adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or producing soot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
sooty
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.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈsʊti/
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dialectal: /ˈsʌti/
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rhymes with -ʊti
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CMU ARPABET: S UW1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Soiled with soot
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Of the color of soot.
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adj
Meaning 4
Dark-skinned; black.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 5
To blacken or make dirty with soot.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
covered with or as if with soot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a sooty chimney
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History
Etymology
From Middle English sooty, soty, equivalent to soot + -y. Probably influenced by similar Middle English suti (“dirty, filthy”), derived from the same root as Old English besūtian (“to befoul”).
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Old Armenian: յոլովամեղծ (yolovamełc) — of, relating to, or producing soot
- Finnish: nokinen — of, relating to, or producing soot
- French: fuligineux — of, relating to, or producing soot
- Ingrian: noekas — of, relating to, or producing soot
- Italian: fuligginoso — of, relating to, or producing soot
- Latin: fūlīginōsus — of, relating to, or producing soot
- Old English: hrūmiġ — of, relating to, or producing soot
- Persian: دودناکی (dudnâki) — of, relating to, or producing soot
- Portuguese: fuliginoso — of, relating to, or producing soot
- Scottish Gaelic: sùitheach — of, relating to, or producing soot
- Serbo-Croatian: čađav — of, relating to, or producing soot
- Serbo-Croatian: čađni — of, relating to, or producing soot
- Spanish: fuliginoso — of, relating to, or producing soot
- Bulgarian: опушен (opušen) — soiled with soot
- Bulgarian: покрит със сажди (pokrit sǎs saždi) — soiled with soot
- Ingrian: noekas — soiled with soot
- Italian: caliginoso — soiled with soot
- Latin: cācabātus — soiled with soot
- Macedonian: са́ѓав (sáǵav) — soiled with soot
- Macedonian: и́счаден (ísčaden) — soiled with soot
- Macedonian: ча́бав (čábav) — soiled with soot
- Middle English: sooty — soiled with soot
- Plautdietsch: beroomt — soiled with soot
- Romanian: funinginos — soiled with soot
- Scottish Gaelic: sùitheach — soiled with soot
- Serbo-Croatian: čađav — soiled with soot
- Spanish: tiznado — soiled with soot
- Spanish: hollinoso — soiled with soot
- Spanish: holliniento — soiled with soot
- Scottish Gaelic: sùith — to blacken or make dirty with soot