flap

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• Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /flæp/
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• British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /flap/
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• New-Zealand: /flɛp/
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From Middle English flap, flappe (“a slap; blow; buffet; fly-flap; something flexible or loose; flap”), related to Saterland Frisian Flappert (“wing, flipper”), Middle Dutch flabbe (“a blow; slap on the face; fly-flap; flap”) (modern Dutch flap (“flap”)), Middle Low German flabbe, vlabbe, flebbe, from the verb (see below). Related also to English flab and flabby.

From Middle English flappen (“to flap, clap, slap, strike”), related to Dutch flappen (“to flap”), German Low German flappen (“to flap”), German flappen (“to flap”), Dutch flabberen (“to flit, flap”). Probably ultimately imitative.

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: pant — flap of a garment
• Bashkir: итәк (itək) — flap of a garment
• Bulgarian: капак на джоб (kapak na džob) — flap of a garment
• Esperanto: basko — flap of a garment
• Finnish: läppä — flap of a garment
• French: pan — flap of a garment
• Galician: aba — flap of a garment
• Galician: ciringallo — flap of a garment
• German: Krempe — flap of a garment
• German: Hutkrempe — flap of a garment
• German: Patte — flap of a garment
• Latin: lacinia — flap of a garment
• Māori: tīrepa — flap of a garment
• Portuguese: aba — flap of a garment
• Russian: пола́ (polá) — flap of a garment
• Russian: подо́л (podól) — flap of a garment
• Spanish: solapa — flap of a garment
• Spanish: solape — flap of a garment
• Spanish: solapo — flap of a garment
• Vietnamese: vạt — flap of a garment
• Vietnamese: vạt áo — flap of a garment
• Bulgarian: крило (krilo) — furniture flap / hinged leaf
• Esperanto: klapo — furniture flap / hinged leaf
• Finnish: läppä — furniture flap / hinged leaf
• French: rabat — furniture flap / hinged leaf
• Galician: aba — furniture flap / hinged leaf
• German: Klappe — furniture flap / hinged leaf
• Italian: ribalta — furniture flap / hinged leaf
• Portuguese: aba — furniture flap / hinged leaf
• Russian: откидна́я доска́ (otkidnája doská) — furniture flap / hinged leaf
• Finnish: rintaevä — a side fin of a ray - also termed a flap
• Finnish: siipi — a side fin of a ray - also termed a flap
• Māori: hopehope — a side fin of a ray - also termed a flap
• Bulgarian: отзвук (otzvuk) — upset / stir
• Finnish: häly — upset / stir
• German: Aufregung — upset / stir
• Māori: heihei — upset / stir
• Russian: возбужде́ние (vozbuždénije) — upset / stir
• Bashkir: ҡағыу (qağıw) — flap of wings etc
• Bulgarian: плясък (pljasǎk) — flap of wings etc
• Bulgarian: плющене (pljuštene) — flap of wings etc
• Finnish: siivenisku — flap of wings etc
• French: battement — flap of wings etc
• German: Flügelschlag — flap of wings etc
• German: Schlag — flap of wings etc
• Gujarati: ફફડવું (phaphaḍvũ) — flap of wings etc
• Macedonian: ма́втање (mávtanje) — flap of wings etc
• Old English: ġeswing — flap of wings etc
• Russian: хло́панье (xlópanʹje) — flap of wings etc
• Bulgarian: задкрилка (zadkrilka) — concerning an aeroplane
• Bulgarian: елерон (eleron) — concerning an aeroplane
• Finnish: laippa — concerning an aeroplane
• Finnish: laskusiiveke — concerning an aeroplane
• French: volet de bord de fuite — concerning an aeroplane
• German: Bremsklappe — concerning an aeroplane
• German: Landeklappe — concerning an aeroplane
• Italian: ipersostentatore — concerning an aeroplane
• Kazakh: жалғасқанатша (jalğasqanatşa) — concerning an aeroplane
• Macedonian: закрилка (zakrilka) — concerning an aeroplane
• Portuguese: flape — concerning an aeroplane
• Russian: закры́лок (zakrýlok) — concerning an aeroplane
• Spanish: flap — concerning an aeroplane
• Chinese Mandarin: 閃音 /闪音 (shǎnyīn) — phonetics
• Finnish: yksitäryinen tremulantti — phonetics
• Finnish: napausäänne — phonetics
• Greek: μονοπαλλόμενο (monopallómeno) — phonetics
• Korean: 탄음 (taneum) — phonetics
• Polish: spółgłoska uderzeniowa — phonetics
• Portuguese: vibrante simples — phonetics
• Japanese: 弾き音 (hajikion) — phonetics
• Kashmiri: ٹٲسؠ (ṭạ̄s') — phonetics
• Spanish: percusiva — phonetics
• Spanish: vibrante simple — phonetics
• Finnish: läppä — surgical tissue
• German: Lappen — surgical tissue
• German: Hautlappen — surgical tissue
• German: Hautfetzen — surgical tissue
• Greek: κρημνός (krimnós) — surgical tissue
• Russian: лоску́т (loskút) — surgical tissue
• Spanish: colgajo — surgical tissue
• Arabic: رَفْرَف (rafraf) — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Bulgarian: пляскам (pljaskam) — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Bulgarian: размахвам (razmahvam) — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Finnish: läpyttää — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Finnish: räpytellä — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Finnish: räpyttää — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• French: battre — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• German: flattern — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Greek: τινάζω (tinázo) — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Italian: sventolare — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Italian: sbattere — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Italian: battere — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Macedonian: ма́вта (mávta) — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Māori: aroarowhaki — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Māori: tīrepa — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Māori: tīreparepa — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Old English: swingan — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Polish: trzepotać — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Polish: zatrzepotać — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Polish: machać — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Polish: machnąć — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Portuguese: bater — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Russian: маха́ть (maxátʹ) — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Russian: помаха́ть (pomaxátʹ) — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Spanish: batir — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Swedish: flaxa — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Turkish: çırpmak — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Ukrainian: маха́ти (maxáty) — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Ukrainian: помаха́ти (pomaxáty) — to move (something broad and loose) up and down
• Arabic: رَفْرَف (rafraf) — to move loosely back and forth
• Bulgarian: плющя (pljuštja) — to move loosely back and forth
• Esperanto: flirti — to move loosely back and forth
• Finnish: liehua — to move loosely back and forth
• Finnish: lepattaa — to move loosely back and forth
• German: klappern — to move loosely back and forth
• Italian: sventolare — to move loosely back and forth
• Māori: kopekope — to move loosely back and forth
• Māori: pīwari — to move loosely back and forth
• Māori: tīreparepa — to move loosely back and forth
• Māori: hāngengangenga — to move loosely back and forth
• Māori: kapekapetau — to move loosely back and forth
• Old English: swingan — to move loosely back and forth
• Polish: łopotać — to move loosely back and forth
• Portuguese: tremular — to move loosely back and forth
• Russian: развева́ться (razvevátʹsja) — to move loosely back and forth
• Spanish: flamear — to move loosely back and forth
• Spanish: tremolar — to move loosely back and forth
• Swedish: fladdra — to move loosely back and forth
• Swedish: flaxa — to move loosely back and forth
• Turkish: dalgalanmak — to move loosely back and forth