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flirtatious

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /flɚˈteɪʃəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃəs
  • CMU ARPABET: F L ER0 T EY1 SH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to flirtation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • flirtatious behaviour
  • flirtatious smile

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having a tendency to flirt often.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • flirtatious man

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

like a coquette

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coquettish

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English flirt Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English flirtation Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English flirtatious From flirtation + -ous.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: koketa — of or pertaining to flirtation
  • Hebrew: עַגְבָנִי ('agvaní) — of or pertaining to flirtation
  • Russian: коке́тливый (kokétlivyj) — of or pertaining to flirtation
  • Central Bikol: durat — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Burmese: နန့် (nan.) — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Catalan: coqueto — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Finnish: flirttaileva — having a tendency to flirt often
  • French: coquette — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Galician: coqueto — having a tendency to flirt often
  • German: kokett — having a tendency to flirt often
  • German: gefallsüchtig — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Indonesian: genit — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Italian: civettuolo — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Māori: hinehine — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Persian: لاسی (lâsi) — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Polish: bałamutny — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Polish: zalotny — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Polish: uwodzicielski — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Russian: коке́тливый (kokétlivyj) — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Samoan: faatafafa — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Spanish: coqueto — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Tagalog: malandi — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Turkish: flörtöz — having a tendency to flirt often
  • Unami: chëmësi — having a tendency to flirt often
Real reading context

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