putty

English

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Etymology

From French potée.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'pʌti/
• Rhymes: -ʌti

Adjective

putty (comparative puttier, superlative puttiest)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling putty.

Noun

putty (plural putties)

1. A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.
2. Any of a range of similar substances.

Derived terms

• putty in someone's hands

Translations

a form of cement

• Estonian: kitt (et)
• Finnish: kitti (fi)
• French: mastic (fr) m
• German: Kitt (de) m, Fensterkitt (de) m
• Indonesian: dempul (id)
• Italian: stucco (it) m
• Polish: kit (pl) m

• Portuguese: massa (pt), massa de vidraceiro (pt) f
• Russian: замазка (ru) (zamázka) f, шпатлёвка (ru) (špatljóvka) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гит (sh) m, гит (sh) m

  Roman: kit (sh) m, git (sh) m

• Volapük: färmedastöf (vo)

any of a range of similar substances

• Finnish: silote

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• French: mastic

Verb

putty (third-person singular simple present putties, present participle puttying, simple past and past participle puttied)

1. (transitive) to fix something using putty

Translations

to fix something using putty

• Finnish: kitata

• French: mastiquer (fr)