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==English==
{{root|en|ine-pro|*plewk-}}
{{wikipedia|fly (disambiguation)}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|flī}}, {{IPA|en|/flaɪ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-fly.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪ|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{etymid|en|insect}}
From {{inh|en|enm|flye}}, {{m|enm|flie}}, from {{inh|en|ang|flȳġe}}, {{m|ang|flēoge||a fly}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fleugǭ||a fly}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*plewk-||to fly}}. Cognate with {{cog|sco|flee}}, {{cog|stq|Fljooge}}, {{cog|nl|vlieg}}, {{cog|nds-de|Fleeg}}, {{cog|de|Fliege}}, {{cog|da|flue}}, {{cog|nb|flue}}, {{cog|nn|fluge}}, {{cog|sv|fluga}}, {{cog|is|fluga}}.

====Noun====
[[File:Mouche verte dos.jpg|thumb|A fly (insect)]]

{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|true fly, any insect of order Diptera}} {{lb|en|zoology}} Any [[insect]] of the order {{taxfmt|Diptera|order}}; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called {{vern|true fly|true flies}}.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2012-01| author=Douglas Larson| volume=100| issue=1| page=46| magazine=w:American Scientist| title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2012/1/runaway-devils-lake Runaway Devils Lake]| passage=Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge '''flies'''. [&hellip;] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.}}
# {{senseid|en|any insect of family Muscidae, nontechnical usage}} {{lb|en|non-technical}} ''Especially'', any of the insects of the family {{taxfmt|Muscidae|family}}, such as the common [[housefly]] (other families of Diptera include [[mosquito]]es and [[midge]]s).
#* {{RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients|chapter=5|passage=When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws '''flies'''.}}
# {{senseid|en|any flying insect, nontechnical usage}} Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a [[dragonfly]], [[butterfly]], or [[gallfly]].
# {{senseid|en|fishing}} {{lb|en|fishing}} A lightweight fishing [[lure]] [[resemble|resembling]] an insect.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1886|translator=H.L. Br&aelig;kstad| author=w:Peter Christen Asbj&oslash;rnsen| title=Folk and Fairy Tales| page=152| passage=I went on trying for fish along the western bank down the river, but only small trout rose at my '''flies''', and a score was the total catch.}}
# {{senseid|en|chest exercise}} {{lb|en|weightlifting}} A [[chest]] [[exercise]] performed by moving extended [[arm]]s from the sides to in front of the [[chest]]. (''also'' [[flye]])
# {{senseid|en|butterfly stroke in swimming}} {{lb|en|swimming}} The [[butterfly stroke]] (''plural is normally'' [[flys]]).
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[witch]]'s [[familiar]].
#* {{RQ:Jonson Alchemist
|passage=a trifling '''fly''', none of your great familiars}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[parasite]]. <!--which sense?-->
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1636|year_published=1845| chapter=w:The Bashful Lover| title=The Plays of Philip Massinger| author=w:Philip Massinger| editor=William Gifford| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6WtVAAAAcAAJ| section=act 1, scene 1| page=470| passage=The '''fly''' that plays too near the flame burns in it.}}
# {{lb|en|preceded by definite article}} A simple [[dance]] in which the hands are [[shake|shaken]] in the air, popular in the 1960s.
# {{lb|en|finance}} A [[butterfly]] (combination of four options).

