rusty

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• /ˈɹʌsti/
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From Middle English rusty, from Old English rūstiġ (“rusty”), from Proto-Germanic *rustagaz (“rusty”), equivalent to rust + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian rusterch (“rusty”), West Frisian rustich, roastich (“rusty”), Dutch roestig (“rusty”), German Low German rusterig, rüsterig (“rusty”), German rostig (“rusty”), Swedish rostig (“rusty”).

Variant form of resty; compare also reasty.

Ellipsis of rusty one more often used for this, or from the general epithet rusty given to various particular firearm names—earlier both were applied in Cockney rhyming slang for other machines, including swords in their day, but the present coinage has not more than a loose connection to this and is from the preference for used or antique firearms due to their being easier or cheaper to obtain.

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: صَدِئ (ṣadiʔ) — affected by rust
• Armenian: ժանգոտ (žangot) — affected by rust
• Old Armenian: ժանգոտ (žangot) — affected by rust
• Belarusian: іржа́вы (iržávy) — affected by rust
• Central Bikol: matakla — affected by rust
• Bulgarian: ръждясал (rǎždjasal) — affected by rust
• Catalan: rovellat — affected by rust
• Chinese Mandarin: 生鏽的 /生锈的 (shēngxiù de) — affected by rust
• Cornish: gossenek — affected by rust
• Czech: rezavý — affected by rust
• Danish: rusten — affected by rust
• Dutch: roestig — affected by rust
• Dutch: verroest — affected by rust
• Esperanto: rusta — affected by rust
• Finnish: ruosteinen — affected by rust
• French: rouillé — affected by rust
• Galician: ferruxento — affected by rust
• Galician: enferruxado — affected by rust
• Georgian: ჟანგიანი (žangiani) — affected by rust
• German: rostig — affected by rust
• German: verrostet — affected by rust
• Greek: σκουριασμένος (skouriasménos) — affected by rust
• Hungarian: rozsdás — affected by rust
• Icelandic: ryðgaður — affected by rust
• Irish: meirgeach — affected by rust
• Italian: arrugginito — affected by rust
• Japanese: さびた (sabita) — affected by rust
• Khmer: ច្រែះ (creh) — affected by rust
• Latin: rōbīginōsus — affected by rust
• Latin: aerūginōsus — affected by rust
• Luxembourgish: raschteg — affected by rust
• Macedonian: ’рѓосан (’rǵosan) — affected by rust
• Macedonian: за’рѓан (za’rǵan) — affected by rust
• Middle English: rusty — affected by rust
• Norwegian Bokmål: rusten — affected by rust
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rusten — affected by rust
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rusta — affected by rust
• Old English: rūstiġ — affected by rust
• Polish: zardzewiały — affected by rust
• Polish: rdzawy — affected by rust
• Portuguese: enferrujado — affected by rust
• Portuguese: ferrugento — affected by rust
• Romanian: ruginit — affected by rust
• Russian: ржа́вый (ržávyj) — affected by rust
• Serbo-Croatian: рђав — affected by rust
• Serbo-Croatian: хрђав — affected by rust
• Serbo-Croatian: rđav — affected by rust
• Serbo-Croatian: hrđav — affected by rust
• Slovak: hrdzavý — affected by rust
• Spanish: herrumbroso — affected by rust
• Swedish: rostig — affected by rust
• Thai: เป็นสนิม (bpen-sà-nǐm) — affected by rust
• Turkish: paslanmış — affected by rust
• Turkish: paslı — affected by rust
• Ukrainian: іржа́вий (iržávyj) — affected by rust
• Unami: màxkalët — affected by rust
• Unami: màxkalësi — affected by rust
• Venetan: rùxene — affected by rust
• Vietnamese: rỉ — affected by rust
• Waray-Waray: taoyon — affected by rust
• Welsh: rhydlyd — affected by rust
• Bulgarian: ръждив (rǎždiv) — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Cornish: gossenek — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Czech: rezavý — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Danish: rustfarvet — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Danish: rustrød — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Esperanto: rustkolora — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Finnish: ruosteenruskea — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Georgian: ჟანგისფერი (žangisperi) — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Hungarian: rozsdabarna — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Latin: ferrūgineus — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Latin: rōbīginōsus — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Macedonian: ’рѓест (’rǵest) — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Middle English: rusty — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Polish: rdzawy — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Slovak: hrdzavý — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Lower Sorbian: ryzy — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Spanish: herrumbroso — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Spanish: rojizo — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Swedish: rostfärgad — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Welsh: lliw rhwd — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Welsh: rhydliw — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Welsh: rhytgoch — of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown
• Bulgarian: занемарен (zanemaren) — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Catalan: rovellat — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Danish: rusten — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Dutch: roestig — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Esperanto: rusta — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Estonian: roostes — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Finnish: ruosteinen — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Finnish: ruosteessa — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• French: rouillé — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Galician: enferruxado — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Galician: oxidado — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• German: eingerostet — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Greek: σκουριασμένος (skouriasménos) — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Greek: ξεπερασμένος (xeperasménos) — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Hungarian: berozsdásodott — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Icelandic: stirðna — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Irish: meirgeach — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Italian: arrugginito — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Macedonian: подзабо́равен (podzabóraven) — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Macedonian: зане́марен (zanémaren) — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Norwegian Bokmål: rusten — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rusten — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Polish: zardzewiały — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Portuguese: enferrujado — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Portuguese: destreinado — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Spanish: oxidado — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Spanish: olvidado — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Spanish: desentrenado — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Swedish: ringrostig — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Turkish: paslanmış — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Welsh: rhydlyd — lacking recent experience, out of practice
• Bulgarian: износен (iznosen) — worn, shabby
• Irish: tréigthe — worn, shabby
• Macedonian: и́зносен (íznosen) — worn, shabby