flea

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
2. (derogatory) A thing of no significance.

Verb

To remove fleas from (an animal).

Verb

Obsolete spelling of flay.

Sinonieme

louse

fleas

lice

tick

chigger

bug

🐛

dog louse

pulicidae

jigger

chigoe flea

bedbug

pulicid

chip

insect

leech

nit

sand flea

scratch

dog flea

bird louse

Vertalings

puce

pulga

pulce

Floh

vlo

pulga

ψύλλος

pire

puça

pulex

برغوث

kêç

piuse

pūlex

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fliː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: fle

Geërf van Old English: flēah

Verwante met Fries: flie

Verwante met Nederduits: Flo

Verwante met Nederlands: vlo

Verwante met Duits: Floh

Verwante met Yslands: fló

Verwante met Latyn: pulex

Verwante met Sanskrit: प्लुषि

Geërf van Middle English: fleen

Geërf van Old English: flēan

In summary

From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (compare West Frisian flie, Low German Flo, Flö, Dutch vlo, German Floh, Icelandic fló), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, *plówkos, from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (compare Latin pulex, Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)).
The archaic plural fleen is from Middle English fleen, flen, from Old English flēan (“fleas”).