English Explanatory Dictionary

flaky

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
  2. Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
  3. Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.

Pronunciation

/ˈfleɪki/ en-us-flaky.ogg

Word forms

flaky flakier flakiest flakey

Etymology

From flake + -y.

Related words

cornflakey

Derived words

flakily flakiness flaky pastry nonflaky unflaky

Translations

Esperanto: malasidua Finnish: epäluotettava Finnish: häilähtelevä Finnish: ailahteleva French: lâcheur German: unzuverlässig Greek: αλλοπρόσαλλος Italian: inaffidabile Italian: strambo Japanese: 頼りない Macedonian: недо́верлив Māori: māhunga wai Polish: postrzelony Russian: ненадёжный Russian: ветреный Spanish: poco fiable Spanish: no fiable Spanish: faltón Ukrainian: непе́вний Ukrainian: легкова́жний Yiddish: אומפֿאַרלאָזלעך
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