adj
Meaning 1
Rough, raw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: especially vocal quality
Examples
- His incessant coughing made his voice sound raspy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
raspy
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: /ˈɹɑː.spɪ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹæs.pi/
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General-American: /ˈɹæs.pi/
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General-American: raspy quality Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australia: clear quality Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɑːspi
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rhymes with -æspi
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CMU ARPABET: R AE1 S P IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Irritable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a gravelly voice
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, rough, scratchy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb /*(s)krebh- Proto-Germanic *hrepsaną /*hrepspaną Proto-Germanic *hrespaną Proto-Germanic *hraspōną Frankish *hraspōnbor. Vulgar Latin *raspāre Old French rasperbor. Middle English raspen English rasp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English raspy From rasp + -y.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дрезгав (drezgav) — rough, raw
- Czech: chraplavý — rough, raw
- Dutch: rauw — rough, raw
- Finnish: käheä — rough, raw
- French: râpe — rough, raw
- French: râpeux — rough, raw
- German: rau — rough, raw
- Māori: māngūngungu — rough, raw
- Polish: zgrzytliwy — rough, raw
- Romanian: aspru — rough, raw
- Romanian: răgușit — rough, raw
- Russian: дребезжа́щий (drebezžáščij) — rough, raw
- Russian: скреже́щущий (skrežéščuščij) — rough, raw
- Serbo-Croatian: promukao — rough, raw
- Spanish: ronco — rough, raw
- Swedish: raspig — rough, raw
- Swedish: skrovlig — rough, raw