Fly

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Scientific name 1.2.3 Related terms 1.3 Intransitive and Transitive verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.4 Adjective 2 Swedish 2.1 Verb

English

Pronunciation

• AHD : flī
• IPA : /flaɪ/
• SAMPA : /flaI/

Noun

fly (plural flies)

1. Any two-winged insect of the order Diptera.
2. The opening at the front of a tent.
3. The opening at the front of a pair of trousers/pants or underpants.
4. A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
5. (baseball) A ball hit up into the air by the batter.

Translations

insect

Albanian: mizë f Arabic: ذبابة (dubāba) f Armenian: ճանճ (čanč) Aymara: chichillanka Basque: euli Bosnian: muha f (1), šlic m (3) Catalan: mosca Chichewa: ntchenche Chinese Characters: 蝿, 蠅, 蝇 Danish: flue c (1) Dutch: vlieg m Esperanto: muŝo Estonian: kärbes Finnish: kärpänen French: mouche f Frisian: mich German: Fliege f Greek: μύγα (mýga) f Guarani: mberu Ibo: ijiji Ilocano: ngilaw Indonesian: lalat Interlingua: musca

Italian: mosca f Japanese: 蝿 (はえ , hae) Javanese: laler Kurdish: mêş f Latin: musca f Lithuanian: musė f Mandarin: 苍蝇 / 蒼蠅 (Pīnyīn: cāngyíng) Mongolian: ялаа (yalaa) Nahuatl: zayolin Polish: mucha Portuguese: mosca f Quechua: chuspi Romanian: muscă f Russian: муха , f Slovak: mucha f Slovene: muha f Spanish: mosca f Swedish: fluga c Tamil: ஈ (ī) Tok Pisin: lang Tupinambá: mberu Turkish: sinek

opening of a tent

opening of trousers/pants or underpants

Danish: gylp c Dutch: gulp f Finnish: sepalus (2) French: braguette f German: Reißverschluss m

French: braguette f Spanish: bragueta f Swedish: gylf c

lure

Danish: flue c Finnish: perho German: Fliege

Spanish: mosca f Swedish: fluga

ball

Scientific name

• order: Diptera

Related terms

• dragonfly
• mayfly
• blow fly
• fruit fly
• house fly
• march fly
• zipper

Intransitive and Transitive verb

fly flies (flew, flown)

1. to operate (an aircraft, a kite, etc) through the air
2. To travel in a controlled manner through the air.
3. To travel in an aircraft.
4. To flee, to escape.
5. (colloquial) To be accepted.
   • Let's see if that idea flies.

Translations

travel through the air

Bosnian: letjeti Chinese Characters: 飛, 飞 Chinese: 飛 Danish: flyve Dutch: vliegen Estonian: lendama Finnish: lentää French: voler Frisian: fleane German: fliegen (1, 2), fliehen (3), ankommen (4) Guarani: veve Hebrew: טס Ido: flugar Ilocano: agtayab Indonesian: terbang , layang , melayang , menerbangkan

Interlingua: volar Italian: volare Japanese: 飛ぶ (とぶ , tobu) Kurdish: firrîn Polish: latać Portuguese: voar Romanian: zbura Russian: летать , лететь Slovak: lietať Spanish: volar Swedish: flyga Tagalog: lumupad Tok Pisin: flai Tupinambá: bebé Turkish: uçmak

travel in an aircraft

Estonian: lendama Finnish: lentää

Slovak: letieť Spanish: volar Swedish: flyga

flee

Estonian: põgenema French: s'enfuir German: fliehen Italian: fuggire , scappare

Tok Pisin: ranawe (2) Swedish: fly, sjappa Slovak: uletieť

be accepted

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above, removing the numbers. The numbering is incorrect or unreliable.

Bosnian: letjeti Danish: flyve (2), flygte (3) Dutch: besturen , navigeren Estonian: lendama Finnish: lentää, lennättää

German: fliegen Japanese: 飛ばす (とばす , tobasu), 逃げる (にげる , nigeru)(3) Slovak: letieť Swedish: flyga Tok Pisin: ranim

Adjective

fly (comparative flier, superlative fliest)

1. (slang) Quick-witted, mentally sharp, smart (in a mental sense)
2. (slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance

quick-witted

well dressed

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Swedish

Verb

fly

• flee, run away, escape