=====Hyponyms=====
{{col4|en
|blackfly
|barfly
|blowfly
|blue-banded eggfly
|botfly
|butterfly
|caddis fly
|cranefly
|damselfly
|dragonfly
|drain fly
|firefly
|fruit fly
|gadfly
|grape fly
|greenfly
|horsefly
|housefly
|hoverfly
|march fly
|mayfly
|moth fly
|pomace fly
|[[sandfly]], [[sand fly]]
|sawfly
|vinegar fly|cabbage root fly|horn fly|phorid fly|tachina fly
|warble fly
|whitefly
|wine fly
}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|en|title=some may also be hyponyms|fly agaric|a closed mouth catches no flies|and no flies|die like flies|drink with the flies|honey catches more flies than vinegar|like flies on pie|lord of the flies|you attract more flies with honey than vinegar|you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar|you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar|you catch more flies with honey than vinegar|you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
|flyblown| banana fly|flyfisher|garbage fly|lake fly|lanternfly|meat fly|Nairobi fly|noon fly|olive fly|olive fruit fly|snow fly|timber fly|whame fly
|fly fungus|fly killer|froth-fly|night fly|rail fly|sedge fly
|fly in the ointment
|fly on the wall
|flypaper|carrot fly|fly grazing|fly-grazing|shoo-fly plant
|flyswatter
|flytrap
|flyweight
|no flies on
|wouldn't hurt a fly|adder fly|alkali fly|apple fly|assassin fly|awl-fly|bar fly|bat fly|bee fly|Berna fly|Bill Gates' flower fly|black fly|blind-fly|blister fly|blow fly|blue fly|bot fly|break a fly on a wheel|break a fly on the wheel|break a fly upon a wheel|break a fly upon the wheel|brine fly|Brues' soldier fly|bull-fly|burrel fly|bush fly|cabbage fly|canker fly|cheese fly|cluster fly|coffin fly|crane fly|dance fly|dead fly biscuit|deer fly|deer fly fever|dolphin fly|dry fly|eye fly|face fly|fire-fly|flesh fly|flesh-fly|flower fly|flower-fly|fly amanita|fly ash|fly belt|fly biscuit|fly box|fly fishing|fly in the buttermilk|fly line|fly orchid|fly paper|fly powder|fly rail|fly rod|fly screen|fly sheet|fly spray|fly swat|fly swatter|fly-ass|fly-bitten|fly-blown|fly-boat|fly-bombed|fly-box|fly-boy|fly-catcher|fly-fish|fly-fishing|fly-paper|fly-papered|fly-rod|fly-sheet|forest fly|freeloader fly|frit fly|glow fly|green bottle fly|harvest fly|hawthorn fly|Hessian fly|hippo fly|honeymoon fly|hop fly|hornet fly|horse bot fly|horse fly|horse-fly|hover-fly|hurt a fly|ichneumon fly|lady-fly|lanthorn-fly|leaf-miner fly|like a blue-arsed fly|long-legged fly|louse fly|mango fly|March fly|Mediterranean fruit fly|muck fly|Mydas fly|onion fly|orl fly|Paul Allen's flower fly|penis fly trap|petroleum fly|phantom crane fly|picture-winged fly|potato fly|robber fly|root fly|sac fly|sacrifice fly|scuttle fly|sewer fly|shoo-fly pie|shore fly|smother-fly|snipe fly|soldier fly|Spanish fly|spider fly|squashed fly biscuit|St. Mark's fly|stable fly|stalk-eyed fly|stiletto fly|sugarcane soldier fly|syrphus fly|tsetse fly|tumbu fly|turnip fly|Venus fly trap|wet fly|wheat fly|willow fly|window fly|wouldn't harm a fly|hawk-fly}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|insect of the order Diptera}}{{multitrans|data=
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|vlieg}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|себен}}
* Bikol Central: {{tt+|bcl|langaw}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|муха́|f}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|mosca|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|langaw}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|雙翅目|tr=soeng1 ci3 muk6}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|雙翅目|tr=shuāngchìmù}}
* Chukchi: {{tt|ckt|гыръоӈавыт|tr=gyrʺoṇavyt}}
* Eastern Arrernte: {{t|aer|amenge}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|muŝo}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|fluga|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kaksisiipinen}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|mouche|f}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|mosca|f}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|ბუზი|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Fliege|f}}
*: Alemannic German: {{tt|gsw|Flüüge|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|μύγα|f}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|μυῖα|f}}
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|mouch}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|musho}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|mosca|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|ハエ目|tr=hae-moku|sc=Jpan}}, {{tt+|ja|双翅目|tr=sōshimoku|sc=Jpan}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|lango}}
* Kriol: {{t-needed|rop}}
* Ladin: {{tt|lld|moscia|f}}
* Latin: {{t|la|musca|f}}
* Linngithigh: {{t|lnj|malay}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{tt|nds-de|Fleeg|f}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|му́ва|f}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|dubbiena|f}}
* Maori: {{tt+|mi|rango}}, {{tt|mi|rangorango}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|माशी|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt|no|toving|f|m}}, {{tt|no|tovinge|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|toveng|m}}
* Ojibwe: {{tt|oj|oojiins}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|سیڭك|tr=siñek}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|دوبالان|tr=dobâlân}}
* Pitjantjatjara: {{tt|pjt|punpunpa}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt|pdt|Flieej|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt|pt|díptero|m}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|ch'uspi}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|mostga|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|му́ха|f}}, {{tt+|ru|двукрылый|n|alt=двукры́лое}} {{qualifier|dipterous}}
* Sambali: {{t|xsb|lango}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|мува|f|sc=Cyrl}} {{qualifier|Bosnia, Serbia}}, {{tt|sh|муха|f|sc=Cyrl}} {{qualifier|Croatia, Bosnia}}, {{qualifier|diminutive}} {{tt|sh|мушица|f}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|muva|f}} {{qualifier|Bosnia, Serbia}}, {{tt+|sh|muha|f}} {{qualifier|Croatia, Bosnia}}, {{qualifier|diminutive}} {{tt+|sh|mušica|f}}
* Skou: {{tt|skv|lúng}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|mucha|f}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|mucha|f}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|mosco}}, {{tt+|es|mosca|f}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|nzi}}
* Swedish: {{tt|sv|tvåvinge|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|langaw}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|ஈ}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|ఈగ}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|แมลงวัน|tr=má-lɛɛng-wan}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|སྦྲང་མ}}
* Tocharian B: {{tt|txb|tanaulyko}}
* Torres Strait Creole: {{t-needed|tcs}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|sinek}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|му́ха|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|musak}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|langaw}}
* Warlpiri: {{t|wbp|yumangi}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|pryf|m}}, {{tt+|cy|pryfed|m-p}}
* Western Arrernte: {{t|are|menge}}
* Zazaki: {{tt|zza|mês|f}}
}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|insect of the family Muscidae}}{{multitrans|data=
* Abkhaz: {{tt|ab|амҵ|sc=Cyrl}}
* Adnyamathanha: {{t|adt|yapu}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|vlieg}}
* Aklanon: {{t|akl|eangaw}}
* Alawa: {{t|alh|wuɳɖil}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|mizë|f}}
* Amharic: {{tt|am|ዝንብ}}
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|ذُبَابَة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|دبان|m|tr=dibbān}} {{qualifier|collective}}, {{tt|arz|دبانة|f|tr=dibbāna}} {{q|singulative}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|ذُبَّانة|f|tr=dubbāna}}
* Aramaic :
*: Classical Syriac : {{tt|syc|ܕܒܒܐ|m|tr=debbāvā}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|ճանճ}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|muscã|f}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|মাখি}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|mosca|f}}
* Avar: {{tt|av|тӏутӏ|sc=Cyrl}}
* Awadhi: {{t|awa|माछी}}
* Aymara: {{tt|ay|chichillanka}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|milçək}}
* Barngarla: {{t|bjb|yoombara}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|себен}}
* Basque: {{tt|eu|euli}}
* Bau Bidayuh: {{tt|sne|tura}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|му́ха|f}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|মাছি|sc=Beng}}
* Berber:
*: Tashelhit: {{tt|shi|izi|m}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|माछी}}
* Bikol Central: {{tt+|bcl|langaw}}
* Brunei Malay: {{tt|kxd|langau}}, {{tt|kxd|lalat}}
* Budukh: {{t|bdk|тӏутӏ}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|муха́|f}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ယင်ကောင်}}
* Cahuilla: {{tt|chl|'a'awet}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|mosca|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|langaw}}
* Central Melanau: {{tt|mel|lelangau}}
* Chamicuro: {{tt|ccc|kasamelo}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|моза}}
* Cherokee: {{tt|chr|ᏛᎦ}}
* Chichewa: {{tt|ny|ntchentche}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|蒼蠅|tr=cong1 jing4}}, {{tt|yue|烏蠅|tr=wu1 jing4-1}}
*: Hakka: {{tt|hak|烏蠅|tr=vû-yìn}}
*: Hokkien: {{tt+|nan-hbl|胡蠅|tr=hô͘-sîn}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|蒼蠅|tr=cāngying}}, {{tt+|cmn|蠅|tr=yíng}}, {{tt+|cmn|蠅子|tr=yíngzi}}
* Chukchi: {{tt|ckt|гыръоӈавыт|tr=gyrʺoṇavyt}}
* Chuvash: {{tt|cv|шӑна}}
* Coptic: {{t|cop|ⲁⲁϥ|m|f|tr=ɑf}} {{qualifier|Sahidic}}, {{t|cop|ⲁϥ|m|f|tr=ɑf}} {{qualifier|Bohairic}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|çibin}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|moucha|f}}
* Dalmatian: {{tt|dlm|muasca|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|flue|c}}
* Dharug: {{t|xdk|miyanung}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|vlieg|m}}
* Eastern Arrernte: {{t|aer|amenge}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|ꜥff|m|h=a:f:f-L3}}
* Erzya: {{tt|myv|карво|sc=Cyrl}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|muŝo}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|kärbes}}
* Evenki: {{t|evn|дылкэн}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|fluga|f}}
* Fataluku: {{t|ddg|upuru}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kärpänen}}
