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Etymology tree Old English smōþ Middle English smothe Proto-West Germanic *smanþī Old English smēþe Middle English smethe English smooth From Middle English smothe, smethe, from Old English smēþe, smōþ, both from Proto-West Germanic *smanþī, of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots smuith (“smooth”), Saterland Frisian smoud (“smooth”), Low German smood and smödig (“smooth, malleable, ductile”), Dutch smeuïg (“smooth”) (from earlier smeudig).

332 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: ለስላሳ (läslasa) — lacking friction, not rough
• Arabic: نَاعِم (nāʕim) — lacking friction, not rough
• Arabic: أَمْلَس (ʔamlas) — lacking friction, not rough
• Arabic: مالس (mālis) — lacking friction, not rough
• Arabic: ناعم (nāʕim) — lacking friction, not rough
• Armenian: հարթ (hartʻ) — lacking friction, not rough
• Armenian: ողորկ (oġork) — lacking friction, not rough
• Aromanian: buimatcu — lacking friction, not rough
• Aromanian: duzi — lacking friction, not rough
• Aromanian: ischiu — lacking friction, not rough
• Asturian: llisu — lacking friction, not rough
• Azerbaijani: hamar — lacking friction, not rough
• Azerbaijani: rəvan — lacking friction, not rough
• Belarusian: гла́дкі (hládki) — lacking friction, not rough
• Bhojpuri: चिकन (cikan) — lacking friction, not rough
• Bulgarian: гла́дък (gládǎk) — lacking friction, not rough
• Burmese: ချော (hkyau:) — lacking friction, not rough
• Catalan: llis — lacking friction, not rough
• Chamicuro: pya'sino — lacking friction, not rough
• Chechen: шера (šera) — lacking friction, not rough
• Cherokee: ᎤᏩᎾᏕᏍᎩ (uwanadesgi) — lacking friction, not rough
• Chinese Mandarin: 平滑 (pínghuá) — lacking friction, not rough
• Chinese Mandarin: 光滑 (guānghuá, guānghua) — lacking friction, not rough
• Choctaw: halʋsbi — lacking friction, not rough
• Crimean Tatar: tegiz — lacking friction, not rough
• Czech: hladký — lacking friction, not rough
• Dalmatian: lois — lacking friction, not rough
• Danish: glat — lacking friction, not rough
• Dutch: glad — lacking friction, not rough
• Esperanto: glata — lacking friction, not rough
• Estonian: sile — lacking friction, not rough
• Even: булдути (ʙulduti) — lacking friction, not rough
• Finnish: sileä — lacking friction, not rough
• French: lisse — lacking friction, not rough
• Friulian: lis — lacking friction, not rough
• Friulian: vualîf — lacking friction, not rough
• Galician: liso — lacking friction, not rough
• Georgian: გლუვი (gluvi) — lacking friction, not rough
• German: glatt — lacking friction, not rough
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (slaihts) — lacking friction, not rough
• Greek: λείος (leíos) — lacking friction, not rough
• Greek: απαλός (apalós) — lacking friction, not rough
• Ancient Greek: λεῖος (leîos) — lacking friction, not rough
• Ancient Greek: λισσός (lissós) — lacking friction, not rough
• Mbya Guarani: yxyĩ — lacking friction, not rough
• Hawaiian: paheʻe — lacking friction, not rough
• Hawaiian: ʻōmolemole — lacking friction, not rough
• Hebrew: חָלָק (khalak) — lacking friction, not rough
• Hindi: चिकना (ciknā) — lacking friction, not rough
• White Hmong: du — lacking friction, not rough
• Hungarian: sima — lacking friction, not rough
• Icelandic: sléttur — lacking friction, not rough
• Ido: glata — lacking friction, not rough
• Indonesian: halus — lacking friction, not rough
• Indonesian: mulus — lacking friction, not rough
• Ingrian: lakkia — lacking friction, not rough
• Ingush: шаьра (šära) — lacking friction, not rough
• Irish: caoin — lacking friction, not rough
• Irish: mín — lacking friction, not rough
• Italian: liscio — lacking friction, not rough
• Italian: mellifluo — lacking friction, not rough
• Japanese: 滑らかな (nameraka na) — lacking friction, not rough
• Kapampangan: malinatnat — lacking friction, not rough
• Kashubian: głôdczi — lacking friction, not rough
• Kazakh: тегіс (tegıs) — lacking friction, not rough
• Korean: 매끄럽다 (maekkeureopda) — lacking friction, not rough
• Central Kurdish: لووس (lûs) — lacking friction, not rough
• Northern Kurdish: lûs — lacking friction, not rough
• Northern Kurdish: hilû — lacking friction, not rough
• Latgalian: gluds — lacking friction, not rough
• Latgalian: gludons — lacking friction, not rough
• Latin: glaber — lacking friction, not rough
• Latin: lēvis — lacking friction, not rough
• Latin: teres — lacking friction, not rough
• Latvian: gluds — lacking friction, not rough
• Luxembourgish: glat — lacking friction, not rough
• Macedonian: ма́зен (mázen) — lacking friction, not rough
