steady

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• stĕdʹi
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• /ˈstɛdi/
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• US, dated, nonstandard, possibly, regional: stĭdʹi
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• US, dated, nonstandard, possibly, regional: stŭdʹi
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• US, dated, nonstandard, possibly, regional: /ˈstɪdi/
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• US, dated, nonstandard, possibly, regional: /ˈstʌdi/
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• rhymes with -ɛdi
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• CMU ARPABET: S T EH1 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English stedy, studi, stidiȝ, perhaps continuing Old English stæþþiġ, ġestæþþiġ (“steadfast, stable, firm, staid”), equivalent to stead + -y; or calquing Middle Low German or Middle Dutch stēdig. Cognate with Saterland Frisian stoadig (“steady”), West Frisian stadich (“slow”), Danish stedig, stadig, steeg, Swedish stadig, Icelandic stöðugur, German stätig, stetig. Compare also Old English ġestedegian (“to bring to a standstill”) and Dutch steeds (“more and more”). Adjective sense 8 is a semantic loan from Singapore Hokkien 在 (chāi, “confident, skilled”, literally “steady”).

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ثابت (ṯābit) — firm
• Bulgarian: стабилен (stabilen) — firm
• Bulgarian: устойчив (ustojčiv) — firm
• Catalan: ferm — firm
• Ancient Greek: βέβαιος (bébaios) — firm
• Hindi: दृढ़ (dŕṛh) — firm
• Hindi: तटस्थ (taṭasth) — firm
• Hindi: अटल (aṭal) — firm
• Hindi: अविचल (avical) — firm
• Hindi: अचला (aclā) — firm
• Italian: fermo — firm
• Italian: saldo — firm
• Italian: fidato — firm
• Italian: sicuro — firm
• Latin: stabilis — firm
• Māori: whena — firm
• Middle English: stith — firm
• Middle English: stedefast — firm
• Plautdietsch: stendich — firm
• Portuguese: estável — firm
• Romanian: fixat — firm
• Sanskrit: धीर (dhīra) — firm
• Swedish: stadig — firm
• Thai: มั่นคง (mân-kong) — firm
• Turkish: sabit — firm
• Urdu: ثابت (sābit) — firm
• Azerbaijani: müntəzəm — constant in purpose or action
• Bulgarian: постоянен (postojanen) — constant in purpose or action
• Bulgarian: неотклонен (neotklonen) — constant in purpose or action
• Hindi: नियमित (niymit) — constant in purpose or action
• Italian: costante — constant in purpose or action
• Italian: regolare — constant in purpose or action
• Māori: mārō — constant in purpose or action
• Māori: pāmārō — constant in purpose or action
• Māori: rōnaki — constant in purpose or action
• Middle English: stedefast — constant in purpose or action
• Occitan: fèrm — constant in purpose or action
• Plautdietsch: bestendich — constant in purpose or action
• Romanian: ferm — constant in purpose or action
• Bulgarian: равен (raven) — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Bulgarian: равномерен (ravnomeren) — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Chinese: 在 (zh-min-nan) — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Chinese Mandarin: 穩定 /稳定 (wěndìng) — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Czech: plynulý — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Czech: klidný — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Finnish: vakaa — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• French: lisse — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• German: stetig — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Italian: uniforme — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Italian: regolare — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Japanese: 着実 (chakujitsu) — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Japanese: 安定した (antei shita) — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Māori: māhoi — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Plautdietsch: stendich — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Russian: усто́йчивый (ustójčivyj) — smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
• Bulgarian: равномерен (ravnomeren) — regular and even
• Finnish: vakaa — regular and even
• French: régulier — regular and even
• German: stetig — regular and even
• Italian: stabile — regular and even
• Māori: rōnaki — regular and even
• Māori: māhoi — regular and even
• Māori: pāmārō — regular and even
• Occitan: regular — regular and even
• Portuguese: regular — regular and even
• Russian: усто́йчивый (ustójčivyj) — regular and even
• Scottish Gaelic: cunbhalach — regular and even
• Scottish Gaelic: seasmhach — regular and even
• Ukrainian: ста́лий (stályj) — regular and even
• Uyghur: مۇقىم (muqim) — regular and even
• Dutch: gestaag — slow
• Finnish: vakaa — slow
• Bulgarian: укрепвам (ukrepvam) — to stabilize
• Bulgarian: стабилизирам (stabiliziram) — to stabilize
• Dutch: stabiliseren — to stabilize
• Finnish: vakauttaa — to stabilize
• Finnish: tasapainottaa — to stabilize
• German: stabilisieren — to stabilize
• Māori: whakamatua — to stabilize
• Māori: whakamauru — to stabilize
• Māori: whakawhena — to stabilize
• Occitan: estabilizar — to stabilize
• Occitan: afermir — to stabilize
• Portuguese: estabilizar — to stabilize