Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.

    rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field

  2. (countable)A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

    Reisfeld

    ри́с-па́ддиrís-páddi, необру́шенный ри́сneobrúšennyj rís, ри́с-сыре́цrís-syréc

    an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

  3. A fit of temper; a tantrum.

    throw a paddy etc.

  4. (slang)A white person.

  5. (England, colloquial)A labourer's assistant or workmate.

  6. A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

  7. A snowy sheathbill.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. There are lots of rice paddies in this area.

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  2. Since there are rice paddies near my house, I often hear frogs croaking all night long this time of year.

    ruИз-за того, что рядом с моим домом есть рисовые поля, я в это время года часто всю ночь слышу лягушачье кваканье.

    deWegen der Reisfelder in der Nähe meines Hauses kann ich zu dieser Jahreszeit oft die ganze Nacht lang die Frösche quaken hören.

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  3. This paddy can be reaped already.

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  4. That fallow paddy field does not yield anymore.

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  5. Tom planted the rice seedlings in the rice paddy.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
rice unmilled:
wet land where rice grows:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
wet land where rice grows:

Origin

Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay. Possibly from Paddy (“Irishma

Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.

Possibly from Paddy (“Irishman”).

Perhaps after the paddy bird, or egret.

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Forms

plural: paddies
Singularpaddy
Pluralpaddies

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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