Fly in Different Languages
Discover 'Fly' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Fly
Afrikaans vlieg | ||
Albanian fluturojnë | ||
Amharic ዝንብ | ||
Arabic يطير | ||
Armenian թռչել | ||
Assamese উৰা | ||
Aymara thuqtaña | ||
Azerbaijani uçmaq | ||
Bambara dimɔgɔ | ||
Basque hegan egin | ||
Belarusian муха | ||
Bengali উড়ে | ||
Bhojpuri उड़ल | ||
Bosnian letjeti | ||
Bulgarian летя | ||
Catalan volar | ||
Cebuano lupad | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 飞 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 飛 | ||
Corsican vulà | ||
Croatian letjeti | ||
Czech létat | ||
Danish flyve | ||
Dhivehi އުދުހުން | ||
Dogri उड्डना | ||
Dutch vlieg | ||
English fly | ||
Esperanto flugi | ||
Estonian lendama | ||
Ewe dzo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) lumipad | ||
Finnish lentää | ||
French mouche | ||
Frisian fleane | ||
Galician voar | ||
Georgian ფრენა | ||
German fliege | ||
Greek πετώ | ||
Guarani mberu | ||
Gujarati ઉડાન | ||
Haitian Creole vole | ||
Hausa tashi | ||
Hawaiian lele | ||
Hebrew לטוס, זבוב | ||
Hindi उड़ना | ||
Hmong ya | ||
Hungarian légy | ||
Icelandic fluga | ||
Igbo ofufe | ||
Ilocano agtayab | ||
Indonesian terbang | ||
Irish eitilt | ||
Italian volare | ||
Japanese 飛ぶ | ||
Javanese mabur | ||
Kannada ಫ್ಲೈ | ||
Kazakh ұшу | ||
Khmer ហោះ | ||
Kinyarwanda kuguruka | ||
Konkani उडप | ||
Korean 파리 | ||
Krio flay | ||
Kurdish mêş | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فڕین | ||
Kyrgyz учуу | ||
Lao ບິນ | ||
Latin volant | ||
Latvian lidot | ||
Lingala kopumbwa | ||
Lithuanian skristi | ||
Luganda okuguluka | ||
Luxembourgish fléien | ||
Macedonian летаат | ||
Maithili माछी | ||
Malagasy manidina | ||
Malay terbang | ||
Malayalam പറക്കുക | ||
Maltese itir | ||
Maori rere | ||
Marathi उडणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯏꯕ | ||
Mizo thlawk | ||
Mongolian нисэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ယင်ကောင် | ||
Nepali उडान | ||
Norwegian fly | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuuluka | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଉଡ | ||
Oromo barrisuu | ||
Pashto الوتنه | ||
Persian پرواز | ||
Polish latać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) voar | ||
Punjabi ਉੱਡ | ||
Quechua chuspi | ||
Romanian a zbura | ||
Russian летать | ||
Samoan lele | ||
Sanskrit उड्डयते | ||
Scots Gaelic itealaich | ||
Sepedi fofa | ||
Serbian летети | ||
Sesotho fofa | ||
Shona bhururuka | ||
Sindhi اڏام | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පියාසර කරන්න | ||
Slovak lietať | ||
Slovenian leteti | ||
Somali duuli | ||
Spanish volar | ||
Sundanese ngapung | ||
Swahili kuruka | ||
Swedish flyga | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) lumipad | ||
Tajik паридан | ||
Tamil ஈ | ||
Tatar оча | ||
Telugu ఎగురు | ||
Thai บิน | ||
Tigrinya ንፈር | ||
Tsonga haha | ||
Turkish uçmak | ||
Turkmen uçmak | ||
Twi (Akan) tu | ||
Ukrainian літати | ||
Urdu اڑنا | ||
Uyghur چىۋىن | ||
Uzbek pashsha | ||
Vietnamese bay | ||
Welsh hedfan | ||
Xhosa bhabha | ||
Yiddish פליען | ||
Yoruba fò | ||
Zulu ukundiza |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In 1943, "vlieg" was one of several South Africanisms put up for a referendum on acceptance as standard Dutch, though it was not chosen. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "fluturojnë" is derived from the Latin word "fluctuare," meaning "to move like a wave." |
| Amharic | The Amharic word 'ዝንብ' is also used figuratively to describe someone who is annoying or persistent. |
| Arabic | "يطير" (yatîr) also means "fly (as in the escape or quick motion of running), be high-spirited, be spirited, be proud, be arrogant, or be quick-moving". |
| Armenian | The word "թռչել" (trchʿel) can also mean "to escape" or "to flee" in Armenian. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "uçmaq" also means "to soar" and "to float" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | "Hegan egin" literally means "to make flight", referring to the movement of the wings instead of the actual flight |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, "муха" can also refer to a small piece of dust or a freckle. |
| Bengali | Derived from the Sanskrit word 'ud', 'উড়ে' also means 'to rise' or 'to jump up' in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | Bosnian has two verbs for fly; "letjeti," for flying through air, and "letati," for flying out somewhere to do something or meet someone |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "летя" can also refer to a person who is very good at something or who is very fast. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "volar" also means "steal", coming from the Latin "volare" meaning "to fly". |
