dampness

English

Etymology

damp +‎ -ness

Noun

dampness (usually uncountable, plural dampnesses)

1. Moderate humidity; moisture; moistness.
2. The degree to which something is damp or moist.

   The dampness in the writing paper caused the ink to spread and smudge.

Translations

moderate humidity

• Dutch: vochtigheid (nl)
• Finnish: kosteus (fi)
• French: moiteur (fr) f
• Galician: lentura (gl) f, humidade (gl) f
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نم (nim), شێ (şê)

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• Latvian: mitrums m, miklums m, valgums m, valganums
• Persian: زغار (fa) (zaqâr)
• Romanian: umezeală (ro) f
• Russian: вла́жность (ru) f (vlážnostʹ), сы́рость (ru) f (sýrostʹ)
• Swedish: fuktighet (sv) c, fukt (sv)

degree to which something is damp

• Dutch: vochtigheid (nl), vochtigheidsgraad (nl)
• Finnish: kosteus (fi)
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• Russian: вла́жность (ru) f (vlážnostʹ)
• Swedish: fuktighet (sv) c, fuktighetsgrad c