viscous

WOTD – 5 March 2008    

English

Etymology

First attested in 1605. From Middle French viscous and Late Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”).

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /ˈvɪs.kəs/, X-SAMPA: /"vIs.k@s/

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• Rhymes: -ɪskəs

Adjective

viscous (comparative more viscous, superlative most viscous)

1. Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid
2. (physics) Of or pertaining to viscosity

Synonyms

• (having a thick consistency): syrupy, viscid, viscose

Derived terms

• viscously
• viscousness

Related terms

• viscid
• viscidity
• viscoid
• viscoidal

• viscose
• viscosimeter
• viscosity
• viscousness

Translations

having a thick, sticky consistency

• Burmese: ပျစ် (my) (pyit)
• Catalan: viscós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粘性 (cmn) (niánxìng)

• Czech: vazký (cs), viskózní (cs), hustý (cs)
• Danish: viskøs (da)
• Dutch: viskeus (nl)
• Finnish: viskoottinen (fi)
• French: visqueux (fr)
• Galician: viscoso (gl)
• German: zähflüssig (de), viskos (de), dickflüssig (de)
• Hindi: श्यान (hi) (śyān)

• Japanese: 粘性の (ja) (ねんせいの, nensei no)
• Occitan: viscós (oc)
• Pashto: ټينګ (ps) (ṭing)
• Polish: lepki (pl), kleisty (pl)
• Portuguese: viscoso (pt)
• Romanian: vâscos (ro), cleios (ro)
• Russian: вязкий (ru) (vjázkij), густой (ru) (gustój), липкий (ru) (lípkij) (sticky), клейкий (ru) (kléjkij) (sticky)
• Serbo-Croatian: viskozno (sh) n
• Slovene: viskózen (sl)
• Spanish: viscoso (es)