• Macedonian: гла́док (gládok) — lacking friction, not rough
• Malay: licin — lacking friction, not rough
• Māori: māeneene — lacking friction, not rough
• Māori: mōhanihani — lacking friction, not rough
• Māori: newanewa — lacking friction, not rough
• Māori: koutata — lacking friction, not rough
• Māori: mohimohi — lacking friction, not rough
• Middle English: smethe — lacking friction, not rough
• Middle English: smothe — lacking friction, not rough
• Moksha: вадря (vadrä) — lacking friction, not rough
• Mongolian: тэгш (tegš) — lacking friction, not rough
• Mongolian: гөлгөр (gölgör) — lacking friction, not rough
• Khiamniungan Naga: tǖlīnglīng — lacking friction, not rough
• Navajo: dilkǫǫh — lacking friction, not rough
• Occitan: lis — lacking friction, not rough
• Old Occitan: lis — lacking friction, not rough
• Church Slavic: гладъкъ (gladŭkŭ) — lacking friction, not rough
• Old English: smēþe — lacking friction, not rough
• Persian: لیز (liz) — lacking friction, not rough
• Polish: gładki — lacking friction, not rough
• Portuguese: liso — lacking friction, not rough
• Romanian: neted — lacking friction, not rough
• Romanian: lin — lacking friction, not rough
• Romanian: lis — lacking friction, not rough
• Romansh: glisch — lacking friction, not rough
• Russian: гла́дкий (gládkij) — lacking friction, not rough
• Northern Sami: livttis — lacking friction, not rough
• Scottish Gaelic: mìn — lacking friction, not rough
• Scottish Gaelic: sèimh — lacking friction, not rough
• Scottish Gaelic: socrach — lacking friction, not rough
• Scottish Gaelic: tlàth — lacking friction, not rough
• Serbo-Croatian: гла̏дак — lacking friction, not rough
• Serbo-Croatian: glȁdak — lacking friction, not rough
• Sicilian: lisciu — lacking friction, not rough
• Slovak: hladký — lacking friction, not rough
• Slovene: gladek — lacking friction, not rough
• Lower Sorbian: gładki — lacking friction, not rough
• Upper Sorbian: hładki — lacking friction, not rough
• Spanish: liso — lacking friction, not rough
• Spanish: glaxo — lacking friction, not rough
• Spanish: terso — lacking friction, not rough
• Spanish: suave — lacking friction, not rough
• Sundanese: lemes — lacking friction, not rough
• Swahili: laini — lacking friction, not rough
• Swedish: jämn — lacking friction, not rough
• Swedish: len — lacking friction, not rough
• Swedish: hal — lacking friction, not rough
• Swedish: slät — lacking friction, not rough
• Swedish: glatt — lacking friction, not rough
• Tagalog: makinis — lacking friction, not rough
• Tahitian: hinuhinu — lacking friction, not rough
• Tarantino: lisse — lacking friction, not rough
• Telugu: నున్నటి (nunnaṭi) — lacking friction, not rough
• Thai: เรียบ (rîiap) — lacking friction, not rough
• Tocharian B: ṣmare — lacking friction, not rough
• Turkish: pürüzsüz — lacking friction, not rough
• Turkish: düz — lacking friction, not rough
• Ukrainian: гладки́й (hladkýj) — lacking friction, not rough
• Uzbek: tekis — lacking friction, not rough
• Venetan: guałivo — lacking friction, not rough
• Venetan: gałivo — lacking friction, not rough
• Vietnamese: trơn — lacking friction, not rough
• Vietnamese: mượt — lacking friction, not rough
• Vilamovian: głōt — lacking friction, not rough
• Volapük: smufik — lacking friction, not rough
• Welsh: llyfn — lacking friction, not rough
• Welsh: esmwyth — lacking friction, not rough
• Yiddish: גלאַט (glat) — lacking friction, not rough
• Zealandic: glad — lacking friction, not rough
• Bulgarian: гладък (gladǎk) — without difficulty
• Chinese Mandarin: 平穩 /平稳 (píngwěn) — without difficulty
• Chinese Mandarin: 順利 /顺利 (shùnlì) — without difficulty
• Czech: hladký — without difficulty
• Dutch: vlot — without difficulty
• Finnish: sujuva — without difficulty
• Finnish: kitkaton — without difficulty
• French: doux — without difficulty
• French: facile — without difficulty
• German: reibungslos — without difficulty
• German: problemlos — without difficulty
• German: glatt — without difficulty
• Greek: ομαλός (omalós) — without difficulty
• Hungarian: zökkenőmentes — without difficulty
• Irish: réidh — without difficulty
• Italian: facile — without difficulty
• Italian: dolce — without difficulty
• Italian: soffice — without difficulty
• Japanese: スムース (sumūsu) — without difficulty
• Macedonian: ма́зен (mázen) — without difficulty
• Macedonian: ле́сен (lésen) — without difficulty
• Māori: moani — without difficulty
• Portuguese: suave — without difficulty
• Russian: гла́дкий (gládkij) — without difficulty
• Swahili: laini — without difficulty
• Swedish: smidig — without difficulty