* Franco-Provençal: {{tt|frp|mouche|f}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|mouche|f}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|moscje|f}}, {{tt|fur|mosčhe|f}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|mosca|f}}
* Ge'ez: {{t|gez|ዝንብ|tr=zǝnb}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|ბუზი|sc=Geor}}
*: Old Georgian: {{tt|oge|მწერი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Fliege|f}}
* Gorontalo: {{t+|gor|lango}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|μύγα|f|sc=Grek}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|μυῖα|f}}
* Guaraní: {{tt|gn|mberu}}
* Guerrero Amuzgo: {{tt|amu|kíchôⁿ}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|mouch}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|זְבוּב|m|tr=zvuv|sc=Hebr}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|मक्खी|f|sc=Deva}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|légy}}
* Iban: {{tt|iba|lalat}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|fluga|f}}
* Igbo: {{tt|ig|ijiji}}
* Ilocano: {{tt|ilo|ngilaw}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|lalat}}, {{tt+|id|laler}}, {{tt+|id|langau}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|моза}}
* Interlingua: {{tt|ia|musca}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|cuileog|f}}
* Isthmus Zapotec: {{tt|zai|bialazi}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|mosca|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|蠅|tr=はえ, hae|sc=Jpan}}, {{tt+|ja|蝿|tr=はえ, hae|sc=Jpan}}, {{tt+|ja|ハエ|tr=hae|sc=Jpan}}
* Javanese: {{tt+|jv|laler}}
* Karelian: {{tt|krl|kärbäine}}
* Kashmiri: {{t|ks|مٔچھ}}
* Kashubian: {{t|csb|mucha}}
* Kaurna: {{t|zku|tapu}}, {{t|zku|tupurra}} (''blowfly'')
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|шыбын|sc=Cyrl}}
* Khinalug: {{tt|kjj|мичаьг}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|រុយ}}
* Kimaragang: {{tt|kqr|namuk}}
* Komi-Permyak: {{tt|koi|гут}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|파리}}
* Kriol: {{t-needed|rop}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt+|ckb|مێش}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|mêş|f}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|чымын|sc=Cyrl}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ມັກຂິກາ}}, {{tt+|lo|ແມງວັນ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|myusa|f}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|musca}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|muša|f}}
* Laz: {{tt|lzz|მჭაჯი|sc=Geor}}
* Lezgi: {{t|lez|тӏветӏ}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|musė|f}}
* Livonian: {{t|liv|kärmi}}
* Lombard: {{t|lmo|mòsca|f}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{tt|nds-de|Fleeg|f}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Méck|f}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|му́ва|f}}
* Makasae: {{t|mkz|ufulai}}
* Malagasy: {{tt+|mg|fihitra}}, {{t+|mg|lalitra}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|lalat}}, {{tt+|ms|langau}}, {{tt+|ms|langau}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഈച്ച}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|dubbiena|f}}
* Manchu: {{tt|mnc|ᡩᡝᡵᡥᡠᠸᡝ|tr=derhuwe}}
* Mansaka: {{t|msk|langaw}}
* Maori: {{tt+|mi|rango}}, {{tt|mi|rangorango}}
* Marathi: {{tt|mr|माशी|f}}
* Mauritian Creole: {{t|mfe|mous}}
* Mazanderani: {{tt|mzn|مهاز|tr=məhâz}}
* Megleno-Romanian: {{t|ruq|muscă|f}}
* Mingrelian: {{tt|xmf|ჭანჯი|sc=Geor}}, {{tt|xmf|ჭანდი|sc=Geor}}
* Moksha: {{t|mdf|кару}}
* Mongolian: {{tt+|mn|ялаа|sc=Cyrl}}
* Nahuatl:
*: Classical: {{tt|nci|zāyōlin}}
*: Northern Puebla: {{tt|ncj|sayoli}}
*: Tetelcingo: {{tt|nhg|söyuli̱}}
* Nanai: {{t|gld|дилуэктэ}}
* Nanticoke: {{tt|nnt|pootzah!}}
* Narungga: {{t|nnr|dhababbu}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|tséʼedǫ́ʼii}}
* Ngarrindjeri: {{t|nay|tjilhi}}, {{t|nay|tampali}} (''March fly'')
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|moûque}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|no|flue|f|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|fluge|f}}
* Nukunu: {{t|nnv|thapu}}
* Nupe: {{t|nup|dìnní}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|mosca|f}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ମାଛି}}
* Ojibwe: {{tt|oj|oojiins}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|cu|моуха|f|sc=Cyrs}}
*: Glagolitic: {{tt|cu|ⰿⱆⱈⰰ|f|sc=Glag}}
* Old Javanese: {{t|kaw|lalĕr}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|titiiisa}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|бындз}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|سیڭك|tr=siñek}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|مچ|m|tr=məč}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|مگس|tr=magas}}
* Pitjantjatjara: {{t|pjt|punpunpa}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|mucha|f}}
* Pontic Greek: {{t|pnt|μυία|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|mosca|f}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|chuspi}}
* Rohingya: {{tt|rhg|masí}}
* Romagnol: {{t|rgn|mósca|f}}
* Romani: {{tt|rom|mach}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|muscă|f}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|mustga|f}}, {{tt|rm|tschitta|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|му́ха|f}}
* Saaroa: {{tt|sxr|'alaliamʉ}}
* Saho: {{t|ssy|qaca}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|मक्षिका}}
* Santali: {{tt|sat|ᱨᱳ}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|musca|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|cuileag|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|му̀ва|f}} {{qualifier|regional Bosnia|Montenegro|Serbia}}, {{tt|sh|му̀ха|f}} {{qualifier|Croatia|Bosnia}}, {{qualifier|diminutive}} {{tt|sh|му̀шица|f}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|mùva|f}} {{qualifier|regional Bosnia|Montenegro|Serbia}}, {{tt+|sh|mùha|f}} {{qualifier|Croatia|Bosnia}}, {{qualifier|diminutive}} {{tt+|sh|mùšica|f}}
* Sherpa: {{t|xsr|རེང་མ|tr=rengma}}
* Sicilian: {{tt+|scn|musca|f}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|mucha|f}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|muha|f}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|mucha|f}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{tt|hsb|mucha|f}}
* Southern Altai: {{tt|alt|чымын}}, {{tt|alt|сээк}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|mosca|f}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|nzi}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|fluga|c}}
* Sylheti: {{tt|syl|ꠝꠣꠈꠤ}}
* Tabasaran: {{t|tab|чӏамчч}}
* Tagal Murut: {{tt|mvv|bulongor}}, {{tt|mvv|togonok}}
* Tagalog: {{tt|tl|langaw}}
* Tajik: {{tt+|tg|магас|sc=Cyrl}}
* Takia: {{tt|tbc|gbdai}}
* Talysh: {{t|tly|muz}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|ஈ}}
* Taos: {{tt|twf|phų̀yuʼúna}}
* Tat: {{t|ttt|məgəz}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|чебен}}
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|pikut}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|ఈగ}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|lalar}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|แมลงวัน}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|སྦྲང་བུ|sc=Tibt}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ሃመማ}}
* Tocharian B: {{tt|txb|tanaulyko}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|lang}}
* Tongan: {{tt|to|lango}}
* Tonkawa: {{tt|tqw|ˀapansu·s}}
* Torres Strait Creole: {{t-needed|tcs}}
* Tupinambá: {{tt|tpn|mberu}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|sinek}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|siňek}}
* Tuvan: {{tt|tyv|сээк}}, {{tt|tyv|кара-сээк}}
* Tz'utujil: {{tt|tzj|us}}
* Udmurt: {{tt|udm|кут}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|му́ха|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|مکھی|f|tr=makkhī|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|چىۋىن}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|pashsha}}
* Venetan: {{tt|vec|mósca|f}}
* Veps: {{tt|vep|kärbhaine}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|ruồi}}
* Wakhi: {{tt|wbl|maks}}
* Walloon: {{tt+|wa|moxhe}}
* Warlpiri: {{t|wbp|yumangi}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|cleren|f}}
* West Coast Bajau: {{tt|bdr|langou}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|mich}}
* Wiradjuri: {{t|wrh|burrimal}}
* Wolof: {{tt+|wo|weñ|alt=weñ wi}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|פֿליג}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|eṣinṣin}}
* Zazaki: {{tt|zza|mês}}, {{tt+|zza|mêsı}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|nengznyaen}}
* ǃXóõ: {{tt|nmn|gʘkxʻóõ}}
}}
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{{trans-top|similar, but not closely related insect}}
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{{trans-top|fishing lure}}{{multitrans|data=
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|блешня́|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|блесна́|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|魚餌|alt=（假餌釣魚的）魚餌|tr=(jiǎ ěr diàoyú de) yú'ěr}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|flue|c}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|perho}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|mouche|f}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|mosca|f}}
* German: {{tt|de|Kunstköder|m}}, {{tt+|de|Blinker|m}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|fiskifluga|f}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|bréagchuil|f}}, {{tt|ga|cuileog bhréige|f}}, {{tt+|ga|cuileog|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|ルアー|tr=ruā|sc=Jpan}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|му́шичка|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|no|flue|f|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|fluge|f}}
* Polish: {{tt|pl|wahadłówka|f}}, {{tt|pl|błystka wahadłowa|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|mosca|f}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|momeală|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|блесна́|f}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|mosca|f}}
* Swahili: {{tt|sw|mfano wa inzi}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|fluga|c}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|ялтыравык}}, {{t|tt|селкенмә алдавыч}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|sinek}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|блешня́|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Zazaki: {{tt|zza|mêsek|f}}
}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|weightlifting exercise}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|vipunosto}}, {{t+|fi|fly}}
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{{trans-see|swimming: butterfly stroke|butterfly stroke}}

