The helicopter is at a hover.
Source: tatoeba (2457796)
Hover
//ˈhɒvə//
Synonyms for "hover" (132 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (66)
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2 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
184 translations across 57 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- sweef verb (to keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air)
- sweef verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Arabic
1 entries- حَامَ verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Baatonum
1 entries- bɛɛri verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Belarusian
2 entries- віта́ць verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- луна́ць verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Bikol Central
1 entries- lupád verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Bulgarian
3 entries- колебая се verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
- нося се verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- рея се verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Catalan
1 entries- zumzejar verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Cebuano
1 entries- langaw verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Central Franconian
1 entries- schwevve verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 摟 /搂 verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 㝼 verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- 彽徊 verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
- 懸停 /悬停 verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- 懸停 /悬停 verb (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result)
Czech
3 entries- balancovat verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
- najet kurzorem na hyperodkaz verb (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result)
- vznášet verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Dutch
3 entries- omzweven verb (to keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air)
- omzweven verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- zweven verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Esperanto
2 entries- flugpendi verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- ŝvebi verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Estonian
1 entries- hõljuma verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Finnish
4 entries- kieleke noun (overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter)
- leijuminen noun (act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place)
- leijunta noun (act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place)
- leijuva lintuparvi noun (flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place)
French
4 entries- faire du sur-place verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
- hésiter verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
- planer verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- éventiller verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Galician
4 entries- atariñar verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- atariñar verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
- bambanear verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
- bambear verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
Ge'ez
1 entries- ጸለለ verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
German
4 entries- Auffliegen (Geflügel) noun (flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place)
- Schwebezustand noun (act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place)
- Versteck (hinter Steinen) noun (overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter)
- behüten verb (of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings)
Greek
3 entries- αιωρούμαι verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- αιωρούμαι verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
- αλαφροζυγιάζομαι verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Greenlandic
3 entries- agiorpoq verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- niviorpaa verb (to keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air)
- qangatavoq verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Hebrew
1 entries- רִחֵף verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Icelandic
2 entries- sveima verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- svífa verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Ido
1 entries- flugetar verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Indonesian
1 entries- layang verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Irish
1 entries- ainligh verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Italian
4 entries- aggirarsi verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
- attardarsi verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
- esitare verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
- essere in bilico verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
Japanese
1 entries- 揉み合う verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
Korean
1 entries- 맴돌다 verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
Latin
4 entries- circumvolitō verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
- impendeō verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
- oberrō verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- pendeō verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Latvian
2 entries- peldēt verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- stāvēt verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Limburgish
1 entries- schwéëve verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- schwiewen verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Macedonian
4 entries- ле́бди verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- се вр́ти verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
- се вр́тка verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
- се ко́леба verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
Malagasy
1 entries- mihevaheva verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Maltese
1 entries- sseqqer verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Māori
2 entries- topaki verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- tīonioni verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Norwegian
1 entries- oversveve verb (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sveve verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sveve verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Occitan
2 entries- flotejar verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- planar verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Polish
2 entries- zawisać verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- zawisnąć verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Portuguese
4 entries- hesitar verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
- pairar verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- vacilar verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
- voltear verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
Romanian
3 entries- oscila verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
- plasa cursorul peste link verb (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result)
- pluti verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Russian
4 entries- болта́ться verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
- верте́ться verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
- ви́ться verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- вита́ть verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Scots
1 entries- hover verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lèbdeti verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- lèbdjeti verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- лѐбдети verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- лѐбдјети verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Spanish
4 entries- cernerse verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- colocar el puntero sobre verb (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result)
- dudar verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
- hesitar verb (to be indecisive or uncertain — see also vacillate, waver)
Swedish
1 entries- sväva verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Thai
1 entries- ร่อน verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Turkish
2 entries- havada durmak verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- uçmak verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ширя́ти verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chờn vờn verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
- luẩn quẩn verb (to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner)
- lượn verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
- rê chuột verb (to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over (something on a screen) without clicking, so as to produce a result)
Welsh
1 entries- hofran verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Yiddish
1 entries- שוועבן verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ǀxâã verb (to remain stationary or float in the air)
Sample sentences
41 total sentences available.
"When you're ready, pick it up and hover over to the helipad."
Source: tatoeba (2457928)
Fair is foul, and foul is fair: hover through the fog and filthy air.
Source: tatoeba (2588698)
Helicopter parents are parents that hover over their children like helicopters.
Source: tatoeba (6331983)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.