| Cebuano | The word "lupad" in Cebuano originally meant "to jump" or "to leap", and only later came to mean "to fly". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 飛 means a man spreading out his arms and legs in Oracle Bone Scripts, and is the same as the glyph for person, and it also can mean 'to send out' or 'to escape'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character '飛' also means 'running quickly' in Chinese. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "vulà" is derived from the Latin word "volare," meaning "to fly". |
| Croatian | "Letjeti" is also a slang term for "to drive a car very fast." |
| Czech | The word "létat" can also mean "to float" or "to hover" in the air. |
| Danish | In old Nordic mythology, the concept of "flyve" was closely associated with spiritual journeys, with connotations of transcendence and otherworldly travel. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word “vlieg” can also refer to the action of fleeing, escaping, or running away. |
| Esperanto | The word "flugi" can also refer to an airplane or other flying machine in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The word "lendama" in Estonian can also refer to the act of jumping or leaping. |
| Finnish | Lentää is a common verb in Finnish that means to fly, but it also has the extended meaning of to move quickly or to escape. |
| French | Mouche shares the same Proto-Indo-European root "*mu-/*meu-" with English "mouse" and Persian "muš". |
| Frisian | The word "fleane" in Frisian is also used to refer to an airplane or a kite. |
| Galician | The Galician word "voar" may come from the Latin "volare" or the Germanic "fliegen". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word “ფრენა” means both “to fly” and to “be born”. |
| German | In German "Fliege" can also refer to a type of aircraft or the act of running away. |
| Greek | The verb πετώ (peto) can also mean "to spread" or "to extend", as in "πετώ τα φτερά μου" (peto ta ftera mou, "I spread my wings"). |
| Gujarati | Originally meaning 'to take to the wing', 'ઉડાન' also metaphorically means 'to take flight' in terms of one's career or reputation. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "vole" also means "to steal" from the French "voler." |
| Hausa | "Tashi" in Hausa also means "to break" or "to destroy". |
| Hawaiian | Lele also means 'to float,' describing birds soaring through the air in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, "לטוס" can also mean "to fly" and "זבוב" can also mean "a fly". |
| Hindi | In Punjabi, the word "uddnaa" (उड़ना) means to "fly" but also conveys the emotions of joy and excitement. |
| Hmong | The Hmong term 'yaw' which means to fly when it comes to animals and vehicles, and to jump when referring to humans. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "légy" can also refer to moths and other flying insects. |
| Icelandic | The word 'fluga' in Icelandic derives from the Old Norse word 'fluga', which meant an insect or any small creature with wings. |
| Igbo | "Ofufe" can also refer to a type of traditional Igbo dance. |
| Indonesian | Did you know that "terbang" can also mean "to soar" or "to levitate" in Indonesian? |
| Irish | The Irish word "eitilt" can also refer to a type of Gaelic football or hurling stick. |
| Italian | The Latin verb "volare" also means "to run" or "to move quickly." |
| Japanese | 飛ぶ in Japanese can also mean "to jump" or "to leap". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "mabur" originally referred to birds, but was later extended to include insects and other flying creatures. |
| Kannada | ಫ್ಲೈ (fly) also means to leap or jump. |
| Kazakh | The word "ұшу" in Kazakh also means "to run away" or "to escape". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ហោះ" not only means "to fly," but also "to rise," "to soar," or "to take off." |
| Korean | The Korean word "파리" (fly) is also used to refer to the capital of France, Paris. |
| Kurdish | The word "mêş" in Kurdish also means "lamb" and is thought to be derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰʰew- ('to shine'), which is also the origin of the English word "ewe". |
| Kyrgyz | In addition to its primary meaning, "учуу" can also refer to "flight" or "aviation" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ບິນ" also means "to fly by airplane" and "to jump". |
| Latin | The Latin word "volant" can also mean "shuttle" or "spinning top". |
| Latvian | In Polish, the word "lida" means "to float", suggesting a possible etymological connection to the Latvian word "lidot". |
| Lithuanian | The word "skristi" in Lithuanian comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker-, meaning "to turn", "to twist", or "to bend". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "fléien" also means "to flow" and is related to the German word "fließen". |
| Macedonian | The word летаат in Macedonian also has the metaphorical meaning of 'going fast'. |
| Malagasy | "Manidina" also refers to the act of flying in Malagasy. |
| Malay | Terbang is derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root word *tabhaŋ, which could refer to "fly" or "sky" depending on the context. |
| Malayalam | The original meaning of the word "പറക്കുക" is a type of dance, similar to a whirling dervish, which can sometimes resemble bird flight. |
