airtight

English

Etymology

air +‎ tight

Adjective

airtight (comparative more airtight, superlative most airtight)

1. Being impermeable to air or other gases.
2. (figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws (as in an "airtight" argument).

Derived terms

• airtighten
• airtightness

Related terms

• watertight

Translations

being impermeable to air or other gases

• Dutch: luchtdicht, hermetisch
• Finnish: ilmatiivis (fi), hermeettinen (fi), kaasutiivis (fi)
• French: hermétique (fr) m and f
• German: luftdicht (de), hermetisch (de)
• Greek: αεροστεγής (el) (aerostegís) m and f
• Irish: aerdhíonach (ga), aer-obach (ga)

• Italian: ermetico (it) m
• Russian: герметичный (ru) (germetichny)
• Slovene: zrakotesen (sl) m
• Spanish: hermético (es)
• Swedish: lufttät (sv), hermetisk (sv)

having no weak points or flaws

• Dutch: sluitend, onweerlegbaar
• Finnish: pitävä (fi), vedenpitävä (fi)

• German: hieb- und stichfest (de)
• Greek: αρραγής (el) (arragís) m and f

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• French: hermétique, étanche
• Icelandic: loftþéttur m, loftþétt n and f

• Japanese: 気密 (きみつ, kimitsu), 密閉 (みっぺい, mippei)

See also

• hermetic