flirt

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• Received-Pronunciation: /flɜːt/
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• US: /flɚt/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /flɪɾt/
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• New-Zealand, Wales: /fløːt/
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• /fleːt/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• [fleːθ̠] Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /flɛːt/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
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• CMU ARPABET: F L ER1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1553, from the merger of Early Modern English flirt (“to flick”), flurt (“to mock, jibe, scorn”), and flirt, flurt (“a giddy girl”). Of obscure origin and relation. Apparently related to similar words in Germanic, all of apparently onomatopoeic origin, compare Low German flirt (“a flick of the fingers, a light blow”), Low German flirtje (“a giddy girl”), Low German flirtje (“a flirt”), German Flittchen (“a flirt; tart; hussy”), Norwegian flira (“to giggle, titter”). Compare also Early Modern English jillflirt, gillian flirt, and flirt-gill (“a flirt”), and Scots flird (“a trifling", also, "to jibe, jeer at, talk idly, flirt, flaunt”), which is perhaps from Middle English flerd (“mockery, fraud, deception”), from Old English fleard (“nonsense, vanity, folly, deception”); potentially related to Icelandic flærð (“trickiness, deceit”), Swedish flärd (“vanity, frivolity, flamboyance”), Dutch flard (“tatter, shred”). See flird.

156 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: тръскане (trǎskane) — sudden jerk; a quick throw
• Finnish: sätky — sudden jerk; a quick throw
• Finnish: viskaus — sudden jerk; a quick throw
• Russian: рыво́к (ryvók) — sudden jerk; a quick throw
• Russian: бросо́к (brosók) — sudden jerk; a quick throw
• Asturian: moceru — one who flirts
• Bulgarian: кокетка (koketka) — one who flirts
• Esperanto: flirtanto — one who flirts
• Finnish: flirttailija — one who flirts
• Russian: коке́тка (kokétka) — one who flirts
• Slovene: spogledljivec — one who flirts
• Slovene: spogledljivka — one who flirts
• Slovene: koketa — one who flirts
• Spanish: coqueto — one who flirts
• Spanish: coqueta — one who flirts
• Spanish: ligón — one who flirts
• Spanish: mariposón — one who flirts
• Spanish: ligona — one who flirts
• Swedish: flörtare — one who flirts
• Swedish: flirtare — one who flirts
• Turkish: flört — one who flirts
• Turkish: koket — one who flirts
• Turkish: yosma — one who flirts
• Turkish: çapkın — one who flirts
• Arabic: غَزَل (ḡazal) — act of flirting
• Bulgarian: флирт (flirt) — act of flirting
• Esperanto: flirtado — act of flirting
• Finnish: flirttailu — act of flirting
• French: flirt — act of flirting
• German: Flirt — act of flirting
• Greek: φλερτ (flert) — act of flirting
• Greek: φλερτάρισμα (flertárisma) — act of flirting
• Japanese: いちゃいちゃ (ichaicha) — act of flirting
• Portuguese: flertar — act of flirting
• Russian: флирт (flirt) — act of flirting
• Slovene: spogledovanje — act of flirting
• Spanish: flirteo — act of flirting
• Spanish: coqueteo — act of flirting
• Spanish: camelo — act of flirting
• Swedish: flört — act of flirting
• Swedish: flirt — act of flirting
• Tamil: கடலை (kaṭalai) — act of flirting
• Turkish: flört — act of flirting
• Turkish: oynaş — act of flirting
• Turkish: yazma — act of flirting
• Bulgarian: тръскам (trǎskam) — to throw with a jerk
• Finnish: viskata — to throw with a jerk
• Finnish: viskaista — to throw with a jerk
• Greek: πετώ (petó) — to throw with a jerk
• Greek: ρίχνω (ríchno) — to throw with a jerk
• Tamil: எறி (eṟi) — to throw with a jerk
• Tamil: தெளி (teḷi) — to throw with a jerk
• Esperanto: flirti — to toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro
• Finnish: heitellä — to toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro
• Finnish: heilutella — to toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro
• Greek: παιχνιδίζω (paichnidízo) — to toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro
• Greek: χοροπηδώ (choropidó) — to toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro
• Finnish: kiusoitella — to jeer at
• Greek: κοροϊδεύω (koroïdévo) — to jeer at
• Bulgarian: размахвам (razmahvam) — to run about
• Finnish: säntäillä — to run about
• Armenian: սիրախաղ անել (siraxaġ anel) — to play at courtship
