Meaning
7 sensesAccompanied by wind.
It was a long and windy night.
windig
ве́треныйvétrenyj
ві́трянийvítrjanyj
abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
Unsheltered and open to the wind.
They shagged in a windy bus shelter.
Empty and lacking substance.
They made windy promises they would not keep.
Long-winded; orally verbose.
(informal)Flatulent.
The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy.
(slang)Nervous, frightened.
Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
изви́листыйizvílistyj
Examples
149 sentencesMonday will probably be a windy day.
Понеділок, мабуть, буде вітряний.
Today is very windy.
Сьогодні дуже вітряно.
It's windy today.
Сьогодні вітряно.
ruСегодня ветрено.
deEs ist windig heute.
Is it windy?
На вулиці вітер?
ruВетрено?
deIst es windig?
It is windy today, isn't it?
ruСегодня ветрено, не так ли?
deHeute ist es windig, nicht?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English windy, from Old English windiġ (“windy”), from Proto-Germanic *windigaFrom Middle English windy, from Old English windiġ (“windy”), from Proto-Germanic *windigaz (“windy”), equivalent to wind + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiendich (“windy”), West Frisian winich (“windy”), Dutch winderig (“windy”), German Low German windig (“windy”), German windig (“windy”), Swedish vindig (“windy”), Icelandic vindugur (“windy”).
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Forms
windier, windiestSynonyms
24 synonyms- abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes:blowybreezy
- using or containing too many words:long-windedtediousverbosewordy
- not practical or realizable; speculative:airyimpracticalvisionaryLaputan
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Weather and nature — Because the lesson uses it
- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
5 patterns- windy today
- a windy day
- windy day
- was very windy
- really windy