bulky

English

Etymology

From Middle English bulki, boulky, equivalent to bulk +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌlki/

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Adjective

bulky (comparative bulkier, superlative bulkiest)

1. Being large in size, mass, or volume.
2. Unwieldy.
3. (bodybuilding) Having excess body mass, especially muscle.

Translations

large in size, mass, or volume

• Arabic: ضَخْم‎ m (ḍaḵm), ضَخْمَة‎ f (ḍaḵma)
• Bulgarian: обемист (bg) (obemist), масивен (bg) (masiven)
• Catalan: voluminós
• Czech: objemný m (in volume)
• Dutch: lijvig (nl), omvangrijk (nl), dik (nl)
• Finnish: kookas (fi), iso (fi)
• French: gros (fr), corpulent (of a person), volumineux (fr)
• German: massig (de), wuchtig (de)
• Greek: ογκώδης (el) (ogkódis)
• Hungarian: nagy terjedelmű
• Italian: voluminoso (it) m, massiccio (it) m, ingombrante (it)

• Korean: 거대한 (geodaehan)
• Occitan: voluminós
• Polish: masywny (pl)
• Portuguese: grosso (pt), volumoso (pt), massudo (pt)
• Romanian: mare (ro), voluminos (ro)
• Russian: объемистый (ru) (obʺjemistyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: tomadach
• Serbo-Croatian: krupan (sh), velik (sh)
• Slovak: objemný
• Spanish: voluminoso (es)
• Walloon: håynûle (wa) m or f

unwieldy

• Bulgarian: тромав (bg) (tromav)
• Finnish: kömpelö (fi)
• French: encombrant (fr)
• German: sperrig (de)
• Italian: scomodo (it) m

• Occitan: embarrassant, empachós, encombrant, encombrós, empachatiu, entrepachant
• Romanian: mătăhălos (ro)
• Russian: громо́здкий (ru) (gromózdkij)
• Spanish: abultado (es)