• Dutch: glad — bland; glib
• Finnish: lipevä — bland; glib
• French: lisse — bland; glib
• German: glatt — bland; glib
• Greek: ήπιος (ípios) — bland; glib
• Ancient Greek: λίσπος (líspos) — bland; glib
• Irish: séimh — bland; glib
• Italian: blando — bland; glib
• Portuguese: suave — bland; glib
• Swahili: laini — bland; glib
• Chinese Mandarin: 圓滑 /圆滑 (yuánhuá) — suave; sophisticated
• Dutch: vlot — suave; sophisticated
• Dutch: glad — suave; sophisticated
• Finnish: sulava — suave; sophisticated
• French: sophistiqué — suave; sophisticated
• Greek: γλυκομίλητος (glykomílitos) — suave; sophisticated
• Hungarian: finom — suave; sophisticated
• Spanish: sofisticado — suave; sophisticated
• Swahili: laini — suave; sophisticated
• Turkish: kibar — suave; sophisticated
• Bulgarian: плавен (plaven) — action: natural; unconstrained
• Chinese Mandarin: 流暢 /流畅 (liúchàng) — action: natural; unconstrained
• Chinese Mandarin: 自然 (zìrán) — action: natural; unconstrained
• Dutch: glad — action: natural; unconstrained
• Finnish: sujuva — action: natural; unconstrained
• French: naturel — action: natural; unconstrained
• Greek: στρωτός (strotós) — action: natural; unconstrained
• Irish: réidh — action: natural; unconstrained
• Macedonian: пла́вен (pláven) — action: natural; unconstrained
• Macedonian: о́дмерен (ódmeren) — action: natural; unconstrained
• Macedonian: не́пречен (néprečen) — action: natural; unconstrained
• Portuguese: suave — action: natural; unconstrained
• Swahili: laini — action: natural; unconstrained
• Bulgarian: плавен (plaven) — motion: unbroken
• Chinese Mandarin: 流暢 /流畅 (liúchàng) — motion: unbroken
• Dutch: vlot — motion: unbroken
• Finnish: sulava — motion: unbroken
• Finnish: sujuva — motion: unbroken
• French: souple — motion: unbroken
• Greek: ομαλός (omalós) — motion: unbroken
• Hungarian: folytonos — motion: unbroken
• Irish: réidh — motion: unbroken
• Macedonian: пла́вен (pláven) — motion: unbroken
• Macedonian: о́дмерен (ódmeren) — motion: unbroken
• Macedonian: не́пречен (néprečen) — motion: unbroken
• Māori: paparōnaki — motion: unbroken
• Russian: пла́вный (plávnyj) — motion: unbroken
• Spanish: constante — motion: unbroken
• Swahili: laini — motion: unbroken
• Ukrainian: пла́вний (plávnyj) — motion: unbroken
• Bulgarian: спокоен (spokoen) — placid, calm
• Chinese Mandarin: 平靜 /平静 (píngjìng) — placid, calm
• Dutch: glad — placid, calm
• Finnish: tyyni — placid, calm
• Greek: ακύμαντος (akýmantos) — placid, calm
• Macedonian: спо́коен (spókoen) — placid, calm
• Macedonian: сми́рен (smíren) — placid, calm
• Māori: mō(w)ai — placid, calm
• Middle English: smothe — placid, calm
• Mongolian: дөлгөөн (dölgöön) — placid, calm
• Spanish: tranquilo — placid, calm
• Spanish: apacible — placid, calm
• Swahili: laini — placid, calm
• Dutch: glad — edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated
• Finnish: pehmeä — edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated
• Greek: λείος (leíos) — edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated
• Hungarian: lekerekített — edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated
• Hungarian: sima — edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated
• Māori: mākohakoha — edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated
• Māori: monemone — edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated
• Māori: motuhēhē — edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated
• Māori: motuhenga — edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated
• Portuguese: liso — edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated
• Spanish: liso — edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated
• Swahili: laini — edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated
• Bulgarian: гладък (gladǎk) — food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture
• Dutch: glad — food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture
• Dutch: zacht — food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture
• Dutch: fijn — food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture
• Finnish: tasainen — food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture
• Finnish: pehmeä — food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture
• Irish: séimh — food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture
• Macedonian: ма́зен (mázen) — food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture
• Middle English: smethe — food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture
• Middle English: smothe — food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture
• Quechua: api — food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture
• Swahili: laini — food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture
• Bulgarian: мек (mek) — beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent
• Dutch: fijn — beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent
• Finnish: pehmeä — beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent
• Greek: γλυκόπιοτος (glykópiotos) — beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent
• Irish: séimh — beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent
• Macedonian: мек (mek) — beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent
• Portuguese: suave — beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent
• Spanish: suave — beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent
• Swahili: laini — beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent
• Chinese Mandarin: 光滑 (guānghuá) — mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain
• Czech: hladká — mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain
• Danish: glat — mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain
• Dutch: glad — mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain
• Finnish: sileä — mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain
• French: régulier — mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain
• French: lisse — mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain
• German: glatt — mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain
• Portuguese: suave — mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain
• Spanish: suave — mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain
• Swahili: laini — mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain
• Finnish: ilman henkäystä — linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel: lacking marked aspiration
• French: douce — linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel: lacking marked aspiration
• Sundanese: lemes — linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel: lacking marked aspiration
• Swahili: laini — linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel: lacking marked aspiration
• Dutch: gladheid — something which is smooth or easy
• Dutch: glads — something which is smooth or easy
• Finnish: sileys — something which is smooth or easy
• Finnish: pehmeys — something which is smooth or easy
• Swahili: laini — something which is smooth or easy
• Dutch: zwaai — smoothing action
• Dutch: streling — smoothing action
• Swahili: laini — smoothing action
• Dutch: gladhuidige — domestic animal having a smooth coat
• Finnish: pehmeäturkkinen — domestic animal having a smooth coat
• Swahili: laini — domestic animal having a smooth coat
• Swahili: laini — member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain
• Bulgarian: изглаждане (izglaždane) — statistics: analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure
• Finnish: silotus — statistics: analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure
• Swahili: laini — statistics: analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure
• Bulgarian: изглаждам (izglaždam) — make smooth
• Catalan: allisar — make smooth
• Choctaw: halʋsbichi — make smooth
• Danish: glatte — make smooth
• Danish: udglatte — make smooth
• Dutch: glad maken — make smooth
• Dutch: gladstrijken — make smooth
• Esperanto: glatigi — make smooth
• Finnish: silottaa — make smooth
• French: lisser — make smooth
• German: glätten — make smooth
• Greek: λειαίνω (leiaíno) — make smooth
• Greek: εξομαλύνω (exomalýno) — make smooth
• Hungarian: simít — make smooth
• Hungarian: kisimít — make smooth
• Hungarian: elsimít — make smooth
• Ido: glatigar — make smooth
• Irish: slíoc — make smooth
• Latin: poliō — make smooth
• Māori: whakahuene — make smooth
• Māori: whakamahine — make smooth
• Māori: tīwani — make smooth
• Māori: tīwaniwani — make smooth
• Middle English: smethen — make smooth
• Portuguese: alisar — make smooth
• Scottish Gaelic: lìomh — make smooth
• Spanish: alisar — make smooth
• Swahili: laini — make smooth
• ǃXóõ: tshxâli — make smooth
• Bulgarian: изглаждам (izglaždam) — statistics: capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise
• Finnish: silottaa — statistics: capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise
• French: lisser — statistics: capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise
• German: glätten — statistics: capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise
• Swahili: laini — statistics: capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise