Ropy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong

forming viscous or glutinous threads

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈoʊpi/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈəʊpi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈəʊpi/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹˈoʊpi/.

Examples

ropey food
a ropey performance

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

thready ropey stringy

Parts of Speech

adjective	of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong
adjective	forming viscous or glutinous threads
adjective	(British informal) very poor in quality “ropey food”

Word Forms

rope	noun	a strong line
ropiness	noun	the property of being cohesive and sticky

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

seilig

von Seilen (oder Seilen) oder ähnlich, da sie lang und stark sind

🇫🇷French

visqueux

de ou ressemblant à une ou plusieurs cordes en étant longues et solides

🇪🇸Spanish

viscoso

De o parecido a una cuerda (o cuerdas) por ser largo y fuerte.

🇮🇹Italian

cordato

di o somigliante a una corda (o corde) in quanto lunga e resistente

🇵🇹Portuguese

pegajoso

de ou semelhante a corda (ou cordas) por ser longo e forte

🇷🇺Russian

вязкий

веревку (или веревки) или напоминающую ее по своей длине и прочности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

रस्से का

लंबा और मजबूत होने में रस्सी (या रस्सियों) के समान या

🇧🇩Bengali

রোপি

লম্বা এবং শক্তিশালী হওয়ার ক্ষেত্রে দড়ি (বা দড়ি) এর অনুরূপ

🇮🇳Tamil

கயிறு

நீளமாகவும் வலுவாகவும் இருப்பதில் கயிறு (அல்லது கயிறுகள்) போன்றது

🇮🇳Telugu

తాడు

పొడవుగా మరియు బలంగా ఉండటంలో తాడు (లేదా తాడులు) లేదా పోలి ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

रोप

लांब आणि मजबूत असण्यामध्ये दोरी (किंवा दोरी) चे किंवा सदृश

🇮🇳Gujarati

રોપી

લાંબા અને મજબૂત હોવામાં દોરડા (અથવા દોરડા) નું અથવા તેના જેવું લાગે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ರೋಪಿ

ಉದ್ದ ಮತ್ತು ಬಲವಾಗಿರುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಹಗ್ಗವನ್ನು (ಅಥವಾ ಹಗ್ಗಗಳನ್ನು) ಹೋಲುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

റോപ്പി

നീളവും ശക്തവുമാകുന്നതിൽ കയർ (അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കയറുകൾ) അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സാദൃശ്യം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰੋਪੀ

ਲੰਬੇ ਅਤੇ ਮਜ਼ਬੂਤ ਹੋਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੱਸੀ (ਜਾਂ ਰੱਸੀਆਂ) ਦਾ ਜਾਂ ਸਮਾਨ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

粘稠的

属于或类似绳索（或多根绳索），又长又强

🇯🇵Japanese

ロープ状の

長くて強いという点でロープの、またはロープに似ている

🇰🇷Korean

로피

길고 튼튼하다는 점에서 밧줄(또는 밧줄)과 비슷하거나 비슷합니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

dây thừng

của hoặc giống như dây thừng (hoặc dây thừng) dài và chắc chắn

🇹🇭Thai

เหนียว

ของหรือคล้ายเชือก (หรือเชือก) ที่มีความยาวและแข็งแรง

🇮🇩Indonesian

berurat

dari atau menyerupai tali (atau tali) karena panjang dan kuat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

لزج

من أو تشبه الحبل (أو الحبال) في كونها طويلة وقوية

🇮🇷Persian

طناب دار

طناب یا طناب (یا طناب) در طولانی و قوی بودن

🇹🇷Turkish

ipli

uzun ve güçlü olması bakımından ipe (veya iplere) benzeyen veya bunlara benzeyen

🇮🇱Hebrew

חבל

של או דומה לחבל (או חבלים) בהיותו ארוך וחזק

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