fly

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
2. Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
3. Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
4. A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
5. A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
6. The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
7. (obsolete) A witch's familiar.
8. (obsolete) A parasite.
9. A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
10. A butterfly (combination of four options).

Verb

1. (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
2. (ambitransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).
3. (ergative, transitive) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
4. (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
5. (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
6. (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
7. (colloquial, intransitive) To be accepted, come about or work out.
8. (ergative, transitive) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
9. (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
10. (intransitive) To be in the winged adult stage.

Verb

To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).

Adj

1. (dated, slang) Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
2. (slang) Clandestine, surreptitious
3. (slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
4. (slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.

Concepts

voler

mouche

🪰

s’envoler

braguette

✈️

piloter

🧑‍✈️

battre

courir

amanite muscarine

cintre

conduire

échapper

faire voler

fuir

hisser

naviguer

sauter

se dépêcher

amanite tue-mouche

envoler

muscarine

bondir

transporter par avion

vaporiser

vol

✈️

évacuer

voltiger

aller en voiture

envoyer en l’air

coquette

diptère

envolée

✈️

brachycères

faire voltiger

mouche domestique

flotter

s’enfuir

papillon

🦋

parade

filer

planer

Synonymes

soar

housefly

flee

flutter

wing

🪽

escape

run

flies

run away

flit

jump

leave

dart

🎯

vanish

aviate

glide

bolt

float

drive

dash

💨

mosquito

🦟

wave

👋

flap

take flight

hover

gridiron

gnat

fly-loft

rush

sail

pilot

🧑‍✈️

fleet

bee

🐝

fly ball

deer fly

insect

wasp

keen

house fly

house-fly

tear

hoist

blowfly

get away

fly agaric

rise

charge

fell

race

retreat

Traductions

volar

✈️

fliegen

✈️

volare

✈️

mosca

✈️

Fliege

🪰

mosca

🪰

vliegen

✈️

vlieg

✈️

mosca

✈️

voar

✈️

volar

✈️

πετώ

sinek

🪰

μύγα

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/flaɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: flye

Hérité de ancien anglais: flȳġe

Appartenant à écossais: flee

Appartenant à saterlandais: Fljooge

Appartenant à néerlandais: vlieg

Appartenant à allemand: Fliege

Appartenant à danois: flue

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: flue

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: fluge

Appartenant à suédois: fluga

Appartenant à islandais: fluga

Appartenant à saterlandais: fljooge

Appartenant à néerlandais: vliegen

Appartenant à bas-allemand: flegen

Appartenant à allemand: fliegen

Appartenant à danois: flyve

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: flyga

Appartenant à lituanien: plaukti

Appartenant à allemand: Flügel

Appartenant à néerlandais: vleugel

Appartenant à suédois: flygel

In summary

From Middle English flye, flie, from Old English flȳġe, flēoge (“a fly”), from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ (“a fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”). Cognate with Scots flee, Saterland Frisian Fljooge, Dutch vlieg, German Low German Fleeg, German Fliege, Danish flue, Norwegian Bokmål flue, Norwegian Nynorsk fluge, Swedish fluga, Icelandic fluga.

Phrases

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

Les heures agréables volent beaucoup trop tôt.