bumpy

English

Etymology

From bump +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌmpi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌmpi

Adjective

bumpy (comparative bumpier, superlative bumpiest)

1. Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.

   a bumpy ride

   a bumpy flight

2. Covered with or full of bumps.

   Coordinate term: lumpy

   bumpy road

Derived terms

• bumpily
• bumpiness
• bumpy pavement

 

Translations

jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• Finnish: kuoppainen (fi), epätasainen (fi)
• French: accidenté (fr)
• German: holprig (de)
• Hungarian: rázós (hu), turbulens (hu)
• Maori: ruturutu
• Portuguese: acidentado (pt)
• Russian: тря́ский (ru) (trjáskij)
• Spanish: disparejo (es), desparejo (es), dispar (es)
• Swedish: guppig (sv), skumpig (sv)

covered with bumps

• Bulgarian: неравен (bg) (neraven), изровен(за път) (izroven(za pǎt))
• Finnish: kuoppainen (fi)
• German: holprig (de), uneben (de)
• Hungarian: hepehupás (hu), göröngyös (hu)
• Plautdietsch: humplich
• Portuguese: enrugado (pt)
• Russian: уха́бистый (ru) (uxábistyj), неро́вный (ru) (neróvnyj), бугри́стый (ru) (bugrístyj)
• Swedish: ojämn (sv)
• Tày: búp báp
• Vietnamese: gồ ghề (vi)
• Zealandic: 'ollebollig, 'ompelig, 'ompelepompelig