German: beblättert — covered with leaves
  • Indonesian: rimbun — covered with leaves
  • Irish: duilleach — covered with leaves
  • Irish: duilleogach — covered with leaves
  • Irish: duilliúrach — covered with leaves
  • Italian: foglioso — covered with leaves
  • Old Javanese: sukĕt — covered with leaves
  • Latin: foliātus — covered with leaves
  • Latin: frondeus — covered with leaves
  • Latin: pampinōsus — covered with leaves
  • Malay: rimbun — covered with leaves
  • Māori: pūruru — covered with leaves
  • Norman: fieillu — covered with leaves
  • Portuguese: frondoso — covered with leaves
  • Romanian: frunzos — covered with leaves
  • Scottish Gaelic: duilleagach — covered with leaves
  • Southern Altai: јалбыракту (ǰalbïraktu) — covered with leaves
  • Spanish: frondoso — covered with leaves
  • Catalan: fullós — containing much foliage
  • Catalan: fullat — containing much foliage
  • Dutch: bladrijk — containing much foliage
  • Dutch: loofrijk — containing much foliage
  • Dutch: bladerrijk — containing much foliage
  • Finnish: lehtevä — containing much foliage
  • French: feuillu — containing much foliage
  • German: laubreich — containing much foliage
  • German: begrünt — containing much foliage
  • German: blattreich — containing much foliage
  • German: blätterreich — containing much foliage
  • Irish: duilleach — containing much foliage
  • Irish: duilleogach — containing much foliage
  • Irish: duilliúrach — containing much foliage
  • Italian: fronzuto — containing much foliage
  • Latin: frondeus — containing much foliage
  • Latin: foliātus — containing much foliage
  • Latin: pampinōsus — containing much foliage
  • Portuguese: folhoso — containing much foliage
  • Portuguese: frondoso — containing much foliage
  • Romanian: frunzos — containing much foliage
  • Spanish: frondoso — containing much foliage
  • French: feuilleté — in the form of leaves (of some material)
  • German: blattartig — in the form of leaves (of some material)
  • German: Blatt- — in the form of leaves (of some material)
  • Portuguese: foliáceo — in the form of leaves (of some material)
  • Spanish: foliáceo — in the form of leaves (of some material)
  • Catalan: fullós — resembling a leaf
  • Catalan: foliaci — resembling a leaf
  • German: blattartig — resembling a leaf