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A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fly swat
Antonyms: none provided
an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: swatter, flyswat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: implement
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Old English flēogan Middle English fliender. English fly English swat English -er English swatter English flyswatter From fly + swatter.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
ճանճասպան
(čančaspan)
— device for swatting flies
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Azerbaijani:
milçəköldürən
— device for swatting flies
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Belarusian:
мухабо́йка
(muxabójka)
— device for swatting flies
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Bulgarian:
мухого́нка
(muhogónka)
— device for swatting flies
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Catalan:
matamosques
— device for swatting flies
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Chinese Cantonese:
烏蠅拍 /乌蝇拍
— device for swatting flies
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Chinese:
胡蠅拍仔 /胡蝇拍仔
(zh-min-nan)
— device for swatting flies
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Chinese Mandarin:
蒼蠅拍 /苍蝇拍
(cāngyingpāi)
— device for swatting flies
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Chinese Mandarin:
蒼蠅拍子 /苍蝇拍子
(cāngying pāizi)
— device for swatting flies
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Chinese Mandarin:
蠅拍 /蝇拍
(yíngpāi)
— device for swatting flies
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Choctaw:
chukani isht ʋbi
— device for swatting flies
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Danish:
fluesmækker
— device for swatting flies
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Dutch:
vliegenmepper
— device for swatting flies
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Esperanto:
muŝbatilo
— device for swatting flies
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Estonian:
kärbsepiits
— device for swatting flies
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Finnish:
kärpäslätkä
— device for swatting flies
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French:
tapette
— device for swatting flies
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French:
tapette à mouches
— device for swatting flies
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Galician:
matamoscas
— device for swatting flies
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German:
Fliegenklatsche
— device for swatting flies
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German:
Fliegenpracker
— device for swatting flies
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German:
Muggedätscher
— device for swatting flies
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Greek:
μυγοσκοτώστρα
(mygoskotóstra)
— device for swatting flies
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Hungarian:
légycsapó
— device for swatting flies
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Hunsrik:
Mickeflatsch
— device for swatting flies
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Icelandic:
flugnaspaði
— device for swatting flies
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Irish:
smiotán
— device for swatting flies
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Italian:
scacciamosche
— device for swatting flies
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Italian:
cacciamosche
— device for swatting flies
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Japanese:
蝿叩き
(haetataki)
— device for swatting flies
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Korean:
파리채
(parichae)
— device for swatting flies
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Korean:
모기채
(mogichae)
— device for swatting flies
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Central Kurdish:
مێشکوژ
(mêşkuj)
— device for swatting flies
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Latin:
muscārium
— device for swatting flies
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Māori:
papakirango
— device for swatting flies
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Māori:
paturango
— device for swatting flies
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Mongolian:
ялааны алуур
(jalaany aluur)
— device for swatting flies
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Mongolian:
ᠢᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠷ
(ilaɣan-u alaɣur)
— device for swatting flies
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fluesmekke
— device for swatting flies
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fluesmekker
— device for swatting flies
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
flugesmekkar
— device for swatting flies
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
flugesmekke
— device for swatting flies
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Polish:
packa
— device for swatting flies
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Portuguese:
matamoscas
— device for swatting flies
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Romanian:
paletă de muște
— device for swatting flies
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Romanian:
plici
— device for swatting flies
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Russian:
мухобо́йка
(muxobójka)
— device for swatting flies
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Russian:
хлопу́шка
(xlopúška)
— device for swatting flies
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Serbo-Croatian:
мухомлат
— device for swatting flies
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Serbo-Croatian:
мухоклепац
— device for swatting flies
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Serbo-Croatian:
клепац
— device for swatting flies
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Serbo-Croatian:
muhomlat
— device for swatting flies
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Serbo-Croatian:
muhoklepac
— device for swatting flies
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Serbo-Croatian:
klepac
— device for swatting flies
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Serbo-Croatian:
muholovka
— device for swatting flies
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Spanish:
matamoscas
— device for swatting flies
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Swedish:
flugsmälla
— device for swatting flies
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Turkish:
sineklik
— device for swatting flies
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Ottoman Turkish:
سیڭكلك
(sineklik)
— device for swatting flies
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Ukrainian:
мухобі́йка
(muxobíjka)
— device for swatting flies
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Volapük:
musakiflapöm
— device for swatting flies
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Welsh:
swadiwr pryfed
— device for swatting flies