| Maltese | "It-tir" is also a name given to bees and ants. |
| Maori | Rere is also a term for a Maori dance that mimics the flight of hawks. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "उडणे" (fly) originally meant "to jump" and is related to the Hindi word "उछलना" (to bounce) |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "нисэх" originated from the Altaic root "*nese-", meaning "to fly through the air". |
| Nepali | The word "उडान" can also mean "leap" or "jump" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "fly" not only refers to the insect but also to "flee" and means "to float" in the sense of liquids or other non-solid entities. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kuuluka" also means "to make a sound." |
| Pashto | In Pashto, the word "الوتنه" can also refer to a type of small, edible fig. |
| Persian | The Persian word "پرواز" can also mean "progress" or "advancement". |
| Polish | In Polish, the verb "latać" can also mean "to patch up" or "to wander aimlessly." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "voar" likely derives from the Latin verb "volare" (to fly), and is cognate with the English word "volant" (flying). |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਉੱਡ" (fly) is also used to figuratively describe a person who is very outgoing or active. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "a zbura" can also mean "to flee" or "to escape". |
| Russian | The Russian word "летать" also has the figurative meaning of "to be very busy". |
| Samoan | The word "lele" in Samoan also means "to leap" or "to jump." |
| Scots Gaelic | Possibly from the same root as “ealadh” (“flight”) and “eilid” (“swan”). |
| Serbian | The word "летети" also means "glide" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "fofa" is also an exclamation used to express surprise or astonishment. |
| Shona | The Shona word "bhururuka" can also refer to a type of herbal medicine used to treat malaria. |
| Sindhi | The word "اڏام" can also mean "height", |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "පියාසර කරන්න" (fly) in Sinhala is derived from the Prakrit word "piyaasiya" (to fly) and has an alternate meaning of "to soar or rise high in the air" |
| Slovak | The Slovak verb "lietať" also means "to be lazy", "to dawdle" |
| Slovenian | The word 'leteti' can also refer to 'soar' or 'flutter' within the context of an aircraft or a bird respectively. |
| Somali | In Somali, "duuli" can also refer to a "bat". |
| Spanish | Vol(v)ar, meaning both “to fly” and “to steal” in Spanish, originates from the Latin word “volare,” which had both meanings. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "ngapung" has an alternate meaning of "to float" on water, which may have influenced its use for flight. |
| Swahili | The word 'kuruka' in Swahili is sometimes used to refer to flying insects or birds, but it can also mean 'to rotate' or 'to circle'. |
| Swedish | The word "flyga" originated as a verb meaning "to move quickly"} |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Lumipad" (fly) can also refer to taking a leap of faith in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The word "паридан" comes from the Persian word "پريدن" (paridan), meaning "to fly". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'ஈ' refers not only to the insect, but also to a star (especially the Pole Star) and the vowel sound 'i'. |
| Telugu | The word "ఎగురు" also means "to dance", and is related to the Tamil word "எகுறு" (ekuru) which means "to leap". |
| Thai | The Thai word "บิน" ("fly") also means "to run away" or "to escape". |
| Turkish | 'Uçmak' also refers to 'escaping from a dangerous place' in Turkish, just like the verb 'voler' in French. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "літати" is derived from the Proto-Slavic verb *letati, meaning "to fly" or "to soar." |
| Urdu | "اڑنا" can also mean to move quickly, to be scattered, to disappear, or to vanish. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "pashsha" can also refer to a small or narrow object. |
| Vietnamese | "Bay" (to fly) comes from the word "bay" (a kind of tree with edible nuts). |
| Welsh | The word "hedfan" can also refer to the act of running fast. |
| Xhosa | The word "bhabha" can also refer to an insect or a bird, and is sometimes used to describe someone who is talkative or garrulous. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פליען" not only means "to fly," but also "to flee" (as in escaping danger) and "to run off" (as in doing so illicitly). |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "fò" not only means "fly" but can also refer to an "aeroplane" or "airplane" in the context of aviation. |
| Zulu | "Ukundiza" in Zulu not only means "fly," but also refers to the act of "fleeing" or "running away." |
| English | The word "fly" has origins in the Old English word "fleogan," meaning "to flow swiftly." |