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* Sindhi: {{t+check|sd|مک|alt=مَکِ|sc=sd-Arab}}
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====Further reading====
* {{pedia}}
* {{comcatlite|Muscidae}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|en|enm|flien}}, from {{der|en|ang|flēogan}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*fleuganą}} (compare {{cog|stq|fljooge}}, {{cog|nl|vliegen}}, {{cog|nds|flegen}}, {{cog|de|fliegen}}, {{cog|da|flyve}}, {{cog|nn|flyga}}), from {{der|en|ine-pro|*plewk-||to fly|tr=*plew-k-}} (compare {{cog|lt|plaukti|plaũkti}} ‘to swim’), enlargement of {{m|ine-pro|*plew-||flow}}. More at [[flee]] and [[flow]].

====Verb====
{{en-verb|flies|flying|flew|flown}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[travel]] through the [[air]], another [[gas]]{{,}} or a [[vacuum]], without being in contact with a grounded surface.
#: {{ux|en|Birds of passage '''fly''' to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.}}
#: {{ux|en|The Concorde '''flew''' from Paris to New York faster than any other passenger airplane.}}
#: {{ux|en|It takes about eleven hours to '''fly''' from Frankfurt to Hong Kong.}}
#: {{ux|en|The little fairy '''flew''' home on the back of her friend, the giant eagle.}}
#* {{RQ:Chesterton Orthodoxy
|passage=Angels can '''fly''' because they take themselves lightly.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1972|artist={{w|Black Sabbath}}|title={{w|Supernaut (song)|Supernaut}}|passage=I want to reach out and touch the sky / I want to touch the sun, but I don't need to '''fly'''}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-09-07|volume=408|issue=8852|magazine=w:The Economist|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21584962-small-remote-controlled-craft-powered-sun-are-taking-air On a bright new wing]| passage='''Flying''' using only the power of the sun is an enticing prospect. But manned solar-powered aircraft are fragile and slow,&nbsp;[&hellip;].}}
# {{lb|en|ambitransitive|archaic|poetic}} To [[flee]], to [[escape]] (from).
#: {{ux|en|'''Fly''', my lord! The enemy are upon us!}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Merry Wives|act=IV|scene=iv|page=56|column=1|passage=[V]pon a [[sudden|ſodaine]], / As ''[[w:Falstaff|Falſtaffe]]'', ſhe, and I, are newly met, / Let them [children dressed like "urchins, [[ouphe]]s and fairies"] from forth a ſaw-pit ruſh at once / With ſome diffuſed ſong: Vpon their ſight / We two, in great amazedneſſe will '''flye''': {{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare All's Well|act=3|scene=ii|passage=to '''fly''' the favours of so good a king}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=5|passage='''Fly''', ere evil intercept thy flight.|year=1873}}
#* {{RQ:Dryden Juvenal Satires|14|passage=Sleep '''flies''' the wretch.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1829|author=w:Edgar Allan Poe|chapter={{w|Tamerlane (poem)|Tamerlane}}|title=Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems|passage=And boyhood is a summer sun<br>Whose waning is the dreariest one —<br>For all we live to know is known<br>And all we seek to keep hath '''flown''' — {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1954|author=w:J. R. R. Tolkien|title=w:The Fellowship of the Ring
|passage=He staggered and fell, grasped vainly at the stone, and slid into the abyss. “'''Fly''', you fools!” he cried, and was gone.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|ergative}} To cause to fly {{gloss|travel or float in the air}}: to [[transport]] via air or the like.
#: {{ux|en|Charles Lindbergh '''flew''' his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic ocean.}}
#: {{ux|en|Why don’t you go outside and '''fly''' kites, kids? The wind is just perfect.}}
#: {{ux|en|Birds '''fly''' their prey to their nest to feed it to their young.}}
#: {{ux|en|Each day the postal service '''flies''' thousands of letters around the globe.}}
#* {{RQ:Gilbert and Sullivan Pirates of Penzance
|passage=The brave black flag I '''fly'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-09-07| volume=408| issue=8852| magazine=w:The Economist| title=[http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21584962-small-remote-controlled-craft-powered-sun-are-taking-air On a bright new wing]| passage=A solar-powered unmanned aerial system (a UAS, more commonly called a drone) could '''fly''' long, lonely missions that conventional aircraft would not be capable of.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2015|author=Jeromy Hopgood|title=Dance Production: Design and Technology|page=44
|passage=This area, referred to as the fly loft, should typically be two and a half times taller than the proscenium opening in order to '''fly''' the scenery above the vertical sightlines of the first row of the audience.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
#: ''He '''flew''' down the hill on his bicycle.''
#: ''It's five o'clock already. Doesn't time '''fly'''?''
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1645|author=w:John Milton|title=On Time
|passage='''Fly''', envious Time, till thou run out thy race.}}
#* '''1870''', {{w|William Cullen Bryant}} (translator), ''The Iliad'' (originally by {{w|Homer}})
#*: The dark waves murmured as the ship '''flew''' on.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=September 18, 2011|author=Ben Dirs| work=BBC Sport| title=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/14959055.stm Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia]| passage=After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi '''flying''' into the line and touching down under the bar.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
#: {{ux|en|a door '''flies''' open}}
#: {{ux|en|a bomb '''flies''' apart}}
#* {{RQ:Dickens Haunted House|chapter=The Mortals in the House|page=7|column=1|passage=And in respect of the great necessity there is, my darling, for more employments being within the reach of Woman than our civilisation has as yet assigned to her, don’t '''fly''' at the unfortunate men, even those men who are at first sight in your way, as if they were the natural oppressors of your sex {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To proceed with great success.
#: {{ux|en|His career is really '''flying''' at the moment.}}
#: {{ux|en|One moment the company was '''flying''' high, the next it was on its knees.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|colloquial|of a proposal, project or idea}} To be [[accepted]], [[come about]] or [[work out]].
#: {{ux|en|Let's see if that idea '''flies'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|You know, I just don't think that's going to '''fly'''. Why don't you spend your time on something better?}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|ergative}} To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[hunt]] with a [[hawk]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=c. 1590|author={{w|Robert Greene (dramatist)|Robert Greene}}|title=w:Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay|passage=We'll '''fly''' the partridge, or go rouse the deer.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|entomology|of a type of moth or butterfly}} To be in the winged adult stage.
#: ''This species '''flies''' from late summer until frost''.

