slipperiness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English slippery

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English slipperiness

From slippery + -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

slipperiness (countable and uncountable, plural slipperinesses)

1. (uncountable) The property of being slippery.
   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 475:

     He struggled out of the water, by clawing into the slipperiness, and climbing, not knowing if he was crawling onto the body of a sea serpent.

2. (countable) The result or product of being slippery.

Translations

property of being slippery

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑溜 (zh), 滑性

• Dutch: gladheid (nl) f
• Finnish: liukkaus (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schlüpfrigkeit f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὄλισθος m (ólisthos)

• Hindi: चिकनाई (hi) f (ciknāī), चिकनाहट (hi) f (ciknāhaṭ)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: lubricitas f
• Latvian: slidenums m
• Old Norse: hálleikr m
• Spanish: resbalosidad f
• Swahili: utelezi (sw)
• Swedish: halka (sv) c

result of being slippery

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑度, 濕滑狀態 / 湿滑状态 (shīhuá zhuàngtài)

• Finnish: liukkaus (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can