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watertight

/ˈwɔː.tə.taɪt/ UK
/ˈwɑː.tɚ.taɪt/ UK
/ˈwɔː.tɚ.taɪt/ UK

Where it comes from

From water + tight. Compare Scots wattirticht (“watertight”), West Frisian wetterticht (“waterproof”), Dutch waterdicht (“waterproof, watertight”), German wasserdicht (“watertight, waterproof”), Danish vandtæt (“watertight”), Swedish vattentät (“watertight, waterproof”).

adjective more watertight · most watertight · water-tight

So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape. What a day, eh? Demmy, it's like the commencement of the rainy season in Bengal. But you'll find my carriage is watertight. Come along, my mother and Emmy are in the vestry.
Similar: waterfast, waterproof, impervious, impermeable
figuratively So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify. a watertight alibi

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adj so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape

Español	hermético, estanco
日本語	水を通さない mizu o tōsanai, 水密の suimitsu no
中文	水密的 shuǐmì de, 防水的 fángshuǐ de
Português	impermeável
Français	étanche
Deutsch	wasserdicht
Italiano	a tenuta stagna, impermeabile
Ελληνικά	στεγανός steganós, υδατοστεγής ydatostegís
Русский	водонепроница́емый vodonepronicájemyj, гермети́чный germetíčnyj, непромока́емый nepromokájemyj

adj impossible to defeat, evade or nullify

Español	sin fisuras, a toda prueba
Deutsch	wasserdicht
Русский	непробива́емый neprobivájemyj

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@misc{watertight_2026,
  title = {watertight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/watertight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}