fuir

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to escape
2. (transitive) to flee
3. (intransitive) to leak; to have a leak

Concepts

flee

run away

escape

leak

shun

avoid

retreat

run

take flight

elope

leak out

fly

✈️

ooze

outflow

play truant

pull back

run off

shine through

terrified

elope with

escape from

get away from

play hookey

run away from

be omitted

skip class

cut class

abscond

run for the hills

alienate

backward

bleed

🩸

come through

depart

desert

🏜️

evade

filter out

leakage

move away

neglect

Synonyms

s’enfuir

s’échapper

éviter

échapper

s’écouler

battre en retraite

enfuir

se sauver

leaker

couler

s’esquiver

passer

courir

se libérer

faire eau

apparaître furtivement

esquiver

se hâter

suer

😓

traverser

voler

détaler

écouler

évader

prendre la fuite

sécher les cours

s’éloigner

se révéler

se tenir à l’écart

s’évader

terrifié

traiter froidement

s’échapper de

prendre son galop

s’ecouler

échappant

sécher l’école

abader

échappé|échappée

s’esbigner

danser

💃

divulguer

éloigner

évacuation

évacuer

fuite

fuyant

galoper

jaillir

mouche

🪰

Translations

huir

fliehen

fuggire

fugir

flüchten

kaçmak

vluchten

fugir

scappare

escapar

escapar

perdere

lecken

entfliehen

auslaufen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɥiʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: fuir

Inherited from Latin: fugiō

In summary

Inherited from Middle French fuyr, fuir (“to flee”), from Old French fuir, from Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-.