flee

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• /ˈfliː/
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• [ˈflɪi̯]
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• rhymes with -iː
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• homophone: flea
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From Middle English flen, from Old English flēon, from Proto-West Germanic *fleuhan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”). Cognate with Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Icelandic flýja, Swedish fly, Gothic 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þliuhan). Within English, related to fly and more distantly to flow.

239 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vlug — to run away; to escape
• Albanian: vërdhoj — to run away; to escape
• Albanian: arratis — to run away; to escape
• Albanian: iki — to run away; to escape
• Southern Altai: качар (kačar) — to run away; to escape
• Chungli Ao: ajen — to run away; to escape
• Arabic: هَرَبَ (haraba) — to run away; to escape
• Arabic: فَرَّ (farra) — to run away; to escape
• Arabic: هرب (harab) — to run away; to escape
• Armenian: փախչել (pʻaxčʻel) — to run away; to escape
• Asturian: fuxir — to run away; to escape
• Azerbaijani: qaçmaq — to run away; to escape
• Basque: ihes egin — to run away; to escape
• Belarusian: уцяка́ць (ucjakácʹ) — to run away; to escape
• Belarusian: уцячы́ (ucjačý) — to run away; to escape
• Belarusian: бегчы́ (bjehčý) — to run away; to escape
• Belarusian: убе́гчы (ubjéhčy) — to run away; to escape
• Bengali: পালানো (palanō) — to run away; to escape
• Bengali: ভাগা (bhaga) — to run away; to escape
• Bengali: ফেরার করা (pherar kora) — to run away; to escape
• Breton: redek — to run away; to escape
• Breton: tec'hout — to run away; to escape
• Breton: fuiñ — to run away; to escape
• Bulgarian: бя́гам (bjágam) — to run away; to escape
• Bulgarian: избягвам (izbjagvam) — to run away; to escape
• Burmese: ထွက်ပြေး (htwakpre:) — to run away; to escape
• Burmese: လိုက်ပြေး (luikpre:) — to run away; to escape
• Burmese: ပြေး (pre:) — to run away; to escape
• Catalan: fugir — to run away; to escape
• Chechen: дада (dada) — to run away; to escape
• Chinese Mandarin: 逃 (táo) — to run away; to escape
• Chinese Mandarin: 奔逃 (bēntáo) — to run away; to escape
• Chinese Mandarin: 奔 (bēn) — to run away; to escape
• Czech: utéct — to run away; to escape
• Czech: utéci — to run away; to escape
• Czech: utíkat — to run away; to escape
• Danish: flygte — to run away; to escape
• Danish: fly — to run away; to escape
• Dutch: vluchten — to run away; to escape
• Dutch: wegvluchten — to run away; to escape
• Dutch: ontsnappen — to run away; to escape
• Dutch: vlieden — to run away; to escape
• Egyptian: i-f:d-D54 (jfd) — to run away; to escape
• Esperanto: fuĝi — to run away; to escape
• Estonian: põgenema — to run away; to escape
• Faroese: flýggja — to run away; to escape
• Finnish: paeta — to run away; to escape
• Finnish: karata — to run away; to escape
• French: s'enfuir — to run away; to escape
• French: prendre la fuite — to run away; to escape
• Friulian: fuî — to run away; to escape
• Galician: fuxir — to run away; to escape
• Georgian: გაქცევა (gakceva) — to run away; to escape
• German: fliehen — to run away; to escape
• German: flüchten — to run away; to escape
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þliuhan) — to run away; to escape
• Greek: φεύγω (févgo) — to run away; to escape
• Ancient Greek: φεύγω (pheúgō) — to run away; to escape
• Ancient Greek: τρέω (tréō) — to run away; to escape
• Hebrew: נָס (nás) — to run away; to escape
• Hindi: भागना (bhāgnā) — to run away; to escape
• Hungarian: menekül — to run away; to escape
• Icelandic: flýja — to run away; to escape
• Ido: fugar — to run away; to escape
• Ingrian: paeta — to run away; to escape
• Ingrian: karata — to run away; to escape
