sultry

English

WOTD – 13 May 2018

Etymology

A couple sitting on a beach in Hollywood, Florida, USA, on a sultry day (sense 1)

From sulter (“verb (obsolete), a variant of swelter”) +‎ -y; compare sweltry.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌltɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌltɹi/, /ˈsəl-/
• Hyphenation: sul‧try

Adjective

sultry (comparative sultrier, superlative sultriest)

1. (weather) Hot and humid. [from late 16th c.]
2. (weather) Very hot and dry; torrid.
3. (figuratively) Sexually enthralling.

Synonyms

• (hot and humid): muggy

Translations

hot and humid

• Catalan: xafogós (ca) m, xafogosa (ca) f
• Danish: lummer
• Dutch: stikkend (nl)
• Finnish: nihkeänkuuma, helteinen, painostava (fi)
• French: étouffant (fr)
• German: schwül (de)
• Japanese: 蒸し暑い (むしあつい, mushiatsui)

• Maori: tūāhuru
• Norwegian: lummer
• Portuguese: mormacento
• Russian: зно́йный (ru) m (znójnyj)
• Spanish: bochornoso (es) m, bochornosa (es) f
• Turkish: sıcak neyse de nem çok fena

very hot and dry

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} خَمْسِينِيّ‎‎ m (ḵamsīniyy), ^{(please verify)} خَمْسِينِيَّة‎‎ f (ḵamsīniyya)
• Catalan: tòrrid m
• Danish: trykkende
• Dutch: snikheet (nl)
• French: torride (fr)

• German: drückend (de)
• Portuguese: tórrido (pt)
• Russian: зно́йный (ru) (znójnyj)
• Spanish: tórrido (es) m

sexually enthralling

• Catalan: calent (ca) m
• Danish: sanselig, sensuel
• Dutch: zwoel (nl), sensueel (nl)
• French: torride (fr)

• Irish: macnasach
• Portuguese: tórrido (pt)
• Russian: похотли́вый (ru) m (poxotlívyj)
• Spanish: caliente (es) m, f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} pouffre (Jersey)

Anagrams

• rustly