flighty

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• /ˈflaɪti/
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• CMU ARPABET: F L AY1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From flight + -y. Compare Dutch vluchtig (“volatile; fleeting; cursory”), German flüchtig (“volatile; fleeting; momentary; quick”), Danish flygtig (“elusive; evasive”), Swedish flyktig.

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ëndërrimtar — given to silly ideas
• Asturian: antoxadiegu — given to silly ideas
• Asturian: antoxón — given to silly ideas
• Bulgarian: вятърничав (vjatǎrničav) — given to silly ideas
• Bulgarian: лекомислен (lekomislen) — given to silly ideas
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕浮 /轻浮 (qīngfú) — given to silly ideas
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕率 /轻率 (qīngshuài) — given to silly ideas
• Czech: nestálý — given to silly ideas
• Czech: přelétavý — given to silly ideas
• Czech: rozmarný — given to silly ideas
• Esperanto: facilanima — given to silly ideas
• Finnish: kevytmielinen — given to silly ideas
• French: candide — given to silly ideas
• French: insouciant — given to silly ideas
• Galician: livián — given to silly ideas
• Galician: caprichoso — given to silly ideas
• Galician: voluble — given to silly ideas
• Galician: antolladizo — given to silly ideas
• German: flatterhaft — given to silly ideas
• German: schrullig — given to silly ideas
• German: albern — given to silly ideas
• Greek: ελαφρόμυαλος (elafrómyalos) — given to silly ideas
• Greek: επιπόλαιος (epipólaios) — given to silly ideas
• Greek: φαντασιόπληκτος (fantasiópliktos) — given to silly ideas
• Hebrew: קַל דַּעַת (qal dá'at) — given to silly ideas
• Irish: aerach — given to silly ideas
• Irish: aidhmeannach — given to silly ideas
• Irish: arduallach — given to silly ideas
• Irish: giodalach — given to silly ideas
• Russian: взбалмошный (vzbalmošnyj) — given to silly ideas
• Turkish: hercai — given to silly ideas
• Ottoman Turkish: خفیف (hafif) — given to silly ideas
• Welsh: penysgafn — given to silly ideas
• Welsh: penchwiban — given to silly ideas
• Chinese Mandarin: 善飛的 /善飞的 (shànfēi de) — (of a bird) that flies easily or often
• Chinese Mandarin: 飛行力強的 /飞行力强的 (fēixínglì qiáng de) — (of a bird) that flies easily or often
• Finnish: hyvä lentäjä — (of a bird) that flies easily or often
• Irish: eitleach — (of a bird) that flies easily or often
• Occitan: voladís — (of a bird) that flies easily or often
• Occitan: volaire — (of a bird) that flies easily or often
• Spanish: volador — (of a bird) that flies easily or often