slippery

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• /ˈslɪpəɹi/
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From Middle English slipperie, an extended form ( + -y) of Middle English slipper, sliper (“slippery”), from Old English slipor (“slippery”), from Proto-Germanic *slipraz (“smooth, slippery”), equivalent to slip + -er. Compare also Middle English slibbri, slubbri (“slippery”) borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German slibberich (“slippery”). Cognate with German schlüpfrig (“slippery”), Danish slibrig (“slippery”), Swedish slipprig (“slippery”).

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: زَلِق (zaliq) — of a surface
• Armenian: սայթաքուն (saytʻakʻun) — of a surface
• Asturian: esnidiu — of a surface
• Asturian: esnidiosu — of a surface
• Azerbaijani: sürüşkən — of a surface
• Bashkir: тайғаҡ (tayğaq) — of a surface
• Basque: labaingarriak — of a surface
• Belarusian: слі́зкі (slízki) — of a surface
• Belarusian: ко́ўзкі (kówzki) — of a surface
• Central Bikol: mahalnas — of a surface
• Bulgarian: хлъ́згав (hlǎ́zgav) — of a surface
• Bulgarian: плъ́згав (plǎ́zgav) — of a surface
• Burmese: ချော (hkyau:) — of a surface
• Catalan: lliscant — of a surface
• Cherokee: ᏓᏫᏍᎬᎯ (dawisgvhi) — of a surface
• Khumi Chin: bädete — of a surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 滑 (huá) — of a surface
• Choctaw: halʋsbi — of a surface
• Czech: kluzký — of a surface
• Danish: glat — of a surface
• Dutch: glibberig — of a surface
• Dutch: glad — of a surface
• Esperanto: glita — of a surface
• Esperanto: glitiga — of a surface
• Estonian: libe — of a surface
• Finnish: liukas — of a surface
• French: glissant — of a surface
• Galician: escorredío — of a surface
• Galician: esvaradío — of a surface
• Galician: escorregadizo — of a surface
• Georgian: სრიალა (sriala) — of a surface
• Georgian: ლიპი (liṗi) — of a surface
• Georgian: მოლიპული (moliṗuli) — of a surface
• German: rutschig — of a surface
• German: glitschig — of a surface
• Greek: ολισθηρός (olisthirós) — of a surface
• Ancient Greek: γλίσχρος (glískhros) — of a surface
• Ancient Greek: ὀλισθηρός (olisthērós) — of a surface
• Hawaiian: kika — of a surface
• Hebrew: חָלָק (khalák) — of a surface
• Hebrew: חלקלק (khalaklák) — of a surface
• Hebrew: מחליק (makhlík) — of a surface
• Hindi: रपटीला (rapṭīlā) — of a surface
• Hindi: फिसलाऊ (phislāū) — of a surface
• Hungarian: csúszós — of a surface
• Indonesian: licin — of a surface
• Ingrian: liukas — of a surface
• Ingrian: lippiä — of a surface
• Irish: sciorrach — of a surface
• Irish: sleamhain — of a surface
• Irish: sliopach — of a surface
• Italian: scivoloso — of a surface
• Italian: sdrucciolevole — of a surface
• Japanese: 滑りやすい (suberiyasui) — of a surface
• Kapampangan: mataluras — of a surface
• Kapampangan: matalusad — of a surface
• Khmer: រឥល (rɔɔrɔʼəl) — of a surface
• Khmer: រអិល (rɔɔrɔʼəl) — of a surface
• Korean: 미끄럽다 (mikkeureopda) — of a surface
• Central Kurdish: خلیسک (xlîsk) — of a surface
• Ladin: liz — of a surface
• Lao: ລ່ຽນ (līan) — of a surface
• Latgalian: sleideigs — of a surface
• Latin: lūbricus — of a surface
• Latvian: slidens — of a surface
• Limburgish: glaad — of a surface
• Lithuanian: slidus — of a surface
• Macedonian: лизгав (lizgav) — of a surface
• Maguindanao: malindeg — of a surface
• Māori: peopeo — of a surface
• Māori: pāhekeheke — of a surface
• Māori: mania — of a surface
• Māori: pāremoremo — of a surface
• Māori: māniania — of a surface
• Māori: pākehokeho — of a surface
• Māori: pārengorengo — of a surface
• Māori: hāwaniwani — of a surface
• Māori: pānekeneke — of a surface
• Maranao: malindeg — of a surface
• Mongolian: гөлгөр (gölgör) — of a surface
• Mongolian: хальтиргаатай (xalʹtirgaataj) — of a surface
• Khiamniungan Naga: tǖnūonūo — of a surface
• Navajo: nahateeł — of a surface
• Norman: drissant — of a surface
• Norman: êcrîliant — of a surface
• Norwegian Bokmål: glatt — of a surface
• Norwegian Bokmål: sleip — of a surface
• Norwegian Nynorsk: glatt — of a surface
• Old English: slipor — of a surface
• Persian: لیز (liz) — of a surface
• Polish: śliski — of a surface
• Portuguese: escorregadio — of a surface
• Romanian: alunecos — of a surface
• Russian: ско́льзкий (skólʹzkij) — of a surface
• Scottish Gaelic: sleamhainn — of a surface
• Serbo-Croatian: клизав — of a surface
• Serbo-Croatian: klizav — of a surface
• Slovak: klzký — of a surface
• Slovene: spolzek — of a surface
• Spanish: resbaladizo — of a surface
• Spanish: escurridizo — of a surface
• Spanish: resbaloso — of a surface
• Swedish: hal — of a surface
• Tagalog: madulas — of a surface
• Thai: ลื่น (lʉ̂ʉn) — of a surface
• Turkish: kaygan — of a surface
• Ukrainian: слизьки́й (slyzʹkýj) — of a surface
• Ukrainian: ковзки́й (kovzkýj) — of a surface
• Ukrainian: сковзки́й (skovzkýj) — of a surface
• Unami: shòxe — of a surface
• Unami: shòxsi — of a surface
• Vietnamese: trơn — of a surface
• Bulgarian: увъртащ (uvǎrtašt) — evasive; difficult to pin down
• Bulgarian: уклончив (uklončiv) — evasive; difficult to pin down
• Chinese Mandarin: 滑頭滑腦 /滑头滑脑 (huátóuhuánǎo) — evasive; difficult to pin down
• German: aalglatt — evasive; difficult to pin down
• Irish: sleamhain — evasive; difficult to pin down
• Norwegian Bokmål: glatt — evasive; difficult to pin down
• Norwegian Bokmål: sleip — evasive; difficult to pin down
• Norwegian Nynorsk: glatt — evasive; difficult to pin down
• Portuguese: liso — evasive; difficult to pin down
• Russian: увёртливый (uvjórtlivyj) — evasive; difficult to pin down
• Russian: ско́льзкий (skólʹzkij) — evasive; difficult to pin down
• Spanish: escurridizo — evasive; difficult to pin down