• Irish: teith — to run away; to escape
• Italian: fuggire — to run away; to escape
• Japanese: 逃げる (nigeru) — to run away; to escape
• Kabuverdianu: fuji — to run away; to escape
• Kazakh: қашу (qaşu) — to run away; to escape
• Khmer: គេច (kɨc) — to run away; to escape
• Khmer: ក្រឡេច (krɑɑləc) — to run away; to escape
• Khmer: រត់ (rŭət) — to run away; to escape
• Korean: 달아나다 (daranada) — to run away; to escape
• Korean: 도망치다 (domangchida) — to run away; to escape
• Korean: 도망가다 (domanggada) — to run away; to escape
• Central Kurdish: ھەڵاتن (hellatin) — to run away; to escape
• Central Kurdish: دەرپەڕین (derperrîn) — to run away; to escape
• Northern Kurdish: revîn — to run away; to escape
• Northern Kurdish: bazdan — to run away; to escape
• Northern Kurdish: bezîn — to run away; to escape
• Kyrgyz: качуу (kacuu) — to run away; to escape
• Lao: ຫນີ (nī) — to run away; to escape
• Latin: fugiō — to run away; to escape
• Latin: fugitō — to run away; to escape
• Latin: perfugio — to run away; to escape
• Latvian: bēgt — to run away; to escape
• Lingala: kima — to run away; to escape
• Lithuanian: bėgti — to run away; to escape
• Low German: flüchten — to run away; to escape
• Macedonian: по́бегне (póbegne) — to run away; to escape
• Macedonian: на́пушти (nápušti) — to run away; to escape
• Maguindanao: laguy — to run away; to escape
• Māori: kairere — to run away; to escape
• Māori: tūrere — to run away; to escape
• Māori: papahoro — to run away; to escape
• Mongolian: зугтах (zugtax) — to run away; to escape
• Norwegian Bokmål: flykte — to run away; to escape
• Norwegian Bokmål: rømme — to run away; to escape
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flykte — to run away; to escape
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rømme — to run away; to escape
• Occitan: fugir — to run away; to escape
• Old Church Slavonic: бѣжати (běžati) — to run away; to escape
• Old English: flēon — to run away; to escape
• Old English: ætflēon — to run away; to escape
• Old Norse: flýja — to run away; to escape
• Old Saxon: fliohan — to run away; to escape
• Persian: گریختن (gorixtan) — to run away; to escape
• Persian: فرار کردن — to run away; to escape
• Polish: uciec — to run away; to escape
• Polish: uciekać — to run away; to escape
• Polish: zbiec — to run away; to escape
• Polish: umknąć — to run away; to escape
• Polish: umykać — to run away; to escape
• Portuguese: escapar — to run away; to escape
• Portuguese: fugir — to run away; to escape
• Quechua: ayqey — to run away; to escape
• Quechua: chinkakapuy — to run away; to escape
• Quechua: mitikuy — to run away; to escape
• Romanian: scăpa — to run away; to escape
• Romanian: evada — to run away; to escape
• Romanian: fugi — to run away; to escape
• Russian: убега́ть (ubegátʹ) — to run away; to escape
• Russian: убежа́ть (ubežátʹ) — to run away; to escape
• Russian: удира́ть (udirátʹ) — to run away; to escape
• Russian: удра́ть (udrátʹ) — to run away; to escape
• Kildin-Sami: поа̄ччкэ (pååččke) — to run away; to escape
• Lule-Sami: báhtarit — to run away; to escape
• Northern Sami: báhtarit — to run away; to escape
• Scottish Gaelic: teich — to run away; to escape
• Serbo-Croatian: бежати — to run away; to escape
• Serbo-Croatian: bežati — to run away; to escape
• Slovak: utekať — to run away; to escape
• Slovak: utiecť — to run away; to escape
• Slovene: bežati — to run away; to escape
• Spanish: huir — to run away; to escape
• Spanish: huirse — to run away; to escape
• Spanish: fugarse — to run away; to escape
• Spanish: fuir (desus.) — to run away; to escape
• Spanish: fugir (desus.) — to run away; to escape
• Spanish: furtarse (desus.) — to run away; to escape
• Spanish: barajustar — to run away; to escape
• Spanish: jullirse — to run away; to escape
• Swedish: fly — to run away; to escape
• Tajik: гурехтан (gurextan) — to run away; to escape
