soapy

English

Etymology

From soap +‎ -y. Compare German Low German sepig (“soapy”), German seifig (“soapy”), Swedish såpig (“soapy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊpi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊpi/
• Rhymes: -əʊpi

Adjective

soapy (comparative soapier, superlative soapiest)

1. Resembling soap.

   a soapy taste

2. Resembling a soap opera.
3. Full of soap.

   soapy water

4. Covered in soap.

   His skin was still soapy after the shower.

5. (dated) Committing or involving flattery.

Derived terms

• soapily
• soapiness

Translations

resembling soap

• Hungarian: szappanszerű
• Kyrgyz: самындуу (ky) (samınduu)
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• Russian: мы́льный (ru) (mýlʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: siabannach
• Spanish: saponáceo m

resembling a soap opera

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• Spanish: folletinesco m

full of soap

• German: seifig (de)
• Hungarian: szappanos (hu)
• Kyrgyz: самындуу (ky) (samınduu)
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• Russian: мы́льный (ru) (mýlʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: siabannach
• Spanish: jabonoso m

covered in soap

• Hungarian: szappanos (hu)
• Kyrgyz: самындуу (ky) (samınduu)
• Latvian: ziepjains
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• Russian: мы́льный (ru) (mýlʹnyj), намы́ленный (ru) (namýlennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: siabannach
• Spanish: enjabonado (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zeepachtig (nl)
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} са́пунест m (sápunest)
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} enjabonado (es) m, ^{(please verify)} enjabonada (es) f

Anagrams

• payos