Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
tipsy. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
tipsy, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
tipsy in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
tipsy you have here. The definition of the word
tipsy will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
tipsy, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From tips + -y. Compare artsy, folksy, and sudsy.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tipsy (comparative tipsier, superlative tipsiest)
- (informal, slang) Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.
- (metonymically) Unsteady, askew.
- (cooking, informal) Containing alcohol.
tipsy apple pie
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
slightly drunk
- Arabic: سكران قليلاً m (sukrān qalīlan), سكارى قليلاً m pl (sukarā qalīlan), سكرى قليلاً f (sukrā qalīlan), سكرى قليلاً f pl (sukrā qalīlan), سكارى قليلاً pl (sukarā qalīlan)
- Bulgarian: пийнал (bg) (pijnal)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 有點醉 / 有点醉 (yǒudiǎn zuì), 微醉 (wēizuì, wéizuì), 微醺 (zh) (wēixūn, wéixūn)
- Danish: let beruset, letpåvirket
- Dutch: aangeschoten (nl), tipsy (nl), teut (nl)
- Esperanto: duonebria
- Finnish: huppelissa, juovuksissa (fi)
- French: éméché (fr), égayé (fr), gris (fr), pompette (fr)
- Galician: peneque (gl), tomado (gl), alegre (gl), aluspado
- German: angeheitert, beschwipst (de), betütert (de), angetrunken (de), bedudelt (de)
- Greek: ψιλομεθυσμένος (el) (psilomethysménos)
- Icelandic: kominn í glas, góðglaður
- Ido: ebrieta (io)
- Italian: brillo (it), alticcio (it), allegro (it), allegretto (it)
- Japanese: ほろ酔い (ja) (horoyoi)
- Kabuverdianu: fusku
- Korean: 살짝 취한 (saljjak chwihan)
- Ladin: la sentì
- Lao: ເມົາພໍປະມານ (mao phǭ pa mān)
- Latin: ēbriolus
- Latvian: viegli iereibis m, viegli iereibuši m pl, viegli iereibusi f, viegli iereibušas f pl
- Lithuanian: truputį įkaušęs m, truputį įkaušę m pl, truputį įkaušusi f, truputį įkaušusios f pl
- Mongolian: бага зэрэг согтуу sg (baga zereg sogtuu), бага зэрэг согтуурууд pl (baga zereg sogtuuruud)
- Norman: alleunmé, souard
- Norwegian: brisen (no)
- Bokmål: pussa (no), bedugget, brisen (no)
- Persian: ملنگ (fa) (malang)
- Polish: podchmielony (pl)
- Portuguese: ligeiramente embriagado (pt), alto (pt), tocado (pt) m
- Romanian: beat (ro), amețit (ro) m, cherchelit (ro) m
- Russian: подвы́пивший (ru) (podvýpivšij)
- Scottish Gaelic: fo-mhisgeach
- Spanish: achispado (es), piripi (es), irse (es), irse al otro barrio, tiznado (es), turuleco
- Swedish: lätt berusad, dragen (sv), salongsberusad (sv)
- Tagalog: malainibay, balasing
- Thai: เมานิดหน่อย (mao nit noi)
- Ukrainian: п'яне́нький (pʺjanénʹkyj)
- Vietnamese: ngà ngà (vi), tàng tàng (vi)
|
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967