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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries霧深い
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kiribukai
"今朝は霧深くて遠くが見えない。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Full of or characterized by fog; misty.
"It was too foggy to drive safely without headlights."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'fog', which stems from the Old Norse 'fok' (driving snow or spray), appearing in English around the late 16th century. The suffix '-y' was added to denote a state of being full of or characterized by fog, initially used in maritime contexts before expanding to describe mental obscurity.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Foggy" is said worldwide
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brumeux
Transliteration: brumeux
"La matinée était fraîche et brumeuse."
neblig
Transliteration: neblig
"Heute früh ist es sehr neblig."
nebbioso
Transliteration: nebbioso
"Il paesaggio era coperto da un cielo nebbioso."
neblinoso
Transliteration: neblinoso
"Las mañanas de otoño suelen ser muy neblinosas."
nebuloso
Transliteration: nebuloso
"A estrada estava muito nebulosa esta manhã."
धुंधला
Transliteration: dhundhla
"सर्दियों की सुबह अक्सर बहुत धुंधली होती है।"
有雾的
Transliteration: yǒu wù de
"今天早晨天气有雾，能见度很低。"
안개 낀
Transliteration: angae kkin
"안개 낀 아침에는 운전할 때 조심해야 합니다."
霧深い
Transliteration: kiribukai
"今朝は霧深くて遠くが見えない。"
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