fizzy

English

Etymology

From fizz +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fĭz'i, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪzi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɪzi

Adjective

fizzy (comparative fizzier, superlative fizziest)

1. (of a liquid) Containing bubbles.
2. (figurative) Lively, vivacious.
   • 2014 October 30, Ben Brantley, “When the head leads the heart: 'The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, opens on Broadway [print version: When the witty head is far ahead of the heart: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor star in revival of 'Real Thing', International New York Times, 4 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     [I]ts main character, Henry (Mr. [Ewan] McGregor), is a successful, intellectual dramatist who seems quite capable of churning out fizzy, challenging works about brilliant but ambivalent revolutionaries, philosophers, etc.

3. (onomatopoeia) Makes a hissing sound.

Synonyms

• (of a liquid): sparkling, carbonated; see also Thesaurus:effervescent

Derived terms

• fizzy drink
• fizzy water

Translations

containing bubbles

• Finnish: kuohuva, kupliva, poreileva
• Hungarian: buborékos (hu), szénsavas (hu)
• Maori: mirumiru (referring to a liquid especially a drink)

Noun

fizzy (plural fizzies)

1. (New Zealand) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage.

   Synonym: fizzy drink

Derived terms

• fizzies

Translations

context of a liquid

• Bulgarian: шипящ (šipjašt), газиран (gaziran)
• Dutch: sprankelend (nl), koolzuurhoudend (nl)
• Finnish: poreileva, pore-
• German: sprudelnd (de), spritzig (de), kohlensäurehaltig (de), perlend (de), moussierend (de)
• Greek: ανθρακούχος (el) (anthrakoúchos)
• Norman: pétillant
• Russian: газиро́ванный (ru) (gaziróvannyj)

onomatopoeia

• Bulgarian: шипящ (šipjašt), съскащ (bg) (sǎskašt)
• Finnish: pihisevä
• German: zischend (de)
• Russian: шипу́чий (ru) (šipúčij), шипя́щий (ru) (šipjáščij)