=====Conjugation=====
{{en-conj|old=1|pres_3sg=flies|pres_2sg_old=fliest|pres_2sg_old2=flyest|pres_3sg_old=flieth|pres_3sg_old2=flyeth|past=flew|past_2sg_old=flewest|past_ptc=flown}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|travel through air}} {{l|en|soar}}, {{l|en|hover}}, {{l|en|wing}}, {{l|en|skim}}, {{l|en|glide}}, {{l|en|ascend}}, {{l|en|rise}}, {{l|en|float}}, {{l|en|aviate}}
* {{sense|flee}} {{l|en|escape}}, {{l|en|flee}}, {{l|en|abscond}}; see also [[Thesaurus:flee]]
* {{sense|travel very fast}} {{l|en|dart}}, {{l|en|flit}}; see also [[Thesaurus:move quickly]]
* {{sense|do an act suddenly}} {{l|en|hurry}}, {{l|en|zoom}}; see also [[Thesaurus:rush]]

=====Antonyms=====
* {{antsense|travel through air}} {{l|en|walk}}
* {{antsense|flee}} {{l|en|remain}}, {{l|en|stay}}
* {{antsense|travel very fast}} see also [[Thesaurus:move slowly]]

=====Hyponyms=====
{{col4|en|fly a kite|fly solo|flying cone
|fly into a rage
|{{l|en|fly like a bird}}<!--simile-->
|{{l|en|fly like a rock}}<!--simile, sometimes sarcastic-->
|{{l|en|fly like the wind}}<!--simile-->
|fly off the handle
|fly out the window
|overfly
}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|en|afly
|befly|fly baker|fly-by-nighter
|flyback|fly apart|fly at|fly in|fly into
|fly-by-light
|fly-by-night
|fly-by-wire
|flycrank|build the plane while flying it|flying car|flying disc golf|flying ointment|flying rowan
|flyover
|flyunder
|flywheel
|let fly
|pigs might fly
|overfly
|upfly
|flyboy|fly high
|when pigs fly|as the crow flies|as the gull flies|the fur flies|time flies|time flies when you're having fun|don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly|fill and fly|fly a desk|fly and flop|fly blind|fly bomb|fly by|fly by the seat of one's pants|fly in the face of|fly low|fly off|fly off the shelves|fly out|fly out of the traps|fly the blue pigeon|fly the coop|fly the flag|fly the freak flag|fly the kite|fly the nest|fly too close to the sun|fly under the radar|fly upon|fly with leaden wings|fly without a licence|fly-in|fly-in fly-out|fly-over|fly-past|fly-pitch|fly-pitcher|fly-poster|fly-posting|fly-through|fly-tip|fly-tipper|fly-tipping|fly-under|go fly a kite|if pigs had wings they would fly|make the dust fly|make the feathers fly|make the fur fly|monkeys might fly out of my butt|pigs can fly|pigs may fly|sparks fly|straighten up and fly right|test-fly|the feathers fly|watch the feathers fly|watch the fur fly|when pigs can fly|backspot flying fish|could eat the arse out of a low flying duck|could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck|could eat the crutch from a low flying duck|flag-flying|flying ace|flying army|flying bishop|flying bomb|flying brick|flying bridge|flying camp|flying carp|flying carpet|flying cat|flying circus|flying coffin|flying colors|flying colours|flying disc|flying doctor|flying dragon|flying fig|flying freehold|flying frog|flying fuck|flying ginny|flying gurnard|flying handkerchief|flying helmet|flying jenny|flying jib|flying jib boom|flying kiss|flying knee|flying lap|flying lemur|flying machine|flying mare|flying meet|flying monkeys|flying mouse|flying party|flying phalanger|flying picket|flying purple people eater|flying purple people-eater|flying rat|flying rod|flying saucer group|flying school|flying shot|flying sport|flying stationer|flying toilet|flying wedge|flying white|flying wing|fur-flying|give a flying fuck|high-flying|in flying colors|in flying colours|Japanese flying squid|keep the flag flying|kite flying|Malabar flying frog|Malaysian flying lemur|non-flying|Philippine flying lemur|Siberian flying squirrel|speed flying|Sunda flying lemur|take a flying fuck at a rolling donut|take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut|take a flying leap|unidentified flying object|with flying colors|with flying colours|yogic flying
}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|fly agaric}}
* {{l|en|flight}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to travel through air}}{{multitrans|data=
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|vlieg}}
* Aklanon: {{t|akl|lupad}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|fluturoj}}
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|طَارَ}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|طار|tr=ṭār|sc=Arab}}
* Aramaic:
*: Syriac: {{tt|syc|ܦܪܚ|tr=praħ|sc=Syrc}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|թռնել}}, {{tt+|hy|թռչել}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|azboair}}, {{tt|rup|azbor}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|উৰ}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|volar}}
* Atong: {{t|aot|pyw}}
* Avar: {{tt|av|боржизе|sc=Cyrl}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|uçmaq}}
* Balinese: {{t|ban|miber}}, {{t|ban|makeber}}, {{tt|ban|keber}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|осоу}}
* Basque: {{tt+|eu|hegan egin}}
* Belarusian: {{qualifier|abstract}} {{tt|be|лята́ць|impf|sc=Cyrl}}, {{tt|be|лётаць|impf|sc=Cyrl}}, {{tt|be|палята́ць|pf|sc=Cyrl}}, {{tt|be|палётаць|pf|sc=Cyrl}}, {{qualifier|concrete}} {{tt|be|ляце́ць|impf|sc=Cyrl}}, {{tt|be|паляце́ць|pf|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|ওড়া}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|उड़ल}}
* Bikol Central: {{tt+|bcl|layog}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|летя́|impf}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ပျံ|sc=Mymr}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|volar}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|lupad}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt+|yue|飛|tr=fei1}}, {{tt|yue|坐飛機|tr=co5 fei1 gei1}} {{qualifier|fly on a plane}}
*: Eastern Min: {{tt|cdo|飛|tr=buŏi}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|飛|tr=fēi}}, {{tt+|cmn|飛行|tr=fēixíng}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|létat|impf}} {{qualifier|abstract}}, {{tt+|cs|letět|impf}} {{qualifier|concrete}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|flyve}}
* Dolgan: {{tt|dlg|көт|tr=köt}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|vliegen}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|pꜣj|h=p-pA-A-H5}}, {{t-egy|ꜥẖj|h=a:X-H5}}, {{t-egy|ꜥpj|h=a:p-H5}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|flugi}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|lendama}}
* Even: {{t|eve|дэгдэй}}
* Evenki: {{t|evn|дэгми}}
* Faroese: {{tt+|fo|flúgva}}, {{qualifier|archaic}} {{tt|fo|fljúgva}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|lentää}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|voler}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|svolâ}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|voar}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|ფრენა|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{tt+|de|fliegen}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|πετώ|sc=Grek}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|πέτομαι}}
* Greenlandic: {{tt|kl|timmivoq}} {{qualifier|birds}}, {{tt|kl|timmisartorpoq}} {{qualifier|aircraft}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|vole}}
* Hawaiian: {{tt|haw|lele}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|טס|tr=tas}}, {{tt+|he|עף|tr='af|sc=Hebr}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|layang}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|उड़ना}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|repül}}, {{tt+|hu|száll}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|fljúga}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|flugar}}
* Ilocano: {{t|ilo|tumayab}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|terbang}}
* Interlingua: {{tt|ia|volar}}
* Inuktitut:
*: Inuttut: {{tt|iu|tingik}}, {{tt|iu|pikik}} {{qualifier|birds}}, {{tt|iu|tingijok}} {{qualifier|in an airplane}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|eitil}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|volare}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|飛ぶ|tr=とぶ, tobu|sc=Jpan}}
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|miber}}, {{t+|jv|mabur}}, {{tt+|jv|kabur}}
* Kapampangan: {{tt|pam|sulapo}}
* Kashubian: {{t|csb|latac|impf}}
* Kazakh: {{tt+|kk|ұшу|sc=Cyrl}}
* Khakas: {{tt|kjh|учуғарға}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|ហោះ}} {{qualifier|aircraft}}, {{tt+|km|ហើរ}} {{qualifier|birds, insects}}
* Komi-Permyak: {{tt|koi|лэбны}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|날다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt+|ckb|فْڕین}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|firîn}}, {{tt+|kmr|firrîn}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|учуу}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ເຫາະ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|skrīt}}, {{tt|ltg|skraideit}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|volō}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|lidot}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|skristi}}, {{tt|lt|skraidyti}}
* Lombard: {{t+|lmo|volà}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{tt+|nds-de|flegen}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|лета|impf}}
* Madurese: {{t|mad|ngabber}}
* Malay:
*: Jawi: {{tt+|ms|تربڠ}}
*: Rumi: {{tt+|ms|terbang}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|tar}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡩᡝᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ}}
* Mansaka: {{t|msk|layog}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|rere}}
* Maranao: {{t|mrw|layog}}
* Marathi: {{t+|mr|उडणे}}
* Muong: {{t|mtq|păl}}
* Nahuatl:
*: Classical: {{tt|nci|patlāni}}
*: Mecayapan: {{tt|nhx|pata̱ni}}
* Nanai: {{t|gld|дэгдэ-}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|bił yitʼah}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{tt|zdj|yeuha|alt=huyeuha}}
* Ngunawal: {{tt|xul|yerra}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|voler}}
* North Frisian: {{qualifier|Mooring}} {{tt|frr|fliinj}}, {{qualifier|Föhr-Amrum}} {{tt|frr|flä}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|fly}}, {{tt+|nb|flyge}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|fly}}, {{tt|nn|flyge}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|volar}}
* Old Church Slavonic: {{qualifier|abstract}} {{tt|cu|лѣтати|impf}}, {{qualifier|concrete}} {{tt|cu|летѣти|impf}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|flēogan}}
* Old Frisian: {{tt|ofs|fliāga}}
* Old Javanese: {{t|kaw|wur}}, {{tt|kaw|wőr}}, {{t|kaw|hibĕr}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|اوچمق|tr=uçmak}}
* Papiamentu: {{t|pap|bula}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|الوتل|tr=alwatəl|sc=ps-Arab}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|پرواز کردن|tr=parvâz kardan}}, {{tt+|fa|پریدن|tr=paridan}}
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|volé}}
* Pipil: {{tt|ppl|patani}}
* Pitjantjatjara: {{tt|pjt|parpakaṉi}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|latać|impf}} {{qualifier|abstract}}, {{tt+|pl|lecieć|impf}} {{qualifier|concrete}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|voar}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|phaway}}, {{tt|qu|pawai}}, {{tt|qu|paarii}}
* Rapa Nui: {{tt|rap|rere}}
* Rohingya: {{tt|rhg|uro}}
* Romani: {{tt|rom|ural}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|zbura}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|sgular}}, {{tt|rm|svular}}, {{tt|rm|svuler}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|лета́ть|impf}} {{qualifier|abstract}}, {{tt+|ru|лете́ть|impf}} {{qualifier|concrete}}, {{tt+|ru|перелета́ть|impf}} {{qualifier|birds}}
* Saho: {{t|ssy|fire}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|bobai}}, {{tt|sc|bolare}}, {{tt|sc|bolai}}, {{tt|sc|volare}}, {{tt|sc|borai}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|itealaich}}, {{tt|gd|dèan iteag}}, {{tt|gd|falbh air iteig}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{tt+|sh|letiti}}
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|лѐтети|impf}}, {{tt|sh|лѐтјети|impf}} {{qualifier|concrete}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|lèteti|impf}}, {{tt+|sh|lètjeti|impf}} {{qualifier|concrete}}
* Sherpa: {{t|xsr|འཕུར|tr=phur}}
* Sicilian: {{tt+|scn|vulari}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt|si|ඉගිල්ලෙනවා|sc=Sinh}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|lietať|impf}} {{qualifier|abstract}}, {{tt|sk|letieť|impf}} {{qualifier|concrete}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|leteti|impf}} {{qualifier|concrete}}
* Somali: {{t|so|duulid}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{qualifier|abstract}} {{tt|dsb|lětaś|impf}}, {{qualifier|concrete}} {{tt|dsb|leśeś|impf}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{qualifier|abstract}} {{tt|hsb|lětać|impf}}, {{qualifier|concrete}} {{tt|hsb|lećeć|impf}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|учар}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|volar}}
* Sundanese: {{tt+|su|hiber}}, {{tt|su|ngapung}}
* Swahili: {{tt|sw|kuruka}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|flyga}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|lipad}}, {{tt|tl|lumipad}}
* Tajik: {{tt+|tg|паридан|sc=Cyrl}}, {{tt|tg|парвоз кардан|sc=Cyrl}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|பற|sc=Taml}}
* Tarantino: {{t|roa-tar|vulà}}
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|lupad}}
* Ternate: {{t|tft|soro}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|semo}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|บิน}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|འཕུར}}
* Tocharian B: {{tt|txb|plu-}}
* Turkish: {{qualifier|aircraft}} {{tt+|tr|gitmek}}, {{tt+|tr|uçmak}}, {{tt+|tr|kanatlanmak}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|uçmak}}
* Tày: {{t|tyz|bên}}
* Udmurt: {{tt|udm|лобыны}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|літа́ти|impf}} {{qualifier|abstract}}, {{tt|uk|леті́ти|impf}} {{qualifier|concrete}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|اڑنا|tr=uṛnā|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|ئۇچماق}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|uchmoq}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|zolàre}}, {{tt|vec|svołar}}, {{tt|vec|sgołar}}, {{tt|vec|sguołar}}, {{tt|vec|xolar}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|bay}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|flitön}}
