Flaky — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

made of or resembling flakes

made of or easily forming flakes

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flˈeɪki/

🇬🇧British English

/flˈeɪki/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flˈeɪki/

2 syllables Say it as /flˈeɪki/.

Examples

flaky soap
restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit
famed for his eccentric spelling

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

outlandish gonzo flakey outre off-the-wall freaky bizarre freakish eccentric

Parts of Speech

adjective	made of or resembling flakes “flaky soap”
adjective	made of or easily forming flakes
adjective	conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual “restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit”

Word Forms

flake	noun	a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
flakiness	noun	having or breaking into thin crisp flakes
bizarreness	noun	strikingly out of the ordinary
eccentricity	noun	strange and unconventional behavior
freakishness	noun	marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
outlandishness	noun	strikingly out of the ordinary

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

flockig

aus Flocken hergestellt oder solchen ähnlich

🇫🇷French

floconneux

fait de ou ressemblant à des flocons

🇪🇸Spanish

escamoso

hecho de o parecido a escamas

🇮🇹Italian

traballante

fatto di o simile a scaglie

🇳🇱Dutch

vlokkig

gemaakt van of lijkt op vlokken

🇵🇹Portuguese

escamoso

feito de ou semelhante a flocos

🇷🇺Russian

слоеный

сделанные из хлопьев или напоминающие их

India

🇮🇳Hindi

परतदार

गुच्छों से बना या सदृश

🇧🇩Bengali

ফ্ল্যাকি

ফ্লেক্সের তৈরি বা অনুরূপ

🇮🇳Tamil

செதில்களாக

செதில்களால் ஆனது அல்லது ஒத்திருக்கிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

పొరలుగా ఉండే

రేకులు తయారు లేదా పోలి ఉంటాయి

🇮🇳Marathi

फ्लॅकी

फ्लेक्स बनलेले किंवा सदृश

🇮🇳Gujarati

અસ્થિર

ફ્લેક્સથી બનેલું અથવા તેના જેવું લાગે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಫ್ಲಾಕಿ

ಚಕ್ಕೆಗಳಿಂದ ಮಾಡಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ ಅಥವಾ ಹೋಲುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അടരുകളായി

അടരുകളാൽ നിർമ്മിച്ചത് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സാദൃശ്യമുള്ളത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫਲੈਕੀ

ਫਲੇਕਸ ਦਾ ਬਣਿਆ ਜਾਂ ਸਮਾਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

فلیکی

فلیکس سے بنا یا اس سے ملتا جلتا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

片状的

由薄片制成或类似薄片

🇯🇵Japanese

薄片状の

フレークでできた、またはフレークに似たもの

🇰🇷Korean

색다른

플레이크로 만들어지거나 유사한 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bong tróc

làm bằng hoặc giống như mảnh

🇹🇭Thai

เป็นขุย

ทำจากหรือคล้ายเกล็ด

🇮🇩Indonesian

terkelupas

terbuat dari atau menyerupai serpihan

🇵🇭Filipino

patumpik-tumpik

gawa sa o kahawig ng mga natuklap

🇲🇾Malay

mengelupas

diperbuat daripada atau menyerupai kepingan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قشاري

مصنوعة من رقائق أو تشبهها

🇮🇷Persian

پوسته پوسته شدن

ساخته شده یا شبیه به پولک

🇹🇷Turkish

pul pul

pullardan yapılmış veya pullara benzeyen

🇮🇱Hebrew

קַשׂקַשִׂי

עשוי או דומה לפתיתים

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