humidity
Syllables: hu·mi·di·ty/hjuːˈmɪd.ə.ti/US/hjuˈmɪd.ə.ti/
humidity noun: dampness, especially that of the air.
Noun
humidity (usually uncountable, plural humidities)
humidity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
humidity in Hindi
- dampness, especially that of the air
- उमस umas, नम nam, नमी namī, आर्द्रता ārdratā, गीलापन gīlāpan
- amount of water vapour in the air
- उमस umas, नमी namī, आर्द्रता ārdratā
humidity in Tamil
- ஈரப்பதன், ஈரப்பதம், ஈர அளவு, நீர் நயப்பு, நீர்நயப்பு, ஈரத்தன்மை
humidity in Marathi
- dampness, especially that of the air
- आर्द्रता ārdratā, दमटपणा damṭapṇā, ओलावा olāvā
- amount of water vapour in the air
- आर्द्रता ārdratā, दमटपणा damṭapṇā, ओलावा olāvā
humidity in Urdu
- dampness, especially that of the air
- نَمی namī, رُطُوبَت rutūbat
More languagesFewer languages
- humidity in Bengali
- আর্দ্রতা ardrota
- humidity in Telugu
- ఆర్ద్రత
- humidity in Malayalam
- ആർദ്രത
- humidity in Kannada
- ಒದ್ದೆತನ, ತೇವಾಂಶ, ಆರ್ದ್ರತೆ, ಒದ್ದೆ
- humidity in Odia
- ଆର୍ଦ୍ରତା, ଆଦ୍ରତା
- humidity in Nepali
- आर्द्रता, आद्रता
- humidity in Tagalog
- halumigmig, hamil, sayimsim
- humidity in Arabic
- رُطُوبَة ruṭūba
- humidity in Malay
- kelembapan
- humidity in Indonesian
- kelembapan, kelembapan udara
- humidity in Thai
- ความชื้น kwaam-chʉ́ʉn
- humidity in Vietnamese
- độ ẩm, tình trạng ẩm ướt, ẩm độ
- humidity in Myanmar
- စိုထိုင်းဆ cuihtuing:hca.
- Sindhi
- اٻس āḇs, گھم ghm
Examples of humidity in a sentence
- The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.
- It was not the heat that caused his thirstiness, it was the low humidity.
- The heat and humidity were both new records.
Forms of humidity
| plural | humidities |
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Origin of humidity
From Middle English humidite, borrowed from Old French humidité, from Medieval Latin hūmiditās, from Latin ūmidus (“damp, moist, wet”). By surface analysis, humid + -ity.
Words formed from humidity
Words that rhyme with humidity
Questions about humidity
- What does humidity mean?
- Humidity means dampness, especially that of the air.
- What is humidity in Hindi?
- Humidity in Hindi is उमस (umas), नम (nam), नमी (namī). See Humidity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is humidity?
- Humidity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce humidity?
- Humidity is pronounced /hjuːˈmɪd.ə.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of humidity?
- The plural of humidity is humidities.
Words near humidity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: humidity (page history and authors); humidity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); humidity (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); humidity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); humidity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); humidity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); humidity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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