* Walloon: {{tt+|wa|voler}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|lupad}}, {{t|war|lagbaw}} {{qualifier|Eastern Samar}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|hedfan}}
* West Frisian: {{tt+|fy|fleane}}
* Yagnobi: {{tt|yai|фурак}}
* Yakut: {{tt|sah|көт}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|פֿליִען|sc=Hebr}}
* Zazaki: {{tt|zza|tılo bıyen}}, {{tt|zza|perayen}}
* Zealandic: {{tt|zea|vliege}}
}}
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{{trans-top|to flee}}{{multitrans|data=
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|fugir}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|逃跑|tr=táopǎo}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|fly}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|vluchten}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|fuĝi}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|flýggja}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|paeta}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|fuxir}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|გაქცევა|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{tt+|de|fliehen}}, {{tt+|de|flüchten}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|πετώ|sc=Grek}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|flýja}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|fuggire}}, {{tt+|it|scappare}}, {{tt|it|darsela a gambe}}, {{tt|it|fuggire a gambe levate}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|бега}}, {{tt|mk|пребегува}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|rere}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|fly}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|flēogan}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|الوتل|tr=alwatəl|sc=ps-Arab}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|fugir}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|phaway}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|спаса́ться}}, {{tt+|ru|сбега́ть}}, {{tt+|ru|убега́ть}} (run)
* Serbo-Croatian: {{tt+|sh|bježati}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|huir}}
* Swahili: {{tt|sw|kukimbia}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|fly}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|หนี|tr=nǐi}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|kaçmak}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|قاچماق}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|fugön}}
* Zazaki: {{tt|zza|parnayen}}
* Zealandic: {{tt|zea|vliege}}
}}
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{{trans-top|to cause to travel through the air}}{{multitrans|data=
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|pilotar}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|besturen}} {{gloss|aircraft}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|flugigi}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|lentää}}, {{tt+|fi|ohjata}}, {{tt+|fi|lennättää}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|piloter}} {{gloss|aircraft}}, {{tt|fr|faire voler}} {{gloss|kite}}
* Galician: {{tt|gl|facer voar}}
* German: {{tt+|de|fahren}} {{gloss|zeppelin, balloon}}, {{tt+|de|fliegen}} {{gloss|airplane}}, {{tt|de|fliegen lassen}} {{gloss|toys etc.}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|הטיס|tr=hetís}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|repít}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|aviacar}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|飛ばす|tr=とばす, tobasu|sc=Jpan}}
* Malay: {{tt|ms|menerbangkan}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|whakaangi}} {{qualifier|a kite}}, {{tt|mi|whakaturuturu}} {{qualifier|a kite}}, {{tt|mi|whakarere}} {{qualifier|aeroplane}}, {{tt|mi|whakatere}} {{qualifier|an aeroplane}}, {{tt|mi|whakatare}} {{qualifier|a flag}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|उडवणे}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|الوتل|tr=alwatəl|sc=ps-Arab}}
* Portuguese: {{tt|pt|fazer voar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|înălța}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|вести́}} {{gloss|flying vehicle, especially airplane}}, {{tt+|ru|транспорти́ровать}}, {{tt+|ru|носи́ть}}, {{tt+|ru|приноси́ть}}, {{tt+|ru|переноси́ть}}, {{tt+|ru|переправля́ть}} {{gloss|to transport by air}}, {{tt+|ru|пуска́ть}} {{gloss|something light such as a kite; literally: to let go}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{tt+|sh|poletjeti}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|volar}}, {{tt|es|[[hacer]] [[volar]]}}, {{tt|es|ir volando}}
* Swahili: {{tt|sw|kurusha}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|flyga}}
* Telugu: {{tt|te|ఎగరవేయు}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|བཏང}}
* Turkish: {{gloss|aircraft}} {{tt+|tr|gitmek}}, {{tt+|tr|uçmak}}, {{gloss|balloon}} {{tt+|tr|seyahat etmek}}, {{t+|tr|uçurmak}}
* Tày: {{t|tyz|bên}}
* Zazaki: {{tt|zza|peren|c-p}}, {{tt|zza|şıyen}}
}}
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{{trans-top|to travel very fast, to hasten}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lentää}}, {{t+|fi|kiitää}}, {{t+|fi|rientää}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|sciurd}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tauwhaiwhai}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|biec|impf}}, {{t+|pl|biegać|impf}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|uçmak}}
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{{trans-top|to move suddenly with violence}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lentää}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hūpana}}
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{{trans-top|to become accepted}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|aanslaan}}, {{t+|nl|lukken}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[ottaa]] [[tuuli|tuulta]]}}, {{t|fi|[[tulla]] [[hyväksytty|hyväksytyksi]]}}, {{t|fi|[[lähteä]] [[lentoon]]}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|проходи́ть}}, {{t+|ru|принятый|alt=быть при́нятым}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|uklopiti}}
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{{trans-top|to display a flag from a flagpole}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|onejar}}
* Danish: {{t|da|vejre}}, {{t|da|blafre}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|liputtaa}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakatare}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|फडकवणे}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|arbora}}
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* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+check|sh|letjeti}}
* Guaraní: {{t+check|gn|veve}}
* Ilocano: {{t-check|ilo|agtayab}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|layang}}, {{t+check|id|layang|alt=melayang}} <!-- was "[[layang|melayang]]" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->, {{t+check|id|terbang|alt=menerbangkan}} <!-- was "[[terbang|menerbangkan]]" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|volar}}
* Italian: {{qualifier|airplane}} {{t+check|it|pilotare}}, {{qualifier|kite}} {{t-check|it|far volare}}
* Tupinambá: {{t-check|tpn|bebé}}
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===Etymology 3===
From {{inh|en|enm|flye|t=flying, flight}}, from {{inh|en|ang|flyge|t=flying, flight}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*flugiz}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|flys|+}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete}} The action of [[#Verb|fly]]ing; [[flight]].
# An act of [[#Verb|fly]]ing.
#: {{ux|en|There was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a '''fly'''.}}
# {{lb|en|baseball}} A [[fly ball]].
# {{lb|en|American football}} {{short for|en|fly route}}
# A piece of canvas that covers the [[opening]] at the front of a [[tent]].
# {{lb|en|India|obsolete}} The sloping or roof part of the canvas of a tent. <!--see Hobson-Jobson-->
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1810|author=Thomas H. Williamson|title=The East India Vade-Mecum|page=452
|passage=[T]he main part of the operation of pitching the tent, consisting of raising the '''''flies''''', may be performed, and shelter afforded, without the walls, &c., being present.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1816|title=The Grand Master, or Adventures of Qui Hi|page=152
|passage=The cavalcade drew up in line, / Pitch'd the marquee, and went to dine. / The bearers and the servants lie / Under the shelter of the '''fly'''.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1885|author=Elizabeth Bacon Custer|title=Boots and Saddles
|passage=After I had changed my riding-habit for my one other gown, I came out to join the general under the tent-'''fly'''.}}
# {{senseid|en|clothing}} {{lb|en|often plural}} A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of [[trousers]], [[pants]], [[underpants]], [[bootee]]s, etc.
#: {{ux|en|Ha-ha! Your '''flies''' are undone!}}
#* '''February 2014''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20140221194803/http://www.jfeconcepts.com/en/service/underwear-abc/y-front-fly.html Y-Front Fly]
#*: Y-Front is a registered trademark for a special front '''fly''' turned upside down to form a Y owned by Jockey® International. The first Y-Front® brief was created by Jockey® more than 70 years ago.
#* '''June 2014''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20180223031954/http://www.dudeundies.com/news/the-hole-in-mens-underwear-name-and-purpose The Hole In Men’s Underwear: Name And Purpose]
#*: Briefs were given an opening in the front. The point of this opening (the ‘'''fly'''’) was to make it easier to pee with clothes on
# The free [[edge]] of a [[flag]].
# The [[horizontal]] [[length]] of a flag.
# {{lb|en|weightlifting}} An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
# The part of a [[vane]] pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
# {{lb|en|nautical}} That part of a [[compass]] on which the points are marked; the [[compass card]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=a. 1850|author=Robert Norman|passage=to the '''fly of the compass''', which before was made equal, I was still constrained to put some small piece of wire on the south part there}}
# Two or more vanes set on a revolving [[axis]], to act as a [[fanner]], or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
# {{short for|en|flywheel}}
# {{lb|en|historical}} A type of small, light, fast [[horse-drawn]] [[carriage]] that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised {{m|en|flys}}).
#* {{RQ:Thackeray Pendennis||passage=A '''fly''' carried him rapidly to Lady Clavering’s house from the station {{…}}|74}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1859|author=Wilkie Collins|title=The Woman in White|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/583/583-h/583-h.htm
|passage=Can I get a '''fly''', or a carriage of any kind? Is it too late?<br>I dismissed the '''fly''' a mile distant from the park, and getting my directions from the driver, proceeded by myself to the house.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1861|author=Henry Mayhew; William Tuckniss|title=London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopœdia of the Condition and Earnings of Those that Will Work, Those that Cannot Work, and Those that Will Not Work|volume=3|pageurl=https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=tVtHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA359&dq=fly+carriage&cd=10#v=onepage&q=fly%20carriage&f=false|page=359
|passage=A glass coach, it may be as well to observe, is a carriage and pair hired by the day, and a '''fly''' a one-horse carriage hired in a similar manner.}}
#* {{RQ:Stoker Dracula|passage=As we left the house in my '''fly''', which had been waiting, Van Helsing said:— ‘Tonight I can sleep in peace [...].’}}
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|chapter=16|passage=“{{...}} She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired '''fly''', about anything.”}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1924|author=w:Ford Madox Ford|title=Some Do Not…|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2012|series=Parade's End|page=54
|passage=And, driving back in the '''fly''', Macmaster said to himself that you couldn't call Mrs. Duchemin ordinary, at least.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1941|month=December|title=Notes and News: Timetable features of the Past|journal=Railway Magazine|page=570|text=Then we read at New Southgate and Colney Hatch, that "Cabs are on stand at station from 9 a.m. to departure of last down train. Private omnibuses, '''flys''' and other conveniences can be had at short notice on application to Messrs. Walker & Son." At country stations we are often told, "a '''fly''' may be obtained on application to Mrs. Brown of the Black Dog," or some other cheery information.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2023 February 22|author=Stephen Roberts|title=Reading... between the lines... to Wales|journal=RAIL|issue=977|page=59|text=Chepstow is good for excursions, and Bradshaw tells me I can get a '''fly''' to Tintern Abbey, although the fare structure seems particularly complicated. Alternatively, I could go for a simpler choice and just opt for "single horse, 1s", although I doubt I'd survive to tell the tale.}}
#: Related terms: {{l|en|flyman}}
# In a [[knitting]] machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a [[latch]].<ref>{{R:Knight AMD}}</ref>
# The pair of arms revolving around the [[bobbin]], in a [[spinning wheel]] or [[spinning frame]], to twist the [[yarn]].
# {{lb|en|weaving}} A [[shuttle]] driven through the [[shed]] by a blow or jerk.<ref>{{R:Knight AMD}}</ref>
# {{lb|en|printing|historical}} The person who took the printed sheets from the [[press]].
# {{lb|en|printing|historical}} A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
# One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
# {{lb|en|cotton manufacture}} {{1|waste}} [[cotton]].

