Horsefly

Synonyms for "horsefly" (12 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)

Related words (6)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

More specific

4 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

derived from

1 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

6 entries

Translations

152 translations across 112 languages.

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Abenaki

1 entries
  • massakwa noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • perdevlieg noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μύωψ noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Arabic

1 entries
  • نُعَرَة noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Arapaho

1 entries
  • niice'noubee noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Archi

1 entries
  • наӏкьу noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մոզ noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Aromanian

4 entries
  • bumbar noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • davan noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • streclji noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • tãun noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ডাঁহ noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Asturian

1 entries
  • tabánido noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Avar

1 entries
  • никӏкӏ noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • böyələk noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • göyün noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • күгәүен noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Basque

1 entries
  • ezpara noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Brejm noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • сляпень noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ঘোড়া মাছি noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Breton

2 entries
  • boui noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • moui noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ко́нска муха́ noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Catalan

2 entries
  • tabànid noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • tàvec noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᏓᎦᎦ noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • ᏓᎹᎦ noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • 馬蠅 /马蝇 noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Cornish

1 entries
  • sodron noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Cree

2 entries
  • ᒥᓯᒑᕁ noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • ᒥᓯᓵᕁ noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Czech

1 entries
  • ovád noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Danish

1 entries
  • klæg noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Dutch

3 entries
  • blinddaas noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • daas noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • steekvlieg noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • пормо noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tabano noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Estonian

1 entries
  • parm noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Faroese

1 entries
  • kleggi noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Finnish

1 entries
  • paarma noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Franco-Provençal

1 entries
  • tavan noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

French

1 entries
  • taon noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Friulian

1 entries
  • tavan noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Galician

4 entries
  • mosca caíña noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • moscardo noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • tabardo noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • tabán noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Gamilaraay

1 entries
  • baanduu noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მაწუხელა noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

German

1 entries
  • Bremse noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Greek

1 entries
  • αλογόμυγα noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • זְבוּב הַסּוּס noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • bögöly noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kleggi noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Ido

1 entries
  • tabano noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pikat noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Ingrian

4 entries
  • paarma noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • paarmahain noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • paarmas noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • paaromain noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Irish

2 entries
  • creabhar noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • creabhar capaill noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Italian

1 entries
  • tafano noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Japanese

1 entries
  • noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Kabyle

1 entries
  • aggug noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ತೊಣಚೆ noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • сона noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Korean

1 entries
  • 등에 noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • көгөөн noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Latin

3 entries
  • asīlus noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • oestrus noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • tabānus noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Latvian

1 entries
  • dundurs noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Limburgish

2 entries
  • sjeldaes noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • staekvleeg noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Linngithigh

1 entries
  • onhi noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • sparvos noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Low German

1 entries
  • Brems noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • slěpc noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • slěpik noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Beel noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ко́њска му́ва noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Malay

1 entries
  • pikat noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പോന്ത noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

2 entries
  • 'sosahq noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • psosahq noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Mapun

1 entries
  • pikot noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Maranao

1 entries
  • langaw noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries
  • musoq noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хөх түрүү noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Navajo

2 entries
  • tłʼézhii noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Norman

1 entries
  • taon noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • klegg noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • klegg noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Occitan

1 entries
  • tavan noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • mizizaak noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • kleggi noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • آت سیڭكی noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • بوكهلك noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Persian

1 entries
  • خرمگس noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Polish

1 entries
  • bąk noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • moscardo noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • mutuca noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • tavão noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Quechua

1 entries
  • tak'a noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Romanian

1 entries
  • tăun noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Russian

1 entries
  • сле́пень noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Samogitian

1 entries
  • bimbals noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Scots

1 entries
  • cleg noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • creithleag-nan-each noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kȍnjska mùha noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • kȍnjska mùva noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • ȍbād noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • ко̏њска му̀ва noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • musca tavana noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • tavana noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • puär noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Slovak

1 entries
  • ovad noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Slovene

1 entries
  • obad noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • кӧгӧн noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Spanish

2 entries
  • tabánido noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • tábano noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • piteuk noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Swahili

1 entries
  • pange noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Swedish

1 entries
  • broms noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • bangaw noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • niknik noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Tajik

2 entries
  • kӯрмагас noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • хармагас noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Telugu

1 entries
  • జోరీగ noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Thai

2 entries
  • ฑังส noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • เหลือบ noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Turkish

1 entries
  • atsineği noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Tày

1 entries
  • ca rệp noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ґедзь noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Unami

1 entries
  • sësaw noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries
  • slěpc noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • slěpik noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • soʻna noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • сўна noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Venetan

1 entries
  • tavàn noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Welsh

2 entries
  • clêr llwyd noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)
  • pryf llwyd noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Western Mari

1 entries
  • пармы noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Yakut

1 entries
  • күлүмэн noun (fly of the family Tabanidae)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Kill this horsefly!

Source: tatoeba (10616748)

I got bitten by a horsefly.

Source: tatoeba (10683195)

A horsefly bit me.

Source: tatoeba (10782450)

It was not a horsefly and it was not a deerfly; it was bigger than either.

Source: wiktionary

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.