glossy

English

Etymology

gloss +‎ -y

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ɒsi

Adjective

glossy (comparative glossier, superlative glossiest)

1. Having a smooth, silklike, reflective surface.

Antonyms

• matte

Translations

having a reflective surface

• Armenian: ողորկ (hy) (ołork)
• Bashkir: ялтыр (yaltïr)
• Bulgarian: лъскав (bg) (lǎskav), полиран (bg) (poliran)
• Cebuano: sinawon
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 光澤 (zh), 光泽 (zh) (guāngzé)

• Czech: lesklý (cs) m
• Dutch: glanzend (nl)
• Finnish: kiiltävä (fi), kiilto-
• French: luisant (fr), brillant (fr)
• German: glänzend (de)

• Italian: lucido (it), patinato (it) m, luccicante (it) m
• Japanese: 艶やか (あでやか, adeyaka, つややか, tsuyayaka)
• Latin: lucens (la) m, f
• Maori: whakahinuhinu
• Norwegian: glanset
• Portuguese: lustroso (pt)
• Russian: гля́нцевый (ru) (gljáncevyj), блестя́щий (ru) (blestjáščij)
• Spanish: brillante (es), lustroso, reluciente
• Swedish: glansig (sv), glänsande (sv), blank (sv), blankpolerad
• Turkish: parlak (tr)

Noun

glossy (plural glossies)

1. (chiefly Britain, informal) a glossy magazine

   The supermarket glossies are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets.