flea

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

pulce

chip

scabbia

pulci

pidocchio dei polli

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

puce

pulga

Floh

vlo

pulga

ψύλλος

pire

puça

pulex

برغوث

kêç

piuse

pūlex

Pulex irritans

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/fliː/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: fle

Ereditato da inglese antico: flēah

Affine frisone occidentale: flie

Affine basso tedesco: Flo

Affine olandese: vlo

Affine tedesco: Floh

Affine islandese: fló

Affine latino: pulex

Affine sanscrito: प्लुषि

Ereditato da inglese medio: fleen

Ereditato da inglese antico: 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”).