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A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- Some connect the recent spate of flying saucer sightings with a rumored top-secret military aviation project.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An alien interplanetary vessel, typically disc-shaped and of metallic construction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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A form of confectionery, a small spheroidal capsule of rice paper filled with sherbet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unidentified flying object, UFO
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
From an interview given by amateur pilot Kenneth Arnold who described seeing nine flying objects that were "moving like saucers being skimmed across a lake". The description was not meant to describe the shape of the objects, only how they maneuvered, yet the misinterpretation took hold and gained popularity.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
طَبَق طَائِر
(ṭabaq ṭāʔir)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Armenian:
թռչող ափսե
(tʻṙčʻoġ apʻse)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Azerbaijani:
uçan dairə
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Bulgarian:
летяща чиния
(letjašta činija)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Catalan:
platet volador
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Cherokee:
ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ ᏖᎵᏙ
(ganohilidohi telido)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Chinese Mandarin:
飛碟 /飞碟
(fēidié)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Cornish:
padellik neyja
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Czech:
létající talíř
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Danish:
flyvende tallerken
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Dutch:
vliegende schotel
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Esperanto:
fluganta subtaso
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Estonian:
lendav taldrik
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Faroese:
flúgvandi diskur
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Finnish:
lentävä lautanen
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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French:
soucoupe volante
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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German:
fliegende Untertasse
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Greek:
ιπτάμενος δίσκος
(iptámenos dískos)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Hindi:
उड़न तश्तरी
(uṛan taśtarī)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Hungarian:
repülő csészealj
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Icelandic:
fljúgandi diskur
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Irish:
sásar eitilte
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Italian:
disco volante
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Japanese:
空飛ぶ円盤
(sora tobu enban)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Kazakh:
ұшатын табақ
(ūşatyn tabaq)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Korean:
비행접시
(bihaengjeopsi)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Latin:
patella volans
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Macedonian:
летечка чинија
(letečka činija)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Mongolian:
нисдэг таваг
(nisdeg tavag)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Norman:
souôtâsse volante
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Norwegian:
flygende tallerken
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Persian:
بشقاب پرنده
(bošqâb parande)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Polish:
latający spodek
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Portuguese:
disco voador
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Romanian:
farfurie zburătoare
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Russian:
лета́ющая таре́лка
(letájuščaja tarélka)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Serbo-Croatian:
летећи тањир
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Serbo-Croatian:
leteći tanjir
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Spanish:
platillo volante
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Spanish:
platillo volador
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Swedish:
flygande tefat
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Tamil:
பறக்கும்தட்டு
(paṟakkumtaṭṭu)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Thai:
จานบิน
(jaan-bin)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Thai:
จานผี
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Turkish:
uçan daire
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Urdu:
اڑن طشتری
(uṛan tashtarī)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Urdu:
اڑن تشتری
(uṛan tashtarī)
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Vietnamese:
đĩa bay
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
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Welsh:
soser hedegog
— disc-shaped unidentified flying object
