airtight

See also: air-tight and air tight

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

air +‎ tight

Adjective

airtight (comparative more airtight, superlative most airtight)

Being impermeable to air or other gases.
(figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws.
We have an airtight argument they won’t be able to punch holes in.
(figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted.
- 1908, The Plumbers Trade Journal, Plumbers’ Trade Journal Publishing Company, volume 44:
  when Roger asked for $100 to take the preliminary steps to establish his claim, Mike yelled like a Hebrew auctioneer, for he was air-tight and squeezed a dollar until the woman on it yelled.
- 1915 April, Annals of Iowa, Historical Department of Iowa, series 3, volume 12, page 599:
  He was ‘air-tight,’ close-mouthed, and had but few confidants or intimate friends, but numerous acquaintances.

Synonyms

(impermeable to air): hermetic

Antonyms

Derived terms

airtighten
airtightness

Related terms

Terms related to airtight

coldtight, cold-tight
drafttight, draft-tight
draughttight, draught-tight
driptight, drip-tight
dusttight, dust-tight

gastight, gas-tight
heattight, heat-tight
jointtight, joint-tight
leaktight, leak-tight
leaktight, leak-tight

lighttight, light-tight
liquidtight, liquid-tight
oiltight, oil-tight
pressuretight, pressure-tight
raintight, rain-tight

sandtight, sand-tight
soiltight, soil-tight
watertight, water-tight
weathertight, weather-tight

Translations

being impermeable to air or other gases

Catalan: hermètic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 密封的 (mìfēng de)
Danish: lufttæt (da)
Dutch: luchtdicht (nl), hermetisch (nl)
Finnish: ilmatiivis, hermeettinen (fi), kaasutiivis
French: hermétique (fr), étanche (fr)
German: luftdicht (de), hermetisch (de)
Greek: αεροστεγής (el) (aerostegís)
Irish: aerdhíonach, aerobach, aeriata
Italian: ermetico (it) m

Japanese: 気密の (きみつの, kimitsu no), 密閉の (ja) (みっぺいの, mippei no)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lufttett

Nynorsk: lufttett
Portuguese: hermético (pt), impermeável (pt)
Russian: гермети́чный (ru) (germetíčnyj), воздухонепроница́емый (ru) (vozduxonepronicájemyj)
Slovene: zrakotesen m
Spanish: hermético (es)
Swedish: lufttät (sv), hermetisk (sv)
Tagalog: luom

having no weak points or flaws

Catalan: hermètic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無破綻的, 无破绽的 (wú pòzhàn de)
Dutch: sluitend (nl), onweerlegbaar (nl)
Finnish: pitävä (fi), vedenpitävä

German: hieb- und stichfest (de)
Greek: αρραγής (el) (arragís)
Irish: doshéanta, cruinn
Portuguese: inexpugnável (pt)

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Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} loftþéttur m, ^{(please verify)} loftþétt n, f

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