creaky

English

Etymology

From creak +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːki/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Homophone: creeky

Adjective

creaky (comparative creakier, superlative creakiest)

Tending to creak
Worn down by overuse; decrepit
arthritic or rheumatic
(linguistics) Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.
creaky tone

creaky voice

Derived terms

Translations

tending to creak

Bulgarian: скърцащ (bg) (skǎrcašt), скрибуцащ (bg) (skribucašt)
Finnish: natiseva (fi)
French: gémissant (fr), grinçant (fr)
German: knarrend (de), quietschend (de)
Hungarian: csikorgó (hu), csikorgós (hu), nyikorgó (hu), nyikorgós (hu), recsegő (hu), recsegős
Portuguese: quebrável, quebradiço (pt) m
Russian: скрипу́чий (ru) (skripúčij)
Spanish: rechinador, rechinante
Swedish: knarrande (sv)

worn down by overuse; decrepit

Hungarian: rozzant (hu), lepusztult (hu), ósdi (hu)

(linguistics) of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds

Finnish: nariseva (fi)
Hungarian: csikorgó (hu), recsegő (hu), érdes (hu), rekedtes (hu), nyikorgó (hu)

Anagrams

cakery, yacker