adjective · rare

slippery

slippery · slipperier · slipperiest

слизький, ковзкий, сковзкий

скользкий, увёртливый

rutschig, glitschig, aalglatt

Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid,…Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.

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/ˈslɪpəɹi/

» The street is wet and slippery.

Die Straße ist nass und rutschig.

Дорога мокрая и скользкая.

Улица мокрая и скользкая.

Дорога мокра і слизька.

Meaning

5 senses

Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
Oily substances render things slippery.
rutschig, glitschig
ско́льзкийskólʹzkij
слизьки́йslyzʹkýj, ковзки́йkovzkýj, сковзки́йskovzkýj
(broadly, figuratively)Evasive; difficult to pin down.
a slippery person
a slippery promise
aalglatt
увёртливыйuvjórtlivyj, ско́льзкийskólʹzkij
Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
(obsolete)Liable to slip; not standing firm.
(obsolete)Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

More definitions

causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
not to be trusted

Examples

139 sentences

The street is wet and slippery.
Дорога мокра і слизька.
ruДорога мокрая и скользкая.
deDie Straße ist nass und rutschig.
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The road was muddy and slippery.
Дорога була брудна та слизька.
ruДорога была грязная и скользкая.
deDie Straße war matschig und rutschig.
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It's a slippery slope.
Це слизька доріжка.
ruЭто скользкая дорожка.
deDas ist ein rutschiger Abhang.
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The sidewalk is slippery.
Тротуар слизький.
ruТротуар скользкий.
deAuf dem Gehsteig ist es rutschig.
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The floor is slippery.
Підлога слизька.
ruПол скользкий.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

of a surface:

Русский

By meaning 2

of a surface:

evasive; difficult to pin down:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

of a surface:

evasive; difficult to pin down:

Origin

From Middle English slipperie, an extended form ( + -y) of Middle English slipper, sliper

From Middle English slipperie, an extended form ( + -y) of Middle English slipper, sliper (“slippery”), from Old English slipor (“slippery”), from Proto-Germanic *slipraz (“smooth, slippery”), equivalent to slip + -er. Compare also Middle English slibbri, slubbri (“slippery”) borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German slibberich (“slippery”). Cognate with German schlüpfrig (“slippery”), Danish slibrig (“slippery”), Swedish slipprig (“slippery”).

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