sleek

English

Etymology

Late variant of slick.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sliːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Adjective

sleek (comparative sleeker, superlative sleekest)

1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
2. Not rough or harsh.

Translations

smooth

• Armenian: ողորկ (hy) (oġork)
• Finnish: sileä (fi), tasainen (fi)
• German: glatt (de)
• Ido: glata (io)

• Italian: elegante (it), lucido (it), liscio (it)
• Maori: maheni (mi), ngerungeru (mi)
• Spanish: liso (es)
• Turkish: şık (tr)

not rough or harsh

• German: geschmeidig (de)
• Portuguese: liso (pt) m, lisa (pt) f, lisos (pt) m pl, lisas (pt) f pl

• Spanish: liso (es)

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• Spanish: liso
• French: brillant, élégant
• German: glänzend

Adverb

sleek (comparative more sleek, superlative most sleek)

1. With ease and dexterity.

Verb

sleek (third-person singular simple present sleeks, present participle sleeking, simple past and past participle sleeked)

1. To make smooth or glossy; to polish or cause to be attractive.

Translations

to make smooth; glossy; or to polish

• Finnish: silottaa (fi), kiillottaa (fi)
• Ido: glatigar (io)

• Portuguese: alisar (pt)

Noun

sleek (uncountable)

1. That which makes smooth; varnish.

Translations

that which makes smooth; varnish

• Finnish: kiillotusaine (fi)

Anagrams

• keels
• leeks

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Scots

Etymology

Variant of slick.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /slik/

Adjective

sleek (comparative sleeker, superlative sleekest)

1. sleek

Verb

tae sleek (third-person singular simple present sleeks, present participle sleekin, simple past sleekit, past participle sleekit)

1. to sleek