creaky

English

Etymology

From creak +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːki/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

creaky (comparative creakier, superlative creakiest)

1. Tending to creak
2. Worn down by overuse; decrepit
3. arthritic or rheumatic
4. (linguistics) Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.

   creaky tone

   creaky voice

Derived terms

• creakily
• creakiness
• noncreaky

 

Translations

tending to creak

• Bulgarian: скърцащ (bg) (skǎrcašt), скрибуцащ (bg) (skribucašt)
• Finnish: natiseva (fi)
• French: gémissant (fr), grinçant (fr)
• German: knarrend (de), quietschend (de)
• Hungarian: csikorgó (hu), csikorgós (hu), nyikorgó (hu), nyikorgós (hu), recsegő (hu), recsegős
• Portuguese: quebrável, quebradiço (pt) m
• Russian: скрипу́чий (ru) (skripúčij)
• Swedish: knarrande (sv)

worn down by overuse; decrepit

• Hungarian: rozzant (hu), lepusztult (hu), ósdi (hu)

(linguistics) of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds

• Finnish: nariseva (fi)
• Hungarian: csikorgó (hu), recsegő (hu), érdes (hu), rekedtes (hu), nyikorgó (hu)

Anagrams

• cakery, yacker