vlinder

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of vlinderen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of vlinderen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of vlinderen:

vlinderen

1. (intransitive) to flutter
2. (intransitive) to swim the butterfly stroke
3. (transitive) to smooth a new concrete floor using a trowel or some other tool
4. (intransitive) to observe butterflies (recreationally or for scientific purposes)

Lees meer

Sinonieme

kapel

vlinders

vlinderslag

vijfwouter

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boterschijt

botervlieg

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pennenvogel

pepel

🦋

zomervogel

fladderaar

schoenlapper

Vertalings

butterfly

🦋

Schmetterling

🦋

papillon

🦋

mariposa

🦋

farfalla

🦋

borboleta

🦋

papallona

🦋

kelebek

🦋

πεταλούδα

فراشة

🦋

Falter

papilio

🦋

mariposa

🦋

pelatînk

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈvlɪn.dər/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Faroëes: firvaldur

Verwante met Duits: Falter

In summary

Unknown. Compare Middle Dutch vliendermuis (“bat, flittermouse”) (first attested 1485) and vlinderen (“to flutter”) (first attested 1591); this noun is probably deverbal from the latter, which has a cognate in German flindern. De Vries however notes that Middle English flindre (“butterfly”) is attested as early as the 14th century, and thus views the verb as being secondary to the noun. Cognates include English flinder and West Frisian flinter; compare also Saterland Frisian Flitterke.
This word appears to have largely displaced an older inherited term for butterfly, vijfwouter, which survived into modern Dutch as a dialectal term.

Sinne

Dat is een mooie vlinder .

That's a beautiful butterfly.