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moisture

noun · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɔɪs.t͡ʃə/
  • General-American: /ˈmɔɪs.t͡ʃɚ/
  • General-American: /ˈmɔɪʃ.t͡ʃɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔɪstʃə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: M OY1 S CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • drops / beads of moisture

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The state of being moist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dampness, humidity, moistness, wetness

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

wetness caused by water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • drops of wet gleamed on the window

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wetness

History

Etymology

From Middle English moisture, from Old French moistour (“moisture, dampness, wetness”). Compare French moiteur.

Across languages

Translations

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: vocht — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Esperanto: malsekeco — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Finnish: kosteus — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Ancient Greek: ἰκμάς (ikmás) — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Hebrew: לַחוּת (lakhút) — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Hindi: आर्द्रता (ārdratā) — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Hindi: नमी (namī) — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Northern Kurdish: şê — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Latvian: mitrums — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Latvian: miklums — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Latvian: slapjums — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Lithuanian: drėgmė — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Malay: lembapan — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Marathi: आर्द्रता (ārdratā) — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Marathi: दमटपणा (damṭapṇā) — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Marathi: ओलावा (olāvā) — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Middle English: moisture — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Middle English: moistnes — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Old Church Slavonic: влага (vlaga) — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Polish: wilgoć — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Russian: вла́га (vlága) — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Ukrainian: воло́га (volóha) — that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity
  • Afrikaans: vog — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Albanian: lagështirë — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Arabic: رُطُوبَة (ruṭūba) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Armenian: խոնավություն (xonavutʻyun) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Armenian: թացություն (tʻacʻutʻyun) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Azerbaijani: nəmlik — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Azerbaijani: rütubət — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Azerbaijani: nəm — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Belarusian: ві́льгаць (vílʹhacʹ) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Belarusian: вільго́тнасць (vilʹhótnascʹ) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Breton: glebiadur — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Bulgarian: вла́га (vlága) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Bulgarian: вла́жност (vlážnost) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Catalan: humitat — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 濕氣 /湿气 (shīqì) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Czech: vlhkost — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Czech: vláha — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Danish: fugtighed — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Dutch: vochtigheid — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Dutch: vocht — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Finnish: kosteus — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • French: humidité — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Galician: humidade — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Galician: lentura — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Galician: humedén — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • German: Feuchtigkeit — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • German: Nässe — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Greek: υγρασία (ygrasía) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Greenlandic: aalaq — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Hebrew: לַחוּת (lakhút) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Hindi: आर्द्रता (ārdratā) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Hindi: नमी (namī) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Hungarian: nedvesség — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Hungarian: nyirkosság — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Irish: taisleach — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Italian: umidità — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Japanese: 湿気 (shikki) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Kazakh: дым (dym) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Khmer: សន្សើម (sɑɑsɑnsaəm) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Khmer: សំណើម (sɑmnaəm) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Korean: 습기 (seupgi) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Kyrgyz: ым (ım) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Kyrgyz: ным (nım) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Lao: ຄວາມຊຸ່ມ (khuām sum) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Latin: mador — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Latin: sucus — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Latvian: mistrums — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Latvian: miklums — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Latvian: valgums — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Latvian: valganums — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Lithuanian: drėgnis — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Lithuanian: drėgnumas — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Lithuanian: drėgmė — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Macedonian: влага (vlaga) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Malay: kelembapan — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Malayalam: ഈർപ്പം (īṟppaṁ) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Manchu: ᠰᡳᠮᡝᠨ (simen) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Middle English: moisture — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Middle English: moistnes — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fuktighet — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Church Slavic: влага (vlaga) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Church Slavic: ⰲⰾⰰⰳⰰ (vlaga) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Old East Slavic: волога (vologa) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Persian: نم (nam) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Persian: رطوبت (rotubat) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Middle Persian: 𐭭𐭬 (nam) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Polish: wilgoć — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Polish: wilgotność — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Portuguese: umidade — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Portuguese: humidade — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Romanian: umezeală — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Russian: вла́га (vlága) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Russian: вла́жность (vlážnostʹ) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Serbo-Croatian: вла̏га — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Serbo-Croatian: вла̏жно̄ст — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Serbo-Croatian: vlȁga — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Serbo-Croatian: vlȁžnōst — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Slovak: vlaha — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Slovak: vlhkosť — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Slovene: vlága — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Slovene: vlažnost — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Lower Sorbian: włoga — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Upper Sorbian: włoha — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Spanish: humedad — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Swedish: fuktighet — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Swedish: fukt — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Tagalog: halumigmig — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Tagalog: hamil — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Tagalog: sayimsim — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Tajik: нам (nam) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Tajik: рутубат (rutubat) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Tatar: дым (dım) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Thai: ความชื้น (kwaam-chʉ́ʉn) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Turkish: nem — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Turkish: rutubet — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Turkmen: çyg — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Ukrainian: воло́га (volóha) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Ukrainian: вільго́та (vilʹhóta) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Ukrainian: воло́гість (volóhistʹ) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Ukrainian: во́гкість (vóhkistʹ) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Urdu: نمی (namī) — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Uzbek: namlik — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Vietnamese: độ ẩm — the state of being moist — see also moistness
  • Vietnamese: khí ẩm — the state of being moist — see also moistness
Real reading context

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