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|en
|big fly
|fly ash
|fly ball
|fly-coach
|fly half
|flyman
|fly system
|infield fly
|infield fly rule
|no-fly
|{{l|en|no-fly list}}, {{l|en|no fly list}}
|no-fly zone
|{{l|en|on the fly}}, {{l|en|on-the-fly}}
|pop fly
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|act of flying}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|летене|n|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|bg|полет|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Central Sierra Miwok: {{t|csm|homó·košu-}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|飛行|tr=fēixíng}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vlucht}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lento}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πέταγμα|n|sc=Grek}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|skrydis|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|летање|n}}, {{t+|mk|лет|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|voo}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|полёт|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|let}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|vuelo|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|uçuş}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|şıyış}}, {{t|zza|peret}}
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{{trans-see|fly ball}}

{{trans-top|type of small, fast carriage}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пролётка|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|calesa|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|gari}}
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{{trans-top|piece of canvas that covers the opening of a tent}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|gylf|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|по́лог|m}}
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{{trans-top|strip that hides the opening of trousers/pants or underpants}}{{multitrans|data=
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|дюкян|m|sc=Cyrl}}, {{tt+|bg|шлиц|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|bragueta|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt|cmn|[[褲子]][[的]][[拉鏈]]|tr=kùzi de lāliàn}}, {{tt|cmn|褲門|tr=kùmén}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|poklopec|m}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|gylp|c}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|gulp|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t-needed|eo}}
* Estonian: {{t-needed|et}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|splitta}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|sepalus}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|braguette|f}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Hosenschlitz|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|πατ|n|sc=Grek}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|slicc}}
* Icelandic: {{tt|is|rennilás|m}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|plapa|m}}, {{tt|ga|cailpís|f}}
* Italian: {{t|it|brachetta|f}}, {{t|it|braghetta|f}}, {{t+|it|bottega|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt|ja|社会の窓|tr=shakai no mado|sc=Jpan}} {{qualifier|slang}}, {{tt|ja|ボタン隠し|tr=botan kakushi|sc=Jpan}} {{qualifier|button}}, {{tt|ja|ファスナー隠し|tr=fasunā kakushi|sc=Jpan}} {{qualifier|zipper}}, {{tt+|ja|フライ|tr=furai|sc=Jpan}}
* Latvian: {{t-needed|lv}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt|lt|klynas|m}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|glidelås|m}}, {{tt+|no|gylf|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|rozporek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|braguilha|f}}, {{tt+|pt|zíper|m}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|fermoar|n}}, {{t+|ro|șliț|n}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|шири́нка|f}}, {{tt+|ru|мотня́|f}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|spaidhir|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|шлиц|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|šlic|m}}
* Skolt Sami: {{tt|sms|brålleǩ}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|bragueta|f}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|gylf|c}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|patlet}}, {{t+|tr|dükkan|alt=dükkân}}
* Welsh: {{tt|cy|balog|m|f}} {{qualifier|North}}, {{tt|cy|copish|m}} {{qualifier|South}}
}}
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{{trans-top|free edge of a flag}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|liehureuna}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|flugur|m}}
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{{trans-top|horizontal length of a flag}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|leveys}}
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===Etymology 4===

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive|baseball}} To hit a [[fly ball]]; to hit a [[fly ball]] that is caught for an out. Compare [[ground]] (verb) and [[line]] (verb).
#: {{ux|en|Jones '''flied''' to right in his last at-bat.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to hit a flyball}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[lyödä]] [[kaaripallo]]}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|打ち上げる|tr=uchiageru|sc=Jpan}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|nzi}}
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===Etymology 5===
{{unc|en}}; probably from the verb or noun.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|er|flyer}}

# {{lb|en|slang|dated}} [[quick-witted|Quick-witted]], [[alert]], mentally [[sharp]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1854|author=Charles Dickens|title=Arcadia|chapter=Household Words|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mFZBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA381|volume=7|page=381|passage=be assured, O man of sin—pilferer of small wares and petty larcener—that there is an eye within keenly glancing from some loophole contrived between accordions and tin breastplates that watches your every movement, and is "'''fly''',"— to use a term peculiarly comprehensible to dishonest minds—to the slightest gesture of illegal conveyancing.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} Well [[dress]]ed, [[smart]] in appearance; in style, [[cool]].
#: {{ux|en|He's pretty '''fly'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en| title=A Mexican Girl| page=270| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dxEAQAAMAAJ| author=Frederick Thickstun Clark| year=1888| passage=when Ortega got fixed up in his '''fly''' duds like that, an ord'nary man's overcoat wouldn't make 'im a pair o' socks.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1998|artist=The Offspring|title=Pretty '''Fly''' (For a White Guy)|url=https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/offspring/prettyflyforawhiteguy.html|passage=Give it to me, baby! Uh huh, uh huh! And all the girlies say, I’m pretty '''fly''' for a white guy.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en| title=Super Fly| date=September 2001| page=252| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2iUEAAAAMBAJ| journal=Vibe| volume=9| number=9| passage=Starring the light-skinned Ron O'Neal with his shoulder-length perm and '''fly''' threads, ''Super Fly'' exudes a sense of black pride as O'Neal bucks the dope game, dismisses his white girlfriend, and beats The Man at his own hustle.}}
#* {{RQ:Noire Thug-A-Licious|page=169|passage=A '''fly''' sister rolled in with a suitcase full of hip-hop novels called ''The Glamorous Life'', and an African brother with long dreads wanted to sell them some incense and some fake Jacob watches.}}
#* {{quote-book|en| title=How to Be a Person: The Stranger's Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself| url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1570618356| author=Lindy West; Dan Savage; Christopher Frizzelle| year=2012| passage=How NOT to Facebook&nbsp;/ {{...}} no naked pictures, no deep emotions (awkward), no tagging a bunch of people in a picture of some '''fly''' Nikes, no making dinner plans (just use a PHONE).}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Louisa Jepson|chapter=‘At the moment it appears I have, like 7000 girlfriends’|title=Harry Styles: Every Piece of Me|location=London|publisher=[[w:Simon & Schuster|Simon & Schuster UK Ltd]]|year=2013|year_published=2014|page=209|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/harrystylesevery0000jeps/page/209/mode/1up|isbn=978-1-47112-848-6|passage=[[w:Harry Styles|Harry &#91;Styles&#93;]] and [[w:Nick Grimshaw|Grimmy]] had struck up quite a friendship with [[w:Rita Ora|Rita &#91;Ora&#93;]] and a few weeks earlier had been seen at {{w|G-A-Y}} for her album launch. She tweeted a picture of the trio saying: ‘Thanks for coming my little fashionistas. Looking '''flyer''' than a mofo.’}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=2019|artist=Princess Nokia|title=Balenciaga|passage=I'm so '''fly''', I don't even try / I get so high, I can touch the sky / Dress for myself, I don't dress for hype / I dress for myself, you dress for the likes}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} [[beautiful|Beautiful]]; displaying physical beauty.
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1979|title=We Rap More Mellow|artist=The Younger Generation|passage=&lbrack;{{w|Rahiem}}&rbrack; My name brings peace and tranquility / So all the '''fly''' ladies' hearts can run free}}
#* {{quote-song|en|artist=Biz Markie|title=Busy Doin Nuthin|album=I Need a Haircut|year=1991|passage=Word is bond she looked divine, she looked as '''fly''' as can be<br/>I thought she was different cause she was by herself<br/>She looked real wholesome, and in good physical health}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1994|title=Memory Lane (Sittin’ in da Park)|album=Illmatic|artist=Nas|passage=I rap for listeners, blunt heads, '''fly''' ladies and prisoners}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|flycop}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|quick-witted}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|fiksu}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{t+|fi|terävä}}
* German: {{t+|de|clever}}, {{t+|de|smart}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|esperto}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сообразительный}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|му́дар}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|múdar}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|listo}}, {{t+|es|vivo}}, {{t+|es|pillo}}, {{t+|es|astuto}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|well dressed}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|го́тин|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tyylikäs}}
* French: {{t+|fr|cool}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{t|fr|bien habillé|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|smart}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|odwalony|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|нарядный}}, {{t+|ru|я́ркий}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|обу̀чен}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|obùčen}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|şık}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 6===
Related to {{cog|de|Flügel|t=a wing}}, {{cog|nl|vleugel|t=a wing}}, {{cog|sv|flygel|t=a wing}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|rural|Scotland|Northern England}} A [[wing]].
#: {{ux|en|The bullet barely grazed the wild fowl's '''fly'''.}}

===Etymology 7===

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{altform|en|vly||swamp (in New York)}}.
#* '''1880''', Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, ''History of Ulster County, New York: With Illustrations and...'', page 185:
#*: June 8, 1708, John Cock and William Nottingham desire 100 acres each [...] Isaac Davis desied a conveyance for the "greenbush" '''fly''' or swamp that he hath drained near his land, in the Jaagh Creupel-bosh.
#* '''1924''', Frederick Van Wyck, ''Keskachauge: Or the First White Settlement on Long Island'', page 321:
#*: {{...}} one certain Lot of the Long '''fly''', or swamp situate lying and being [in] the Township of Flatlands {{...}} recorded June 15, 1876, Liber 1244 of ''Conveyances'', at page 494, Kings County. The "East Division" was the Long Vly, {{...}} 
#* '''1961''', William Gideon Closson, ''The Josiah Closson Family of New England'', page 110:
#*: {{...}} to a white maple stake standing in a '''fly''' or swamp , thence N [...] to a Hemlock Stake, {{...}}

===References===
<references/>
* {{R:OneLook}}
* [http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/fly The Dictionary of the Scots Language]

{{cln|en|class 2 strong verbs|irregular verbs}}
{{C|en|Appearance|Carriages|Dances|Dipterans|Flags}}

==Danish==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|[ˈflyˀ]}}

===Etymology 1===
An abbreviation of {{m|da|flyvemaskine}}, after {{der|da|no|fly}} and {{der|da|sv|flyg}}.

