misty

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• /ˈmɪsti/
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From Middle English misty, mysty, misti, from Old English mistiġ (“misty, dark”), from Proto-West Germanic *mistig (“misty”), equivalent to mist + -y. Cognate with Scots misty, mistie (“misty”), West Frisian mistich (“misty, foggy”), Dutch mistig (“misty, foggy”), German Low German mistig (“foggy”).

From the adjective misty, but sometimes also (like Missy) used as a nickname for Melissa.

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: мъглив (mǎgliv) — with mist; foggy
• Bulgarian: замъглен (zamǎglen) — with mist; foggy
• Catalan: boirós — with mist; foggy
• Catalan: bromós — with mist; foggy
• Catalan: neulós — with mist; foggy
• Cornish: niwlek — with mist; foggy
• Dutch: mistig — with mist; foggy
• Esperanto: nebula — with mist; foggy
• Finnish: usvainen — with mist; foggy
• Finnish: sumuinen — with mist; foggy
• French: brumeux — with mist; foggy
• Galician: con brétema — with mist; foggy
• Icelandic: mistraður — with mist; foggy
• Icelandic: móðuhulinn — with mist; foggy
• Ingrian: tumakka — with mist; foggy
• Irish: ceoch — with mist; foggy
• Irish: ceomhar — with mist; foggy
• Italian: con foschia — with mist; foggy
• Italian: nebbioso — with mist; foggy
• Japanese: 霞み (kasumi) — with mist; foggy
• Latin: nebulōsus — with mist; foggy
• Māori: ānehu — with mist; foggy
• Māori: pūkohukohu — with mist; foggy
• Māori: uwhango — with mist; foggy
• Māori: kōehuehu — with mist; foggy
• Norman: embliâsé — with mist; foggy
• Occitan: neblós — with mist; foggy
• Occitan: brumós — with mist; foggy
• Occitan: tubós — with mist; foggy
• Polish: mglisty — with mist; foggy
• Portuguese: nublado — with mist; foggy
• Portuguese: enevoado — with mist; foggy
• Russian: мгли́стый (mglístyj) — with mist; foggy
• Russian: тума́нный (tumánnyj) — with mist; foggy
• Scots: immis — with mist; foggy
• Scottish Gaelic: ceòthach — with mist; foggy
• Spanish: con neblina — with mist; foggy
• Spanish: neblinoso — with mist; foggy
• Spanish: emboriado — with mist; foggy
• Ukrainian: імлистий (imlystyj) — with mist; foggy
• Welsh: niwlog — with mist; foggy
• Bulgarian: насълзен (nasǎlzen) — with tears in the eyes
• Dutch: waterig — with tears in the eyes
• Esperanto: larmokula — with tears in the eyes
• Icelandic: társtokkinn — with tears in the eyes
• Italian: velato — with tears in the eyes
• Māori: toriwai — with tears in the eyes
• Māori: tōwahiwahi — with tears in the eyes
• Māori: tōwāwahi — with tears in the eyes
• Māori: matawai — with tears in the eyes
• Portuguese: marejado — with tears in the eyes
• Spanish: lloroso — with tears in the eyes
• Spanish: sentimental — with tears in the eyes