muddy

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmʌdi/
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• rhymes with -ʌdi
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• CMU ARPABET: M AH1 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The adjective is derived from Late Middle English muddi, moddy, muddy (“covered with or full of mud, muddy”), from mud, mudde (“mud; turbid water”) + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Mud, mudde is possibly borrowed from Middle Dutch modde, and/or Middle Low German modde, mudde, from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“moist”). The English word is analysable as mud + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives). Doublet of muddle. The verb is derived from the adjective. cognates * Middle Low German moddich, muddich (German Low German muddig (“muddy; mouldy”))

From mud (crab) + -y (diminutive suffix).

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: кален (kalen) — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Bulgarian: мръсен (mrǎsen) — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Catalan: fangós — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Cherokee: ᏝᏬᏚᎯ (tlawoduhi) — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Chinese Mandarin: 渾 /浑 (hún) — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Czech: blátivý — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Czech: zablácený — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Dagbani: biɛtibiɛti — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Danish: mudret — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Esperanto: kota — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Faroese: runutur — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Finnish: kurainen — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Finnish: kurassa — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Finnish: mutainen — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Finnish: mudassa — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Finnish: rapainen — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Finnish: ravassa — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• French: boueux — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• French: vaseux — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• German: schlammig — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• German: matschig — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Hungarian: saras — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Hungarian: sáros — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Icelandic: forugur — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Indonesian: berlumpur — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Ingrian: mutaisikko — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Ingrian: retuisa — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Interlingua: fangose — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Irish: abarach — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Irish: draoibeach — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Irish: lábach — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Italian: fangoso — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Kapampangan: maburak — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Latin: līmōsus — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Latin: luteolus — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Latin: luteus — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Latin: lutulentus — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Macedonian: каллив (kalliv) — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Mirandese: barrento — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Plautdietsch: blottich — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Polish: błocisty — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Polish: błotnisty — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Portuguese: barroso — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Portuguese: lodoso — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Portuguese: lamacento — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Portuguese: barrento — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Portuguese: enlameado — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Russian: гря́зный (grjáznyj) — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Serbo-Croatian: бла̀тан — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Serbo-Croatian: blàtan — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Spanish: barroso — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Spanish: enfangado — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Spanish: fangoso — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Spanish: lodoso — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Spanish: turbio — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Sundanese: bolokot — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Swedish: lerig — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Tagalog: maputik — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Thai: เลอะโคลน (lə́-kloon) — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Turkish: çamurlu — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Ottoman Turkish: چامورلو (çamurlu) — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Ukrainian: брудни́й (brudnýj) — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Vietnamese: bùn lầy — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Vietnamese: lầy lội — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Vietnamese: sình lầy — covered or splashed with, or full of, mud
• Bulgarian: мътен (mǎten) — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Burmese: နောက် (nauk) — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Finnish: kurainen — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Finnish: mutainen — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Finnish: samea — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Ancient Greek: θολερός (tholerós) — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Hungarian: saras — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Hungarian: iszapos — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Interlingua: turbide — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Irish: ceachrach — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Irish: dorcha — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Irish: moirtiúil — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Irish: modartha — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Irish: murtallach — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Irish: tiubh — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Japanese: 濁り (nigori) — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Khmer: ខ្វល់ (khvɑl) — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Latin: turbidus — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Māori: kōparu — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Norwegian Bokmål: grumsete — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Norwegian Nynorsk: grumsete — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Portuguese: turvo — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Russian: му́тный (mútnyj) — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Spanish: pantanoso — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Spanish: turbio — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Turkish: çamurlu — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Ottoman Turkish: چامورلو (çamurlu) — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Ukrainian: каламу́тний (kalamútnyj) — of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension — see also cloudy, turbid
• Finnish: kuramainen — having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste
• Finnish: mutamainen — having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste
• Finnish: kurainen — (euphemistic) soiled with feces
• Finnish: rapainen — (euphemistic) soiled with feces
• Finnish: kurassa elävä — of an animal or plant: growing or living in mud
• Finnish: mudassa elävä — of an animal or plant: growing or living in mud
• Finnish: liata kuralla — to cover or splash (someone or something) with mud
• Finnish: liata mudalla — to cover or splash (someone or something) with mud
• Finnish: liata ravalla — to cover or splash (someone or something) with mud
• Latin: lutō — to cover or splash (someone or something) with mud
• Polish: błocić — to cover or splash (someone or something) with mud
• Polish: ubłocić — to cover or splash (someone or something) with mud
• Ottoman Turkish: چامورلامق (çamurlamak) — to cover or splash (someone or something) with mud
• Finnish: samentaa — to make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment
• Finnish: himmentää — to make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted
• Finnish: samentaa — to make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted
• Finnish: sekoittaa — to make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something)
• Finnish: kuraantua — to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled
• Finnish: samentua — of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid
• Finnish: sameta — of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid
• Finnish: saastua — to become contaminated or impure