• Telugu: పారిపోవు (pāripōvu) — to run away; to escape
• Thai: หนี (nǐi) — to run away; to escape
• Turkish: kaçmak — to run away; to escape
• Ottoman Turkish: قاچمق (kaçmak) — to run away; to escape
• Turkmen: gaçmak — to run away; to escape
• Ukrainian: тіка́ти (tikáty) — to run away; to escape
• Ukrainian: утіка́ти (utikáty) — to run away; to escape
• Ukrainian: утекти́ (utektý) — to run away; to escape
• Ukrainian: бі́гти (bíhty) — to run away; to escape
• Urdu: بهاگنا (bhāgnā) — to run away; to escape
• Uyghur: قاچماق (qachmaq) — to run away; to escape
• Uzbek: qochmoq — to run away; to escape
• Venetan: fuxir — to run away; to escape
• Venetan: fùxer — to run away; to escape
• Venetan: fugér — to run away; to escape
• Venetan: fugir — to run away; to escape
• Vietnamese: bôn — to run away; to escape
• Vietnamese: bôn đào — to run away; to escape
• Vietnamese: bỏ chạy — to run away; to escape
• Welsh: ffoi — to run away; to escape
• Yakut: куот (kuot) — to run away; to escape
• Yiddish: אַנטלויפֿן (antloyfn) — to run away; to escape
• Zazaki: remayen — to run away; to escape
• Armenian: փախչել (pʻaxčʻel) — to escape from
• Breton: tec'hel — to escape from
• Bulgarian: избягвам (izbjagvam) — to escape from
• Catalan: fugir — to escape from
• Czech: utéci — to escape from
• Czech: utíkat — to escape from
• Danish: flygte — to escape from
• Dutch: ontkomen — to escape from
• Dutch: ontlopen — to escape from
• Dutch: ontvluchten — to escape from
• Esperanto: fuĝi — to escape from
• Finnish: paeta — to escape from
• Finnish: karata — to escape from
• French: fuir — to escape from
• French: échapper — to escape from
• Friulian: fuî — to escape from
• Georgian: გაქცევა (gakceva) — to escape from
• German: fliehen — to escape from
• German: entfliehen — to escape from
• German: flüchten — to escape from
• Icelandic: flýja — to escape from
• Ido: eskapar — to escape from
• Irish: teith ó/roimh — to escape from
• Japanese: 逃げる (nigeru) — to escape from
• Kabuverdianu: fuji — to escape from
• Central Kurdish: ڕاکردن (rakirdin) — to escape from
• Latin: fugio — to escape from
• Latin: confugio — to escape from
• Latin: diffugio — to escape from
• Latin: profugio — to escape from
• Latin: refugio — to escape from
• Latin: evado — to escape from
• Macedonian: и́збегне (ízbegne) — to escape from
• Polish: uciec — to escape from
• Polish: uciekać — to escape from
• Polish: zbiec — to escape from
• Polish: umknąć — to escape from
• Polish: umykać — to escape from
• Portuguese: escapar de — to escape from
• Portuguese: fugir de — to escape from
• Romanian: fugi — to escape from
• Russian: убега́ть (ubegátʹ) — to escape from
• Russian: убежа́ть (ubežátʹ) — to escape from
• Russian: удира́ть (udirátʹ) — to escape from
• Russian: удра́ть (udrátʹ) — to escape from
• Spanish: huir — to escape from
• Swedish: fly — to escape from
• Telugu: పారిపోవు (pāripōvu) — to escape from
• Thai: หนี (nǐi) — to escape from
• Welsh: ffoi — to escape from
• Breton: tec'hout — to disappear quickly
• Bulgarian: изчезвам бързо (izčezvam bǎrzo) — to disappear quickly
• Catalan: esvair-se — to disappear quickly
• Czech: zmizet — to disappear quickly
• Czech: vypařit se — to disappear quickly
• Czech: zdrhnout — to disappear quickly
• Dutch: vervliegen — to disappear quickly
• Dutch: vlieden — to disappear quickly
• Finnish: kadota — to disappear quickly
• Latin: evanesco — to disappear quickly
• Latin: aufugio — to disappear quickly
• Māori: hārewa — to disappear quickly
• Polish: ulotnić się — to disappear quickly
• Polish: ulatniać się — to disappear quickly
• Portuguese: sumir — to disappear quickly
• Romanian: a se evapora — to disappear quickly
• Romanian: dispărea — to disappear quickly
• Russian: улету́чиваться (uletúčivatʹsja) — to disappear quickly
• Russian: улету́читься (uletúčitʹsja) — to disappear quickly
• Spanish: desvanecerse — to disappear quickly