====Noun====
{{da-noun|et}}

# [[airplane]], [[aeroplane]]
#: {{syn|da|flyvemaskine|flyver}}
#: {{hyper|da|luftfartøj}}

=====Inflection=====
{{da-noun-infl|et}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|da
|flybrændstof
|flykatastrofe
|flyulykke
|fragtfly
|krigsfly
|papirfly
|spionfly
}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|da|non|flýja||to flee}}, from {{inh|da|gem-pro|*fleuhaną}}, cognate with {{cog|en|flee}}, {{cog|de|fliehen}}, {{cog|nl|vlieden}}.

====Verb====
{{head|da|verb|present|flyr|or|flyer|past tense|flyede|past participle|flyet}}

# {{lb|da|archaic}} to [[flee]]
# {{lb|da|archaic}} to [[shun]]

=====Conjugation=====
{{da-conj|||{{l|da|flyr}} or {{l|da|flyer}}|ede|h|et|||{{l|da|flys}} or {{l|da|flyes}}|-}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{der|da|gml|vlīen|vlī(g)en|t=to stack, sort out}}, cognate with {{cog|nl|vlijen||to place}}, from {{der|da|gem-pro|*flīhan}}, of unknown ultimate origin; possibly related to the root of {{m|gmw-pro|*flaihijan|t=to be sly, to flatter}}, though the semantic gap is wide.<ref>{{R:nl:Etymologiebank|vlijen}}</ref>

====Verb====
{{head|da|verb|present|flyr|or|flyer|past tense|flyede|past participle|flyet}}

# {{lb|da|archaic}} to [[hand]], [[give]]

=====Conjugation=====
{{da-conj|||{{l|da|flyr}} or {{l|da|flyer}}|ede|h|et|||{{l|da|flys}} or {{l|da|flyes}}|-}}

===References===
<references/>

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nb|/flyː/}}

===Etymology 1===
Short form of {{m|nb|flygemaskin}}

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-n1}}

# [[plane]], [[aeroplane]] (UK), [[airplane]] (US), [[aircraft]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|nb
|bombefly
|dronefly
|flybevegelse
|flybillett
|flydrivstoff
|flyforbudssone
|flyfoto
|flyfotografi
|flyfotograf
|flyfrakt
|flyklubb
|flykrasj
|flykropp
|flyplass
|flyreise
|flyselskap
|flystasjon
|flystripe
|flyterminal
|flytrafikk
|flytur
|flyvåpen
|glidefly
|jagerfly
|jetfly
|kampfly
|mikrofly
|militærfly
|modellfly
|papirfly
|passasjerfly
|privatfly
|rutefly
|seilfly
|sjøfly
|transportfly
}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|nb|non|fljúga}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nb|flyge}}

====Verb====
{{head|nb|verb|imperative|fly|present tense|flyr|simple past|fløy|past participle|flydd|or|fløyet}}

# to {{l|en|fly}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|nb|glidefly}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nn|/flyː/}} {{nn-pronu-note}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|nn|ine-pro|*plewk-}}
{{clipping|nn|flygemaskin||flying machine}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-n1}}

# {{senseid|nn|airplane}} [[plane]], [[aeroplane]] (UK), [[airplane]] (US), [[aircraft]]
#: {{ux|nn|Skunda deg, elles misser du '''flyet''' ditt!|Hurry up, or you'll miss your '''plane'''!}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|nn
|bombefly
|dronefly
|flybillett
|flydrivstoff
|flyfoto
|flyfotografi
|flyfotograf
|flyfrakt
|flyklubb
|flykrasj
|flykropp
|flyplass
|flyreise
|flyselskap
|flystasjon
|flystripe
|flyterminal
|flytrafikk
|flytur
|flyvåpen
|jagarfly
|jetfly
|kampfly
|modellfly
|mikrofly
|militærfly
|papirfly
|passasjerfly
|privatfly
|rutefly
|sjøfly
|transportfly
}}

===Etymology 2===
{{root|nn|ine-pro|*plewk-}}
From {{inh|nn|non|fljúga}}, from {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*fleuganą}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nn|fljuga|fljuge|flyga|flyge}}

====Verb====
{{head|nn|verb|cat2=class 2 strong verbs|cat3=strong verbs|present tense|flyr|or|flyg|past tense|flaug|supine|floge|past participle|flogen|present participle|flygande|imperative|fly|or|flyg}}

# {{senseid|nn|to fly}} {{lb|nn|intransitive}} to {{l|en|fly}} (to travel through [[air]], another [[gas]] or a [[vacuum]], without being in contact with a grounded surface)
# {{lb|nn|transitive|ergative}} to cause to {{l|en|fly}}: to [[transport]] via air or the like
# {{lb|nn|intransitive}} to [[run]], move [[fast]]
# {{lb|nn|intransitive|chiefly|about farm animals}} to be [[in heat]], [[rutting]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|nn
|flygande hund
|flygande festning
|flygande mare
|flygande tallerk
|flygande tallerken
|flygar
|flygebane
|flygeblad
|flygedyktig
|flygeferdig
|flygefisk
|flygefør
|flygehud
|flygeidé
|flygeleiar
|flygelem
|flygemaskin
|flygemaur
|flygeregistrator
|flygesand
|flygeskrift
|flygetid
|flygetur
|flygeøgle
}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|nn|fløygje}}

====Adjective====
{{nn-adj-irreg|n=flytt}}

# [[very]] [[steep]]

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-n1}}

# a very [[steep]] [[cliff]]

===Etymology 3===
From {{inh|nn|non|flýja}}, from {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*fleuhaną}}.

====Verb====
{{nn-verb-3}}

# {{senseid|nn|flee}} {{lb|nn|intransitive}} to [[escape]]; [[flee]]; [[run]] [[away]]
#: {{syn|nn|flykte}}
# {{senseid|nn|flee}} {{lb|nn|transitive}} to [[escape]] from

===Etymology 4===
{{root|nn|ine-pro|*plewk-}}
{{clipping|nn|flygande||flying}}, present participle of {{m|nn|fly|id=to fly}}.

====Adverb====
{{head|nn|adverb|cat2=intensifiers}}

# {{lb|nn|colloquial}} {{ng|Used as an [[intensifier]] for the word {{m|nn|forbanna}}}}
#: {{ux|nn|Han vart '''fly''' forbanna.}}

===Etymology 5===
{{root|nn|ine-pro|*plewk-}}
Compare with {{m|nn|flye|g=n||flying insect}} and {{cog|en|fly}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-f1}}

# [[small]] ([[flying]]) [[insect]]
# {{lb|nn|fishing}} [[bait]]

===Etymology 6===

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-f1}}

# [[speck]]s
#: {{syn|nn|rusk|grann}}

===Etymology 7===

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-f1}}

# [[mountain]] [[plateau]]
#: {{syn|nn|vidde|fjellvidde}}

===Etymology 8===
{{unc|nn}}, though may be related to {{m|nn|flyta||to float}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-n1}}

# [[sump]]

===Etymology 9===
Related to, or possibly a doublet of {{m|nn|flø|id=tepid}}, from {{der|nn|non|flór}}.

====Adjective====
{{nn-adj-irreg|n=flytt}}

# {{senseid|nn|tepid}} [[tepid]]

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}
* {{R:Aasen1850|fly}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|nn|a=fly|fyl}}

{{C|nn|Landforms}}

==Scots==

===Adjective===
{{head|sco|adjective}}

# {{lb|sco|slang|chiefly|Doric}} [[sneaky]]
#* {{quote-web|1=sco|author=Charley Buchan; Karen Barrett-Ayres|work=Doric Voices|title=A Fly Cup|url=http://www.rgu.ac.uk/news-and-events/doric/a-fly-cup|date=2013-11-12|publisher=Robert Gordon University|passage=Noo then, fa's for a '''fly''' cup?|translation=Now then, who's for a sneaky cup?|accessdate=16 April 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506180307/http://www.rgu.ac.uk/news-and-events/doric/a-fly-cup|archivedate=6 May 2018}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|flyia|flȳia}}, {{m|gmq-osw|flya|flȳa}}, from {{inh|sv|non|flýja}}, from {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*fleuhaną}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sv|Sv-fly.ogg}}

===Verb===
{{sv-verb-reg|fly|r|dde}}

# to [[flee]], to [[run away]], to [[escape]]
#: {{ux|sv|[[fånge|Fångarna]] [[försöka|försökte]] '''fly''' från [[fängelse]]t.|The prisoners tried to '''escape''' from jail.}}
#: {{ux|sv|Med tårarna strömmande ned för sina kinder '''flydde''' hon undan de andra tjejernas glåpord.|With tears streaming down her cheeks, she '''fled''' the taunting words of the other girls.}}
# to [[pass]], to [[go by]] (of time)
#* {{quote-book|sv|year=1964|author=Gunnel Vallquist|title=title of the new Swedish translation of Proust's ''À la recherche du temps perdu''|text=På spaning efter den tid som '''flytt'''|t=In Search of Lost Time}}
#* {{quote-book|sv|year=1965|author=w:Sven-Ingvars|title=Börja om från början|text=Varför ska man sörja tider som har '''flytt'''?|t=Why should one feel sorry for times that have '''passed'''?}}

====Conjugation====
{{sv-conj-wk|fly|end=vw}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sv|fly fältet}}
* {{l|sv|nattfly}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sv|flykt}}
* {{l|sv|flykting}}

====See also====
* {{l|sv|fly förbannad}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}

{{C|sv|Time}}