1. Character Quotes
  2. impervious vs flinty

different between impervious vs flinty

impervious

English

Etymology

From Latin impervius (“that cannot be passed through”), from in- (“not”) + pervius (“letting things through”)

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?p??vi.?s/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?m?p?.vi.?s/
  • Rhymes: -??(r)vi?s

Adjective

impervious (comparative more impervious, superlative most impervious)

  1. Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
  2. Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
  3. Immune to damage or effect.

Antonyms

  • pervious

Derived terms

  • imperviously
  • imperviousness

Translations

impervious From the web:

  • what impervious mean
  • what's impervious soil
  • what's impervious to water mean
  • what impervious rock
  • what impervious to water
  • what impervious layer
  • impervious what does it means
  • what does impervious protective clothing do

flinty

English

Etymology

From flint +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fl?nti/
  • Rhymes: -?nti

Adjective

flinty (comparative flintier or more flinty, superlative flintiest or most flinty)

  1. Resembling or containing flint.
  2. (geology) Siliceous (including basanite).
    flinty rock; flinty slate
  3. Showing a lack of emotion.
  4. Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.

Translations

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fl?in.t?/

Noun

flinty f

  1. inflection of flinta:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

flinty From the web:

  • what flinty mean
  • flinty what does that mean
  • what is flinty rock
  • what does flinty mean wine
  • what does flinty voice mean
  • what is flinty crag
  • what does flinty-eyed mean
  • what does flinty heart mean
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like

Copyright © 2024 Quotes