oily

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• /ˈɔɪli/
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From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”).

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: زَيْتِيّ (zaytiyy) — relating to oil
• Assamese: তেলীয়া (telia) — relating to oil
• Bulgarian: маслен (maslen) — relating to oil
• Czech: olejový — relating to oil
• Dutch: olieachtig — relating to oil
• Finnish: öljyinen — relating to oil
• Galician: oleoso — relating to oil
• German: ölig — relating to oil
• Kazakh: майлы (maily) — relating to oil
• Kyrgyz: майлуу (mayluu) — relating to oil
• Norwegian Bokmål: oljeaktig — relating to oil
• Norwegian Nynorsk: oljeaktig — relating to oil
• Persian: روغنی (rowġani) — relating to oil
• Polish: olejowy — relating to oil
• Portuguese: oleoso — relating to oil
• Portuguese: oleaginoso — relating to oil
• Portuguese: oleento — relating to oil
• Russian: ма́сляный (másljanyj) — relating to oil
• Scottish Gaelic: olach — relating to oil
• Southern Altai: майлу (maylu) — relating to oil
• Swedish: compounds with olja — relating to oil
• Turkish: yağsı — relating to oil
• Turkish: yağımsı — relating to oil
• Arabic: زَيْتِيّ (zaytiyy) — covered with or containing oil
• Arabic: دُهْنِيّ (duhniyy) — covered with or containing oil
• Assamese: তেলীয়া (telia) — covered with or containing oil
• Assamese: তেলাল (telal) — covered with or containing oil
• Bulgarian: промазан (promazan) — covered with or containing oil
• Czech: olejnatý — covered with or containing oil
• Dutch: oliehoudend — covered with or containing oil
• Esperanto: olea — covered with or containing oil
• Finnish: öljyinen — covered with or containing oil
• French: huileux — covered with or containing oil
• German: ölhaltig — covered with or containing oil
• Ancient Greek: λιπαρός (liparós) — covered with or containing oil
• Hungarian: olajos — covered with or containing oil
• Kaitag: ява́ (əvá) — covered with or containing oil
• Kazakh: майлы (maily) — covered with or containing oil
• Kyrgyz: майлуу (mayluu) — covered with or containing oil
• Malay: berminyak — covered with or containing oil
• Māori: hinuhinu — covered with or containing oil
• Marathi: तेलकट (telkaṭ) — covered with or containing oil
• Norman: huileux — covered with or containing oil
• Odia: ତେଲିଆ (teliā) — covered with or containing oil
• Plautdietsch: eeljich — covered with or containing oil
• Polish: oleisty — covered with or containing oil
• Polish: tłusty — covered with or containing oil
• Portuguese: oleoso — covered with or containing oil
• Portuguese: oleaginoso — covered with or containing oil
• Portuguese: oleento — covered with or containing oil
• Romanian: gras — covered with or containing oil
• Romanian: uleios — covered with or containing oil
• Russian: ма́сляный (másljanyj) — covered with or containing oil
• Russian: масляни́стый (masljanístyj) — covered with or containing oil
• Scottish Gaelic: olach — covered with or containing oil
• Southern Altai: майлу (maylu) — covered with or containing oil
• Spanish: aceitoso — covered with or containing oil
• Spanish: oleaginoso — covered with or containing oil
• Spanish: oleoso — covered with or containing oil
• Swedish: oljig — covered with or containing oil
• Turkish: yağlı — covered with or containing oil
• Yiddish: אייליק (eylik) — covered with or containing oil
• Bulgarian: ласкателен (laskatelen) — excessively friendly or polite
• Czech: podlézavý — excessively friendly or polite
• Finnish: lipevä — excessively friendly or polite
• French: onctueux — excessively friendly or polite
• Polish: wazeliniarski — excessively friendly or polite
• Polish: przypochlebny — excessively friendly or polite
• Russian: еле́йный (jeléjnyj) — excessively friendly or polite
• Scottish Gaelic: sliomach — excessively friendly or polite