thick

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
2. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
3. Heavy in build; thickset.
4. Densely crowded or packed.
5. Having a viscous consistency.
6. Abounding in number.
7. Impenetrable to sight.
8. Prominent, strong.
9. Prominent, strong.
10. (informal) Stupid.
11. (informal) Friendly or intimate.
12. Deep, intense, or profound.
13. (literary) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
14. (UK, dated) Troublesome; unreasonable.
15. (slang) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.

Adv

1. In a thick manner.
2. Frequently or numerously.

Noun

1. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
2. A thicket.
3. (slang) A stupid person; a fool.

Verb

To thicken.

Det

Alternative form of thilk (“that same”).

Concepts

épais

gros

dense

gras

épaisse

devenir épais

large

dur

touffu

profond

dure

dru

pâteux

corpulent

lourdingue

rendre épais

grosse

visqueux

épaisseur

compact

en couche épaisse

consistant

costaud

être

fort

fourni

grand

grossier

incompréhensible

largeur

lourd

milieu

opaque

serré

solide

copains comme cochons

epais

être dur

trapu

borné

Opposé de

slim, thin, wide, slender, slight, svelte, heavy, large, obese, overweight, strapping, sparse, compact, dense, free-flowing, runny, lacteous, gelatinous, pulpy, resinous, viscous, scant, scarce, transparent, hazy, opaque, translucent, clear, lucid, confusing, incomprehensible, brainy, intelligent, smart, brainless, dumb, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, insensible, lowbrow, mindless, stupid, unintelligent, witless, unacquainted

Synonymes

dense

fat

viscous

close

heavy

big

coarse

compact

deep

large

stout

concentrated

corpulent

strong

bulky

solid

bold

wide

muddy

rough

luxuriant

tough

bushy

thickly

dim

sticky

stiff

thickset

become thick

thickness

massive

doughy

impenetrable

lush

crowded

condensed

dull

stupid

dumb

rich

🤑

dark

crass

great

gross

fluffy

slow

profound

brain

🧠

cloudy

☁️

dim-witted

Traductions

dick

espeso

dik

grueso

spesso

grosso

espesso

denso

grosso

denso

dicht

dicht

denso

dikke

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/θɪk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: thikke

Hérité de ancien anglais: þicce

Appartenant à danois: tyk

Appartenant à néerlandais: dik

Appartenant à féroïen: tjúkkur

Appartenant à allemand: dick

Appartenant à islandais: þykkur

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: tykk

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: tjukk

Appartenant à saterlandais: tjuk

Appartenant à suédois: tjock

Appartenant à ancien irlandais: tiug

Appartenant à gallois: tew

In summary

From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).
Cognates
Cognate with Danish tyk (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Norwegian Bokmål tykk (“thick”), Norwegian Nynorsk tjukk (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), Swedish tjock (“thick”). Related to Old Irish tiug (“thick”) and Welsh tew (“thick”).

Phrases

The walls were covered with a thick paste .

Les murs étaient recouverts d'une pâte épaisse.

Their long , curved thick bills are adapted for digging and probing .

The foundation for the building consists of thick granite footers .

La fondation du bâtiment se compose de footters en granit épais.