English
Etymology
From slippery + -ness.
Pronunciation
Noun
slipperiness (countable and uncountable, plural slipperinesses)
- (uncountable) The property of being slippery.
2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 475:He struggled out of the water, by clawing into the slipperiness, and climbing, not knowing if he was crawling onto the body of a sea serpent.
- (countable) The result or product of being slippery.
Translations
property of being slippery
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 滑溜 (zh), 滑性
- Dutch: gladheid (nl) f
- Finnish: liukkaus (fi)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Schlüpfrigkeit f
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek: ὄλισθος m (ólisthos)
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: lubricitas f
- Latvian: slidenums m
- Old Norse: hálleikr m
- Spanish: resbalosidad f
- Swahili: utelezi (sw)
- Swedish: halka (sv) c
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result of being slippery
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 滑度, 濕滑狀態 / 湿滑状态 (shīhuá zhuàngtài)
- Finnish: liukkaus (fi)
- French: please add this translation if you can
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