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dragonfly

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈdɹæɡənˌflaɪ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There were two dragonflies in the garden today.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: odonate

History

Etymology

From dragon + fly. Compare drakefly (“mayfly”).

Across languages

Translations

204 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аӡахы́баа (adzaxə́baa) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Abkhaz: амаҭхса́ (amatxsá) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Ahtna: tselcʼutsaey — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Afrikaans: naaldekoker — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Aklanon: tambibidli — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Alabama: hatokwassi — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Albanian: pilivesë — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Northern Altai: сенъирткеш (senʺirtkeš) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Antillean Creole: zingzing — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Antillean Creole: zinglèt — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Arabic: يَعْسُوب (yaʕsūb) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Arabic: يَعْسُوب (yaʕsūb) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Armenian: ճպուռ (čpuṙ) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Assamese: জিঞাঁ (zio͂ã) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Assamese: জিয়াঁ (ziã) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Asturian: aceitera — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Asturian: cortanarices — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Asturian: cortañarices — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Asturian: caballín del diañu — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Azerbaijani: iynəcə — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Bahnar: klo 'ba — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • West Coast Bajau: bari-bari — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Basque: burruntzi — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Belarusian: страказа́ (strakazá) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Bengali: ফড়িং (phoṛiṅ) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Central Bikol: alibangbang — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Central Bikol: atibagros — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Breton: nadoz-aer — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Breton: marc'h-aer — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Bulgarian: во́дно ко́нче (vódno kónče) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Burmese: ပုစဉ်း (pu.cany:) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Catalan: libèl·lula — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Catalan: cavall de serp — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Catalan: espiadimonis — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Catalan: tallanassos — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Catalan: teixidor — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Catalan: barratgina f. — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Cebuano: alindanaw — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Cebuano: handanaw — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Cebuano: helikopter — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Eastern Cham: ꨈꨮꩌ ꨈꨮꩊ (gơm gơl) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Chechen: шайтӏанан дин (šajtʼanan din) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Chepang: दुय्ला — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Chinese Cantonese: 蜻蜓 (cing1 ting4) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Hakka Chinese: 揚尾仔 /扬尾仔 (yòng-mî-é) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Chinese: 田嬰 /田婴 (zh-min-nan) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蜻蜓 (qīngtíng) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 丁丁貓兒 /丁丁猫儿 (díngdíngmáor) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Czech: vážka — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Danish: guldsmed — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Dhuwal: ḏikarr — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Drung: nvmzer tvma — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Dutch: libel — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Dzongkha: གནམ་གྲུ་འབུཔ (gnam gru 'bup) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Erzya: салмуксонь салы (salmuksoń salï) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Esperanto: libelo — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Estonian: kiil — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Faroese: gullsmiður — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Faroese: drekafluga — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Finnish: sudenkorento — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • French: libellule — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Galician: cabalo do demo — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Galician: libélula — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Georgian: ჭრიჭინა (č̣rič̣ina) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Georgian: ნემსიყლაპია (nemsiq̇laṗia) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • German: Libelle — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • German: Wasserjungfer — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • German: Gufeschisser — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Greek: λιβελλούλη (livelloúli) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Greek: λιβελούλα (liveloúla) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Hawaiian: pīnao — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Hebrew: שַׁפִּירִית (shapirit) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Hiligaynon: tumbak-tumbak — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Hindi: व्याध पतंग (vyādh pataṅg) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Hungarian: szitakötő — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Icelandic: drekafluga — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Icelandic: slenja — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Ido: libelulo — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Ilocano: billobillo — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Indonesian: capung — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Ingrian: suenkorenta — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Ingrian: suenkorento — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Irish: snáthaid mhór — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Italian: libellula — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Japanese: 蜻蛉 (tonbo) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Japanese: トンボ (tonbo) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Jeju: 밥주리 (bapjuri) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Kalagan: antotobig — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Lubuagan Kalinga: belliling — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Kalmyk: темәлҗрһн (temäljrğn) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Kanakanabu: tamcurunga — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Kankanaey: wawwao — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Kankanaey: lallao — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Kankanaey: ayyoyogan — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Kankanaey: kalkaltongan — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Kapampangan: tulang — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • S'gaw Karen: ကွဲၢ်မိၢ်ဘီ (kweẖ moẖ baw) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • S'gaw Karen: ကွဲၢ်လဲၢ်ဘီ (kweẖ leẖ baw) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Kavalan: putit — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Kazakh: инелік (inelık) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Khmer: កន្ទុំរុយ (kɑɑkɑntum ruy) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Khowar: غیچودیاک (ġečodyák) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Klamath-Modoc: qoqdinks — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Koasati: hachootiniili — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Komi-Zyrian: юрси гусь (jurśi guś) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Korean: 잠자리 (jamjari) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Northern Kurdish: zencere — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Kyrgyz: ийнелик (iynelik) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Lao: ປໍ (pǭ) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Lao: ແມງປໍ (mǣng pǭ) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Latgalian: spuorņs — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Latin: libellula — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Latvian: spāre — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Lithuanian: laumžirgis — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Lithuanian: žirgelis — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Lithuanian: skėtė — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Lithuanian: strėlikė — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Lower Tanana: tthedlek'o' — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Luxembourgish: Libell — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Macedonian: вилино коњче (vilino konjče) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Malagasy: angidina — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Malay: capung — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Malay: pepatung — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Malayalam: തുമ്പി (tumpi) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Malayalam: കല്ലൻതുമ്പി (kallaṉtumpi) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Maltese: debba tax-xitan — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Maltese: ħelikopter — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Maltese: mazzarell — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Mansaka: sagumbabarit — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Māori: kapowai — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Māori: uruururoroa — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Marshallese: boub — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Mongolian: соно (sono) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠣᠨᠤ (sonu) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: tzoncalhuihuitani — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱tzóncal (Tatahuicapan) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: sayolatl — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: isayol in atl — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: icahuayo in ahmo cuali tlacatl — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Navajo: tániilʼáí — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øyenstikker — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øyestikker — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augestikkar — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augnestikkar — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Nuosu: ꊴ (cie) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Ojibwe: oboodashkwaanishiinh — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Pacoh: tang tuiq — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Palauan: chemaiong — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Persian: سنجاقک (sanjâqak) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Persian: سوزنک (suzanak) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Persian: بمبیرک (bambirak) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Polish: ważka — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Portuguese: libélula — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Portuguese: lavadeira — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Romanian: libelulă — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Russian: стрекоза́ (strekozá) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Skolt-Sami: čuõškkvuâppai — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Sanskrit: प्राचिका (prācikā) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Scottish Gaelic: tarbh-nathrach — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Scottish Gaelic: tarbhan-nathrach — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuileag-lasrach — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Sedang: xing xông — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Serbo-Croatian: вилин коњиц — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Serbo-Croatian: вилински коњиц — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Serbo-Croatian: vilin konjic — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Serbo-Croatian: vilinski konjic — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Shor: сур — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Slovak: vážka — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Slovene: kačji pastir — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Lower Sorbian: libela — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Lower Sorbian: bogowy kónik — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Spanish: libélula — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Spanish: aguacil — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Spanish: pipilacha — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Swedish: trollslända — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Tagalog: tutubi — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Tajik: сӯзанак (süzanak) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Tamil: தும்பி (tumpi) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Tamil: தட்டான் (taṭṭāṉ) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Tatar: энә карагы (enä qarağı) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Telugu: తూనీగ (tūnīga) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Thai: แมลงปอ (má-lɛɛng-bpɔɔ) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Turkish: kızböceği — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Turkish: yusufçuk — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Turkish: helikopter böceği — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Turkish: çamcarı — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Turkish: dambıra — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Ottoman Turkish: یوسفجك (yusufcuk) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Turkmen: teneçir — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Ukrainian: стрекоза́ (strekozá) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Ukrainian: ва́жка (vážka) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Ukrainian: ба́бка (bábka) — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Unami: wehùpòktis — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Uzbek: ninachi — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Uzbek: soʻzanak — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Vietnamese: chuồn chuồn — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Volapük: libelul — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Waray-Waray: tambuburay — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Welsh: gwas y neidr — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Wolof: xund-xund — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Yoruba: lámilámi — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Isthmus Zapotec: sumpirinisa — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Isthmus Zapotec: xhumpirinisa — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  • Zulu: uzekamanzi class 1a/2a — insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
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