fleeting

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• /ˈfliːtɪŋ/
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From Middle English fleten (“to float”), from Old English flēotan (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-. By surface analysis, fleet + -ing.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: թռուցիկ (tʻṙucʻik) — passing quickly
• Armenian: վաղանցիկ (vaġancʻik) — passing quickly
• Armenian: կարճատեւ (karčatew) — passing quickly
• Bulgarian: преходен (prehoden) — passing quickly
• Bulgarian: бързо преминаващ (bǎrzo preminavašt) — passing quickly
• Bulgarian: мимолетен (mimoleten) — passing quickly
• Catalan: fugaç — passing quickly
• Chinese Mandarin: 飛逝的 /飞逝的 (fēishì de) — passing quickly
• Chinese Mandarin: 短暫的 /短暂的 (duǎnzàn de) — passing quickly
• Czech: prchavý — passing quickly
• Danish: flygtig — passing quickly
• Dutch: vluchtig — passing quickly
• Finnish: ohikiitävä — passing quickly
• Finnish: hetkellinen — passing quickly
• Finnish: haihtuva — passing quickly
• Finnish: katoavainen — passing quickly
• French: fugace — passing quickly
• French: éphémère — passing quickly
• French: passagère — passing quickly
• Galician: fugaz — passing quickly
• Georgian: წარმავალი (c̣armavali) — passing quickly
• Georgian: წამიერი (c̣amieri) — passing quickly
• Georgian: სწრაფი (sc̣rapi) — passing quickly
• Georgian: დროებითი (droebiti) — passing quickly
• Georgian: გარდამავალი (gardamavali) — passing quickly
• Georgian: დრომოკლე (dromoḳle) — passing quickly
• Georgian: წუთიერი (c̣utieri) — passing quickly
• Georgian: სწრაფმდინარი (sc̣rapmdinari) — passing quickly
• Georgian: სწრაფმავალი (sc̣rapmavali) — passing quickly
• German: flüchtig — passing quickly
• German: unbeständig — passing quickly
• German: vergänglich — passing quickly
• German: kurz — passing quickly
• Greek: πρόσκαιρος (próskairos) — passing quickly
• Greek: εφήμερος (efímeros) — passing quickly
• Hebrew: בן חלוף (bén khalóf) — passing quickly
• Hebrew: בת חלוף (bát khalóf) — passing quickly
• Hungarian: múló — passing quickly
• Hungarian: múlékony — passing quickly
• Hungarian: futó — passing quickly
• Hungarian: futólagos — passing quickly
• Hungarian: villám- — passing quickly
• Hungarian: tünékeny — passing quickly
• Hungarian: elröppenő — passing quickly
• Hungarian: elillanó — passing quickly
• Hungarian: röpke — passing quickly
• Icelandic: skammær — passing quickly
• Icelandic: hverfull — passing quickly
• Icelandic: sem varir augnablik — passing quickly
• Italian: fugace — passing quickly
• Italian: sfuggevole — passing quickly
• Italian: sfuggente — passing quickly
• Italian: fuggevole — passing quickly
• Japanese: 儚い (hakanai) — passing quickly
• Latin: fugax — passing quickly
• Māori: māngina — passing quickly
• Māori: mōngina — passing quickly
• Norwegian Bokmål: flyktig — passing quickly
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flyktig — passing quickly
• Occitan: fugaç — passing quickly
• Persian: گذرا (gozarâ) — passing quickly
• Polish: przelotny — passing quickly
• Polish: nikły — passing quickly
• Portuguese: fugaz — passing quickly
• Romanian: fugaci — passing quickly
• Romanian: fugitiv — passing quickly
• Russian: мимолётный (mimoljótnyj) — passing quickly
• Russian: скороте́чный (skorotéčnyj) — passing quickly
• Scottish Gaelic: fuadain — passing quickly
• Scottish Gaelic: siùbhlach — passing quickly
• Scottish Gaelic: diombuan — passing quickly
• Spanish: fugaz — passing quickly
• Spanish: pasajero — passing quickly
• Spanish: breve — passing quickly
• Spanish: efímero — passing quickly
• Spanish: instantáneo — passing quickly
• Spanish: momentáneo — passing quickly
• Swedish: flyktig — passing quickly
• Ukrainian: швидкоплинний (švydkoplynnyj) — passing quickly
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