Wt/sco/sleek

English

Etymology

Late variant of .

Pronunciation

• IPA⁽⁾: /sliːk/

Adjective

sleek (comparative Wt/sco/sleeker, superlative Wt/sco/sleekest)

1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
2. Not rough or harsh.

Translations

smooth

• Armenian: ողորկ (ołork)
• Finnish: sileä, tasainen (fi)

• German: glatt (de)
• Ido:
• Italian: elegante (it)
• Turkish: şık

not rough or harsh

• German: geschmeidig
• Portuguese: liso (pt) m, lisa (pt) f, lisos m, pl, lisas (pt) f, pl

• Spanish: liso (es)

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• SpanishTemplate:Categorize: liso
• FrenchTemplate:Categorize: brillant, élégant
• GermanTemplate:Categorize: glänzend

Adverb

sleek (comparative mair Wt/sco/sleek, superlative maist Wt/sco/sleek)

1. With ease and dexterity.

Verb

sleek (third-person singular semple praisent Wt/sco/sleeks, praisent pairteeciple Wt/sco/sleeking, simple past and past participle Wt/sco/sleeked)

1. To make smooth or glossy; to polish or cause to be attractive.

Translations

to make smooth; glossy; or to polish

• Finnish: silottaa, kiillottaa
• Ido:

• Portuguese: alisar (pt)

Noun

1. That which makes smooth; varnish.

Translations

that which makes smooth; varnish

• Finnish: kiillotusaine

Anagrams

• eekls
• keels
• leeks

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Scots

Etymology

Variant of .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slik/

Adjective

Wt/sco/sleek (comparative sleek, superlative er)

1. sleek

Verb

tae Wt/sco/sleek (third-person singular simple present sleek, present participle it, simple past -, past participle -)

1. to sleek