Dictionary

moisture en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɔɪs.t͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈmɔɪs.t͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈmɔɪʃ.t͡ʃɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English moisture, from Old French moistour (“moisture, dampness, wetness”). Compare French moiteur.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
   • And some [seed] fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 8:6:
   • […] Nicholas Nickleby’s eyes were dimmed with a moisture that might have been taken for tears. 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 7, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:
   • I cannot weep; for all my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heart: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
   • The sage—low-growing and shrubby—could hold its place on the mountain slopes and on the plains, and within its small gray leaves it could hold moisture enough to defy the thieving winds. 1962, Rachel Carson, chapter 6, in Silent Spring, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 65:
   • drops / beads of moisture
   • […] as she arched her neck she actually licked her lips like an animal, till I could see in the moonlight the moisture shining on the scarlet lips and on the red tongue as it lapped the white sharp teeth. 1897, Bram Stoker, “Jonathan Harker’s Journal—continued”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, chapter III, page 39:
2. (uncountable, usually) The state of being moist.
   • […] all Exclusion of Open Aire, (which is euer Predatory) maintaineth the Body in his first Freshnesse, and Moisture: 1631, Francis [Bacon], “IV. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, page 84:
   • [The organs of touch are excited] by the unceasing variations of the heat, moisture, and pressure of the atmosphere; 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, London: J. Johnson, Volume 1, Section 7, I.1, p. 39:
   • Such was the discord, which did first disperse Forme, order, beauty through the universe; While drynesse moisture, coldnesse heat resists, All that we have, and that we are subsists: 1643, John Denham, Coopers Hill, page 7:
3. (uncountable, usually) Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment.

Forms

Deriveds

moisture scan · moisture-repellent · moistured · moistureless · moistureproof · soil moisture deficit · moisturization · overmoisture · antimoisture · moisture equivalent

Relateds

moistness · moisturise · moisturize · moisten · moisturiser · moist · moisturizer

Synonyms

wetness · weakiness · dampness · humidity · moistness

Translations (139)

cs vlhkost (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · lv slapjums (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · uz namlik (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · lo ຄວາມຊຸ່ມ (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · tl halumigmig (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · he לַחוּת (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · orv волога (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · lt drėgmė (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · km សន្សើម (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · enm moisture (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · hsb włoha (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · uk вільго́та (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · mr आर्द्रता (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · uk во́гкість (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · enm moisture (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · dsb włoga (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · pt humidade (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · vi khí ẩm (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · sk vlhkosť (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · lv valgums (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · de Feuchtigkeit (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · ms lembapan (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · sl vlága (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · fa-ira رُطوبَت (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · pl wilgoć (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · pl wilgoć (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · nl vochtigheid (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · lv miklums (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · sv fukt (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · uk воло́га (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · cu ⰲⰾⰰⰳⰰ (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · fi kosteus (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · sk vlaha (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · ar رُطُوبَة (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · da fugtighed (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · ja 湿気 (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · tl sayimsim (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · lv mitrums (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · es humedad (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · gl humidade (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · az rütubət (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · tk nem (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · gl humedén (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · kl aalaq (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · la mador (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · az nəm (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · ru вла́га (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · ru вла́га (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · eo malsekeco (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · lt drėgnumas (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · lt drėgmė (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · cu влага (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · bg вла́жност (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · sk vlaha (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · pl wilgotność (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · ru вла́жность (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · hu nedvesség (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · enm moistnes (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · ko 습기 (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · km សំណើម (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · nl vocht (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · uk воло́гість (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · be ві́льгаць (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · de Nässe (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · fr humidité (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · orv волога (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · ky ным (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · grc ἰκμάς (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · ms kelembapan (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · be вільго́тнасць (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · mnc ᠰᡳᠮᡝᠨ (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · mk влага (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · ur رُطُوبَت (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · mn чийг (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · bg вла́га (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · he לַחוּת (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · pt umidade (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · ur نَمی (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · lv valganums (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · gl lentura (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · fi kosteus (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · cu влага (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · vi độ ẩm (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · th ความชื้น (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · cmn 濕氣 /湿气 (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · kmr şê (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · pal 𐭭𐭬 (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · hy խոնավություն (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · tk zeý (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · tr nem (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · tk çyg (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · sq lagështirë (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · hi नमी (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · enm moistnes (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · sh vlȁga (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · tl hamil (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · cu ⰲⰾⰰⰳⰰ (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · mn чийгшил (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · it umidità (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · sh вла̏га (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · cs vláha (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · el υγρασία (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · cs vláha (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · nl vocht (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · af vog (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · be вало́га (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · mr ओलावा (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · br glebiadur (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · bn আর্দ্রতা (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · az nəmlik (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · sv fuktighet (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · bg вла́га (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · sh vlȁžnōst (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · lv mistrums (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · tt дым (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · tr rutubet (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · uk воло́га (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · hi आर्द्रता (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · fa-ira نَم (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · ky ым (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · nb fuktighet (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · ga taisleach (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · sl vlažnost (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · kk дым (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · la sucus (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · tg рутубат (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · ml ഈർപ്പം (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · hu nyirkosság (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · hi नमी (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · ro umezeală (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · lv miklums (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · sh вла̏жно̄ст (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · mr दमटपणा (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · hy թացություն (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · tg нам (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · lt drėgnis (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · hi आर्द्रता (that which moistens or makes damp; liquid in small quantity) · ca humitat (the state of being moist — see also moistness) · be вільго́тнасьць (the state of being moist — see also moistness)