There is a dragonfly on the ceiling.
Source: tatoeba (278780)
Dragonfly
//ˈdɹæɡənˌflaɪ//
Synonyms for "dragonfly" (22 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (11)
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6 entriesTranslations
201 translations across 134 languages.
Abkhaz
2 entries- амаҭхса́ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- аӡахы́баа noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Afrikaans
1 entries- naaldekoker noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Aklanon
1 entries- tambibidli noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Albanian
1 entries- pilivesë noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Antillean Creole
2 entries- zinglèt noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- zingzing noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Arabic
2 entries- يَعْسُوب noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- يَعْسُوب noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Armenian
1 entries- ճպուռ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Assamese
2 entries- জিঞাঁ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- জিয়াঁ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Asturian
3 entries- aceitera noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- cortanarices noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- cortañarices noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- iynəcə noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Bahnar
1 entries- klo 'ba noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Basque
1 entries- burruntzi noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Belarusian
1 entries- страказа́ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Bengali
1 entries- ফড়িং noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Bikol Central
2 entries- alibangbang noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- atibagros noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Breton
2 entries- marc'h-aer noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- nadoz-aer noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Bulgarian
1 entries- во́дно ко́нче noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Burmese
1 entries- ပုစဉ်း noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Catalan
4 entries- barratgina f. noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- cavall de serp noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- espiadimonis noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- libèl·lula noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Cebuano
3 entries- alindanaw noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- handanaw noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- helikopter noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Chechen
1 entries- шайтӏанан дин noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Chepang
1 entries- दुय्ला noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Chinese
1 entries- 田嬰 /田婴 noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 蜻蜓 noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 丁丁貓兒 /丁丁猫儿 noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- 蜻蜓 noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Czech
1 entries- vážka noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Danish
1 entries- guldsmed noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Dhuwal
1 entries- ḏikarr noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Drung
1 entries- nvmzer tvma noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Dutch
1 entries- libel noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Dzongkha
1 entries- གནམ་གྲུ་འབུཔ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Eastern Cham
1 entries- ꨈꨮꩌ ꨈꨮꩊ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Erzya
1 entries- салмуксонь салы noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Esperanto
1 entries- libelo noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Estonian
1 entries- kiil noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Faroese
2 entries- drekafluga noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- gullsmiður noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Finnish
1 entries- sudenkorento noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
French
1 entries- libellule noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Galician
2 entries- cabalo do demo noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- libélula noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Georgian
2 entries- ნემსიყლაპია noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- ჭრიჭინა noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
German
3 entries- Gufeschisser noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- Libelle noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- Wasserjungfer noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Greek
2 entries- λιβελλούλη noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- λιβελούλα noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 揚尾仔 /扬尾仔 noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pīnao noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Hebrew
1 entries- שַׁפִּירִית noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- tumbak-tumbak noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Hindi
1 entries- व्याध पतंग noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Hungarian
1 entries- szitakötő noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Icelandic
2 entries- drekafluga noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- slenja noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Ido
1 entries- libelulo noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Ilocano
1 entries- billobillo noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Indonesian
1 entries- capung noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Ingrian
2 entries- suenkorenta noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- suenkorento noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Irish
1 entries- snáthaid mhór noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Isthmus Zapotec
2 entries- sumpirinisa noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- xhumpirinisa noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Italian
1 entries- libellula noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Japanese
2 entries- トンボ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- 蜻蛉 noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Jeju
1 entries- 밥주리 noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Kalagan
1 entries- antotobig noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Kalmyk
1 entries- темәлҗрһн noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Kanakanabu
1 entries- tamcurunga noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Kankanaey
4 entries- ayyoyogan noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- kalkaltongan noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- lallao noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- wawwao noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Kapampangan
1 entries- tulang noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Kavalan
1 entries- putit noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Kazakh
1 entries- инелік noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Khmer
1 entries- កន្ទុំរុយ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Khowar
1 entries- غیچودیاک noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Klamath-Modoc
1 entries- qoqdinks noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- юрси гусь noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Korean
1 entries- 잠자리 noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ийнелик noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Lao
