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. — deniko
Today is very windy.
Сьогодні дуже вітряно. — deniko
It's windy today.
Сьогодні вітряно. — deniko
ruСегодня ветрено. — Gruzilkin
deEs ist windig heute. — MUIRIEL
Is it windy?
На вулиці вітер? — deniko
ruВетрено? — odexed
deIst es windig? — samueldora
It is windy today, isn't it?
ruСегодня ветрено, не так ли? — Gruzilkin
deHeute ist es windig, nicht? — jakov
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