Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinūmidus“damp, moist, wet”
- Medieval Latinhūmiditās
- Old Frenchhumidité
- Middle Englishhumidite
- Englishhumidity
From Middle English humidite, borrowed from Old French humidité, from Medieval Latin hūmiditās, from Latin ūmidus (“damp, moist, wet”). By surface analysis, humid + -ity.
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Arabic رُطُوبَة, رُطُوبَة
- رُطُوبَة (ruṭūba)dampness, especially that of the air
- رُطُوبَة (ruṭūba)amount of water vapour in the air
Basque hezetasun
- hezetasundampness, especially that of the air
Bengali আর্দ্রতা
- আর্দ্রতা (ardrota)dampness, especially that of the air
Bulgarian вла́жност, вла́га
- вла́жност (vlážnost)dampness, especially that of the air
- вла́га (vlága)amount of water vapour in the air
Catalan humitat
- humitatdampness, especially that of the air
Chinese Cantonese 濕度 /湿度
- 濕度 /湿度 (sap¹ dou⁶)dampness, especially that of the air
Chinese Mandarin 濕度 /湿度
- 濕度 /湿度 (shīdù)dampness, especially that of the air
Czech vlhkost, vlhkost
- vlhkostdampness, especially that of the air
- vlhkostamount of water vapour in the air
Danish luftfugtighed
- luftfugtigheddampness, especially that of the air
Dutch luchtvochtigheid, luchtvochtigheid
- luchtvochtigheiddampness, especially that of the air
- luchtvochtigheidamount of water vapour in the air
Esperanto humideco
- humidecodampness, especially that of the air
Estonian õhuniiskus
- õhuniiskusdampness, especially that of the air
Finnish kosteus, ilmankosteus
- kosteusdampness, especially that of the air
- ilmankosteusamount of water vapour in the air
French humidité, humidité
- humiditédampness, especially that of the air
- humiditéamount of water vapour in the air
German Feuchtigkeit, Luftfeuchtigkeit
- Feuchtigkeitdampness, especially that of the air
- Luftfeuchtigkeitamount of water vapour in the air
Greek υγρασία
- υγρασία (ygrasía)dampness, especially that of the air
Hebrew לַחוּת
- לַחוּת (lakhút)dampness, especially that of the air
Hindi उमस, नम
- उमस (umas)dampness, especially that of the air
- नम (nam)dampness, especially that of the air
- नमी (namī)dampness, especially that of the air
- आर्द्रता (ārdratā)dampness, especially that of the air
- गीलापन (gīlāpan)dampness, especially that of the air
- उमस (umas)amount of water vapour in the air
- नमी (namī)amount of water vapour in the air
- आर्द्रता (ārdratā)amount of water vapour in the air
Hungarian nyirkosság
- nyirkosságdampness, especially that of the air
Icelandic loftraki
- loftrakidampness, especially that of the air
Indonesian kelembapan, kelembapan udara
- kelembapandampness, especially that of the air
- kelembapan udaraamount of water vapour in the air
Irish bogthaise
- bogthaisedampness, especially that of the air
Italian umidità
- umiditàdampness, especially that of the air
Japanese 湿度, 湿気
- 湿度 (shitsudo)dampness, especially that of the air
- 湿気 (shikke)dampness, especially that of the air
- 湿度 (shitsudo)amount of water vapour in the air
Korean 습도, 습기
- 습도 (seupdo)dampness, especially that of the air
- 습기 (seupgi)dampness, especially that of the air
- 습도 (seupdo)amount of water vapour in the air
Latvian mitrums, mitrums
- mitrumsdampness, especially that of the air
- mitrumsamount of water vapour in the air
Lithuanian drėgmė
- drėgmėdampness, especially that of the air
Malay kelembapan
- kelembapandampness, especially that of the air
Māori pīpīwai, pīpīwai
- pīpīwaidampness, especially that of the air
- pīpīwaiamount of water vapour in the air
Norwegian Bokmål luftfuktighet
- luftfuktighetdampness, especially that of the air
Polish wilgotność, wilgotność
- wilgotnośćdampness, especially that of the air
- wilgotnośćamount of water vapour in the air
Portuguese umidade, humidade
- umidadedampness, especially that of the air
- humidadedampness, especially that of the air
- umidadeamount of water vapour in the air
- humidadeamount of water vapour in the air
Romanian umezeală, umiditate
- umezealădampness, especially that of the air
- umiditatedampness, especially that of the air
- umiditateamount of water vapour in the air
Russian вла́жность, вла́жность
- вла́жность (vlážnostʹ)dampness, especially that of the air
- вла́жность (vlážnostʹ)amount of water vapour in the air
Slovak vlhkosť
- vlhkosťdampness, especially that of the air
Spanish humedad, relente
- humedaddampness, especially that of the air
- relentedampness, especially that of the air
- humedadamount of water vapour in the air
Swahili unyevuanga, unyevuanga
- unyevuangadampness, especially that of the air
- unyevuangaamount of water vapour in the air
Swedish luftfuktighet, luftfuktighet
- luftfuktighetdampness, especially that of the air
- luftfuktighetamount of water vapour in the air
Tagalog halumigmig, hamil
- halumigmigdampness, especially that of the air
- hamildampness, especially that of the air
- sayimsimdampness, especially that of the air
- halumigmigamount of water vapour in the air
- hamilamount of water vapour in the air
- sayimsimamount of water vapour in the air
Thai ความชื้น
- ความชื้น (kwaam-chʉ́ʉn)dampness, especially that of the air
Turkish nem
- nemdampness, especially that of the air
Ukrainian воло́гість
- воло́гість (volóhistʹ)dampness, especially that of the air
Urdu نَمی, رُطُوبَت
- نَمی (namī)dampness, especially that of the air
- رُطُوبَت (rutūbat)dampness, especially that of the air
Vietnamese độ ẩm, tình trạng ẩm ướt
- độ ẩmdampness, especially that of the air
- tình trạng ẩm ướtdampness, especially that of the air
- ẩm độdampness, especially that of the air
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with humidity
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APA
humidity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humidity
MLA
“humidity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humidity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “humidity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humidity.
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