2 entries- ປໍ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- ແມງປໍ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Latgalian
1 entries- spuorņs noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Latin
1 entries- libellula noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Latvian
1 entries- spāre noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Lithuanian
4 entries- laumžirgis noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- skėtė noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- strėlikė noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- žirgelis noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- bogowy kónik noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- libela noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Lubuagan Kalinga
1 entries- belliling noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Libell noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Macedonian
1 entries- вилино коњче noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Malagasy
1 entries- angidina noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Malay
2 entries- capung noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- pepatung noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Malayalam
2 entries- കല്ലൻതുമ്പി noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- തുമ്പി noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Maltese
3 entries- debba tax-xitan noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- mazzarell noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- ħelikopter noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Mansaka
1 entries- sagumbabarit noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Mecayapan Nahuatl
2 entries- a̱tzóncal (Tatahuicapan) noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- tzoncalhuihuitani noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Mongolian
2 entries- соно noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- ᠰᠣᠨᠤ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Māori
4 entries- kapowai noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- kapowai noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- kapowai noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- uruururoroa noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Navajo
1 entries- tániilʼáí noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Northern Altai
1 entries- сенъирткеш noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- zencere noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Northern Puebla Nahuatl
3 entries- icahuayo in ahmo cuali tlacatl noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- isayol in atl noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- sayolatl noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- øyenstikker noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- øyestikker noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- augestikkar noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- augnestikkar noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Nuosu
1 entries- ꊴ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Ojibwe
1 entries- oboodashkwaanishiinh noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یوسفجك noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Pacoh
1 entries- tang tuiq noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Palauan
1 entries- chemaiong noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Persian
3 entries- بمبیرک noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- سنجاقک noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- سوزنک noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Polish
1 entries- ważka noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Portuguese
2 entries- lavadeira noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- libélula noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Romanian
1 entries- libelulă noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Russian
1 entries- стрекоза́ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
S'gaw Karen
2 entries- ကွဲၢ်မိၢ်ဘီ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- ကွဲၢ်လဲၢ်ဘီ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Sanskrit
2 entries- प्राचिका noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- प्राचिका noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- cuileag-lasrach noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- tarbh-nathrach noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- tarbhan-nathrach noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Sedang
1 entries- xing xông noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- vilin konjic noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- vilinski konjic noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- вилин коњиц noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- вилински коњиц noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Shor
1 entries- сур noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- čuõškkvuâppai noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Slovak
1 entries- vážka noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Slovene
1 entries- kačji pastir noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Spanish
3 entries- aguacil noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- libélula noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- pipilacha noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Swedish
1 entries- trollslända noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Tagalog
1 entries- tutubi noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Tajik
1 entries- сӯзанак noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Tamil
2 entries- தட்டான் noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- தும்பி noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Tatar
1 entries- энә карагы noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Telugu
1 entries- తూనీగ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Thai
1 entries- แมลงปอ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Turkish
4 entries- dambıra noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- helikopter böceği noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- kızböceği noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- yusufçuk noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Turkmen
1 entries- teneçir noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ба́бка noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- ва́жка noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- стрекоза́ noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Unami
1 entries- wehùpòktis noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Uzbek
2 entries- ninachi noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
- soʻzanak noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chuồn chuồn noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Volapük
1 entries- libelul noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- tambuburay noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Welsh
1 entries- gwas y neidr noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- bari-bari noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Wolof
1 entries- xund-xund noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Yoruba
1 entries- lámilámi noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Zulu
1 entries- uzekamanzi class 1a/2a noun (insect of the infraorder Anisoptera)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The dragonfly was skimming across the water.
Source: tatoeba (328745)
The dragonfly gracefully passed over the water.
Source: tatoeba (1664985)
I was bitten by a dragonfly.
Source: tatoeba (5376342)
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