glide

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• /ˈɡlaɪd/
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From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ghleydh-. Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: плъзгане (plǎzgane) — The act of gliding
• Czech: skluz — The act of gliding
• Czech: klouzání — The act of gliding
• Czech: sklouznutí — The act of gliding
• Danish: glide — The act of gliding
• Finnish: liitäminen — The act of gliding
• Finnish: liito — The act of gliding
• Indonesian: luncuran — The act of gliding
• Japanese: 滑空 (kakkū) — The act of gliding
• Macedonian: лизгање (lizganje) — The act of gliding
• Malay: geluncuran — The act of gliding
• Romanian: glisare — The act of gliding
• Romanian: alunecare — The act of gliding
• Romanian: glisaj — The act of gliding
• Russian: скольже́ние (skolʹžénije) — The act of gliding
• Russian: плани́рование (planírovanije) — The act of gliding
• Slovak: sklz — The act of gliding
• Slovak: kľzanie — The act of gliding
• Slovak: skĺznutie — The act of gliding
• Spanish: deslizada — (phonology) Non-nuclear sound
• Spanish: deslizante — (phonology) Non-nuclear sound
• Spanish: vocoide — (phonology) Non-nuclear sound
• Bulgarian: гмуркане (gmurkane) — (fencing) An attack or preparatory movement
• Armenian: սահել (sahel) — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Bulgarian: плъзгам се (plǎzgam se) — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Bulgarian: нося се леко (nosja se leko) — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Catalan: lliscar — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Chinese Mandarin: 滑动 (huádòng) — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Chinese Mandarin: 滑行 (huáxíng) — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Czech: klouzat — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Czech: klouzat se — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Danish: glide — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Dutch: glijden — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Finnish: liitää — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Finnish: lipua — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Finnish: liukua — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• French: glisser — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• German: gleiten — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Italian: scivolare — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Italian: slittare — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Italian: scorrere — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Italian: muoversi con fluidità — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Latin: lābor — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Macedonian: лизга (lizga) — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Māori: naki — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Māori: wani — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Māori: rōnaki — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Māori: whātino — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Māori: tuanaki — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Middle English: gliden — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Old English: glidan — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Portuguese: deslizar — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Romanian: glisa — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Romanian: aluneca — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Russian: скользи́ть (skolʹzítʹ) — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Slovak: kĺzať (sa) — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Spanish: deslizar — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Swedish: glida — To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly
• Bulgarian: планирам (planiram) — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Catalan: planar — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Chinese Mandarin: 滑翔 (huáxiáng) — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Danish: svæve — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Dutch: zweven — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Esperanto: gliti — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Finnish: liitää — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• French: planer — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Galician: planar — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• German: gleiten — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Hebrew: דָּאָה (daá) — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Italian: planare — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Italian: librarsi (in aria) — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Japanese: 滑空する (kakkū suru) — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Māori: tauihi — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Māori: rereangi — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Portuguese: planar — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Quechua: awankay — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Russian: плани́ровать (planírovatʹ) — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Sanskrit: ध्रजति (dhrajati) — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Slovak: plachtiť — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Spanish: planear — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Swedish: glidflyga — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Thai: ร่อน (rɔ̂n) — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Turkish: süzülmek — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Vietnamese: lướt — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Vietnamese: lượn — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Vietnamese: liệng — To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft
• Finnish: liu’uttaa — To cause to glide
• German: gleiten lassen — To cause to glide
• Macedonian: слизнува (sliznuva) — To cause to glide
• Slovak: kĺzať — To cause to glide
• Spanish: deslizarse — (phonology) To become a glide; to become non-syllabic/non-nuclear