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/ˈwɔː.tə.taɪt/
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/ˈwɑː.tɚ.taɪt/
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So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: waterfast, waterproof, impervious, impermeable
Antonyms: none provided
So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
a watertight alibi a watertight contract a watertight regulation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
without flaws or loopholes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an ironclad contract a watertight alibi a bulletproof argument
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unassailable, unshakable, bulletproof
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
not allowing water to pass in or out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From water + tight. Compare Scots wattirticht (“watertight”), West Frisian wetterticht (“waterproof”), Dutch waterdicht (“waterproof, watertight”), German wasserdicht (“watertight, waterproof”), Danish vandtæt (“watertight”), Swedish vattentät (“watertight, waterproof”).
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian :
воданепраніка́льны
(vodanjepranikálʹny)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Belarusian :
герметы́чны
(hjermjetýčny)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Bulgarian :
херметичен
(hermetičen)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Bulgarian :
водонепроницаем
(vodonepronicaem)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Catalan :
estanc
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Chinese Mandarin :
水密的
(shuǐmì de)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Chinese Mandarin :
防水的
(fángshuǐ de)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Czech :
vodotěsný
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Danish :
vandtæt
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Dutch :
waterdicht
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Finnish :
vedenpitävä
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Finnish :
vesitiivis
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
French :
étanche
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Galician :
estanco
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
German :
wasserdicht
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Greek :
στεγανός
(steganós)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Greek :
υδατοστεγής
(ydatostegís)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Ancient Greek :
στεγανός
(steganós)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Hungarian :
vízhatlan
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Irish :
uisce-obach
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Irish :
uiscedhíonach
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Italian :
a tenuta stagna
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Italian :
impermeabile
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Japanese :
水を通さない
(mizu o tōsanai)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Japanese :
水密の
(suimitsu no)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Luxembourgish :
waasserdicht
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Māori :
pihi
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Māori :
whakapiri
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Norwegian Bokmål :
vanntett
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Norwegian Bokmål :
vasstett
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Norwegian Nynorsk :
vasstett
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Polish :
wodoszczelny
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Polish :
nieprzemakalny
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Portuguese :
impermeável
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Russian :
водонепроница́емый
(vodonepronicájemyj)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Russian :
гермети́чный
(germetíčnyj)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Russian :
непромока́емый
(nepromokájemyj)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Serbo-Croatian :
водонепропусан
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Serbo-Croatian :
vodonepropusan
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Spanish :
hermético
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Spanish :
estanco
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Swedish :
vattentät
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Ukrainian :
водонепроникни́й
(vodonepronyknýj)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Ukrainian :
гермети́чний
(hermetýčnyj)
— so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape
Bulgarian :
неопровержим
(neoproveržim)
— impossible to defeat, evade or nullify
Bulgarian :
железен
(železen)
— impossible to defeat, evade or nullify
Finnish :
vedenpitävä
— impossible to defeat, evade or nullify
Finnish :
aukoton
— impossible to defeat, evade or nullify
German :
wasserdicht
— impossible to defeat, evade or nullify
Polish :
niezbity
— impossible to defeat, evade or nullify
Polish :
niepodważalny
— impossible to defeat, evade or nullify
Polish :
niekwestionowany
— impossible to defeat, evade or nullify
Russian :
непробива́емый
(neprobivájemyj)
— impossible to defeat, evade or nullify
Spanish :
sin fisuras
— impossible to defeat, evade or nullify
Spanish :
a toda prueba
— impossible to defeat, evade or nullify