flying

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• /ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/
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From Middle English fleynge, fleeʒinge, flihinde, vlyinde, vleoinde, flyand, ffleghand, flighand (also fleoninde, fleonninde, etc.), from Old English flēogende, from Proto-Germanic *fleugandz (“flying”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”), equivalent to fly + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fljoogend (“flying”), West Frisian fleanend (“flying”), Dutch vliegend (“flying”), German Low German flegend (“flying”), German fliegend (“flying”), Danish flyvende (“flying”), Swedish flygande (“flying”), Icelandic fljúgandi (“flying”).

From Middle English flyinge, fleyng, fleyinge, fleynge, fleghyng, fleiʒeyng, flyeghynge, equivalent to fly + -ing. Cognate with Danish flyvning (“flying”), Swedish flygning (“flying”), Norwegian flyvning, flygning, flyging, flying (“flying”).

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: летя́щ (letjášt) — that can fly
• Catalan: volador — that can fly
• Catalan: voladora — that can fly
• Danish: flyvende — that can fly
• Finnish: lentävä — that can fly
• French: volant — that can fly
• French: volante — that can fly
• German: fliegend — that can fly
• Ancient Greek: πτηνός (ptēnós) — that can fly
• Irish: eitilte — that can fly
• Italian: volante — that can fly
• Latin: volucer — that can fly
• Lithuanian: skraidantis — that can fly
• Portuguese: voador — that can fly
• Portuguese: voadora — that can fly
• Portuguese: voante — that can fly
• Spanish: volador — that can fly
• Spanish: volante — that can fly
• Swedish: flygande — that can fly
• Tamil: பறக்கும் (paṟakkum) — that can fly
• Tamil: பறக்கிற (paṟakkiṟa) — that can fly
• Tocharian B: salamo — that can fly
• Turkish: uçan — that can fly
• Welsh: hedegog — that can fly
• Finnish: hätäinen — brief, hurrying
• Irish: eitleach — brief, hurrying
• Finnish: irti — nautical: not secured by yards