adj
Meaning 1
Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
patchy
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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/ˈpæt͡ʃi/
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rhymes with -ætʃi
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CMU ARPABET: P AE1 CH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Not constant or continuous; intermittent or uneven.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- patchy clouds
- a patchy performance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a patchy essay
- patchy fog
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English patch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English patchy From patch + -y.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Māori: kōpurepure — Full of, or covered with, patches
- Spanish: hecho a retales — Full of, or covered with, patches
- Tày: bống báng — Full of, or covered with, patches
- Vietnamese: nham nhở — Full of, or covered with, patches
- Finnish: epätasainen — Not constant or continuous
- Finnish: hajanainen — Not constant or continuous
- Māori: pūrei — Not constant or continuous
- Māori: pūreirei — Not constant or continuous
- Swedish: ojämn — Not constant or continuous
- Swedish: flammig — Not constant or continuous