• Armenian: սիրաբանել (sirabanel) — to play at courtship
• Armenian: սիրախոսել (siraxosel) — to play at courtship
• Asturian: mociar — to play at courtship
• Asturian: cortexar — to play at courtship
• Asturian: galantiar — to play at courtship
• Bulgarian: флиртувам (flirtuvam) — to play at courtship
• Catalan: flirtar — to play at courtship
• Catalan: flirtejar — to play at courtship
• Cherokee: ᎠᏥᏚᎥᏍᎦ (atsiduvsga) — to play at courtship
• Chinese Mandarin: 挑逗 (tiǎodòu) — to play at courtship
• Chinese Mandarin: 調情 /调情 (tiáoqíng) — to play at courtship
• Chinese Mandarin: 打情罵俏 /打情骂俏 (dǎqíngmàqiào) — to play at courtship
• Chinese Mandarin: 撩 (liāo) — to play at courtship
• Czech: flirtovat — to play at courtship
• Dutch: flirten — to play at courtship
• Esperanto: koketi — to play at courtship
• Esperanto: flirti — to play at courtship
• Esperanto: amindumi — to play at courtship
• Finnish: flirttailla — to play at courtship
• Finnish: flirtata — to play at courtship
• Finnish: hakkailla — to play at courtship
• French: draguer — to play at courtship
• French: flirter — to play at courtship
• Galician: mocear — to play at courtship
• Galician: flirtear — to play at courtship
• German: flirten — to play at courtship
• German: anbaggern — to play at courtship
• German: anmachen — to play at courtship
• German: aufreißen — to play at courtship
• Greek: φλερτάρω (flertáro) — to play at courtship
• Greek: ερωτοτροπώ (erototropó) — to play at courtship
• Hebrew: פלירטט (flirtét) — to play at courtship
• Hungarian: flörtöl — to play at courtship
• Hungarian: udvarol — to play at courtship
• Icelandic: daðra — to play at courtship
• Ido: flirtar — to play at courtship
• Irish: bí ag súgradh — to play at courtship
• Italian: pomiciare — to play at courtship
• Italian: limonare — to play at courtship
• Italian: slinguare — to play at courtship
• Italian: fare l'amore — to play at courtship
• Italian: flirtare — to play at courtship
• Japanese: 戯れる (tawamureru) — to play at courtship
• Japanese: いちゃつく (ichatsuku) — to play at courtship
• Japanese: いちゃいちゃする (ichaicha suru) — to play at courtship
• Kazakh: қырындау (qyryndau) — to play at courtship
• Korean: 추파(秋波)를 던지다 (chupa-reul deonjida) — to play at courtship
• Korean: 꼬리치다 (kkorichida) — to play at courtship
• Māori: hemahema — to play at courtship
• Norwegian: å legge an på — to play at courtship
• Norwegian: å sjekke opp — to play at courtship
• Norwegian: flørte — to play at courtship
• Persian: لاسیدن (lâsidan) — to play at courtship
• Polish: flirtować — to play at courtship
• Polish: podrywać — to play at courtship
• Polish: kokietować — to play at courtship
• Polish: bałamucić — to play at courtship
• Polish: zarywać — to play at courtship
• Polish: mizdrzyć się — to play at courtship
• Polish: czarować — to play at courtship
• Polish: przymilać się — to play at courtship
• Polish: pogrywać — to play at courtship
• Polish: wdzięczyć się — to play at courtship
• Polish: robić do kogoś słodkie oczy — to play at courtship
• Polish: romansować — to play at courtship
• Portuguese: flertar — to play at courtship
• Portuguese: dar em cima de alguém — to play at courtship
• Quechua: chiqchiykachay — to play at courtship
• Russian: флиртова́ть (flirtovátʹ) — to play at courtship
• Russian: коке́тничать (kokétničatʹ) — to play at courtship
• Russian: заи́грывать (zaígryvatʹ) — to play at courtship
• Scottish Gaelic: sùgair — to play at courtship
• Serbo-Croatian: фле̏ртовати — to play at courtship
• Serbo-Croatian: flȅrtovati — to play at courtship
• Slovene: spogledovati — to play at courtship
• Slovene: ljubimkovati — to play at courtship
• Slovene: koketirati — to play at courtship
• Spanish: flirtear — to play at courtship
• Spanish: pinchar con alguien — to play at courtship
• Spanish: coquetear — to play at courtship
• Spanish: galantear — to play at courtship
• Spanish: ligar — to play at courtship
• Spanish: dragonear — to play at courtship
• Swahili: kijiko — to play at courtship
• Swedish: flirta — to play at courtship
• Swedish: flörta — to play at courtship
• Tamil: கடலை போடு (kaṭalai pōṭu) — to play at courtship
• Turkish: çıkmak — to play at courtship
• Turkish: oynaşmak — to play at courtship
• Turkish: flört etmek — to play at courtship
• Turkish: sevişmek — to play at courtship
• Turkish: yazmak — to play at courtship
• Turkish: yazışmak — to play at courtship
• Unami: chëmësi — to play at courtship