Kite

//kʰaɪt//

Synonyms for "kite" (51 found)

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331 translations across 139 languages.

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Acehnese

1 entries
  • kleuëng noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • vlieër noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Albanian

2 entries
  • qift noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • qift noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • λούπης noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • ἴκτινος noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حداية noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • حَدَأَة noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • طيارة ورق noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • طَائِرَة وَرَقِيَّة noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ուրուր noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • ցին noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • օդապարուկ noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Assamese

4 entries
  • চিলনী noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • চিলা noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • চিলা noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • শেন চৰাই noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Asturian

3 entries
  • galfarru noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • milatu noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • milán noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • uçurtma noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • çalağan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • çərpələng noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Balinese Malay

1 entries
  • layangan noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Basque

2 entries
  • kometa noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • miru noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Bats

1 entries
  • ძე̄რ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Belait

1 entries
  • kepine noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • змей noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • каршу́н noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • паве́траны змей noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • buradol noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Breton

1 entries
  • skoul noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Brunei Bisaya

1 entries
  • kalayang noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • layang-layang noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ка́ня noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • катера́ч noun (cycling, slang: rider who is good at climbs)
  • фалши́в чек noun (banking: fraudulent cheque)
  • хвърчи́ло noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Burmese

2 entries
  • စွန် noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • စွန် noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Catalan

4 entries
  • catxerulo noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • estel noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • milotxa noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • milà noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Chechen

1 entries
  • гӏиргӏа noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Chinese

4 entries
  • 狂吹 noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • 籐牛 /藤牛 noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • 響弓 /响弓 noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • 風吹 /风吹 noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 紙鷂 /纸鹞 noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • 風箏 /风筝 noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • 鷂形 /鹞形 noun (geometry: a polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite; a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end)
  • 放紙鷂 /放纸鹞 verb (to fly a toy kite)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 箏形 /筝形 noun (geometry: a polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite; a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end)
  • 紙鳶 /纸鸢 noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • 風槎 /风槎 noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • 風箏 /风筝 noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲕⲓⲧⲉ noun (measure of weight)

Czech

3 entries
  • drak noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • luňák noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • pouštět draka verb (to fly a toy kite)

Danish

2 entries
  • drage noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • glente noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Demotic Egyptian

1 entries
  • qt noun (measure of weight)

Dutch

3 entries
  • kite noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • vlieger noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • wouw noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • курныж noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • qd-t:O39 noun (measure of weight)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • flugdrako noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • kajto noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • milvo noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lohe noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Faroese

2 entries
  • dreki noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • gletta noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Finnish

4 entries
  • haukka noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • leija noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • leija noun (tethered object)
  • leija noun (astrology: certain planetary configuration)

French

3 entries
  • cerf-volant noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • cerf-volant noun (geometry: a polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite; a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end)
  • milan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Friulian

1 entries
  • nibli noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Galician

4 entries
  • albela noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • bullafre noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • busaco noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • miango noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ქაღალდის ფრანი noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • ძერა noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

German

4 entries
  • Drachen noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • Drachenviereck noun (geometry: a polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite; a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end)
  • Fesseldrachen noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • Kite noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Greek

2 entries
  • τσίφτης noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • χαρταετός noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries
  • 紙鷂仔 /纸鹞仔 noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • 放紙鷂仔 /放纸鹞仔 verb (to fly a toy kite)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • דַּיָּה noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • דַּלְתּוֹן noun (geometry: a polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite; a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end)
  • עֲפִיפוֹן noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Hindi

2 entries
  • चील noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • पतंग noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • deltoid noun (geometry: a polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite; a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end)
  • fedezetlen csekk/váltó noun (banking: fraudulent cheque)
  • kuhi noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • kánya noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Iban

2 entries
  • gegudi noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • gudi noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • flugdreki noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • layang-layang noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • layangan noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Irish

2 entries
  • cúr noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • eitleog noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Italian

2 entries
  • aquilone noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • nibbio noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Japanese

4 entries
  • いか noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • てんばた noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • トビ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • анкъкъав noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Kankanaey

1 entries
  • ollaw noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಗಾಳಿಪಟ noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • burarul noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Kashmiri

2 entries
  • گانٛٹھ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • گٲنٛٹھ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • батпырауық noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Ket

2 entries
  • ӄаӈгит noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • ӄа’ӈ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ខ្លែង noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • ខ្លែង noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • ខ្លែងព្នង noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Korean

2 entries
  • 솔개 noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Kristang

1 entries
  • sanggola noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • батперек noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • куйрук noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Kölsch

3 entries
  • Pattevuel noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • Pattevugel noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • Pattevul noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Lao

1 entries
  • ວ່າວ noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Latin

1 entries
  • milvus noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Latvian

2 entries
  • klija noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • pūķis noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Laz

2 entries
  • მჯაჯი noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • ჩაილაღი noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • aitvaras noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • peslys noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • plon noun (lightweight toy for flying)

1 entries
  • ᦞᦱᧁᧈ noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • змеј noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • луња noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Malay

1 entries
  • layang-layang noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പട്ടം noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Marathi

1 entries
  • पतंग noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Mazanderani

1 entries
  • جول noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Middle English

2 entries
  • glede noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • kyte noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • ძერა noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • илээ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • цаасан шувуу noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • элээ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • ᠡᠯᠢᠶ᠎ᠡ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Māori

4 entries
  • manu noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • manu aute noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • manu tukutuku noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • pākau noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Nanai

1 entries
  • пичуэн noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Navajo

1 entries
  • naaltsoos naaltʼaʼí noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • niglio noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • tiara noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Nivkh

1 entries
  • пʼиск noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Northern Altai

1 entries
  • сары noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • drage noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • glente noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Occitan

1 entries
  • milan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Old English

1 entries
  • glida noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Old French

1 entries
  • escofle noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • صیچانجیل noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Persian

4 entries
  • بادبادَک noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • جول noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • خات noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • زَغَن noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Polish

4 entries
  • deltoid noun (geometry: a polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite; a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end)
  • gryps noun (prison slang: concealed letter)
  • kania noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • latawiec noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • joeira noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • milhafre noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • pandorga noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • papagaio noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਇੱਲ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • góndhi noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Romanian

4 entries
  • erete noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • gaie noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • milan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • zmeu noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Rungus

1 entries
  • tombun noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Russian

4 entries
  • дельто́ид noun (geometry: a polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite; a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end)
  • змей noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • ко́ршун noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • запуска́ть зме́я verb (to fly a toy kite)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱠᱩᱲᱤᱫ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • asturolia noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • tiloria noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • tzirolia noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • clamhan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • iteileag noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • lunja noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • zmȁj noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • зма̏ј noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • луња noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • nigghiu noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Slovak

2 entries
  • drak noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • haja noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Slovene

4 entries
  • zmaj noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • škarjek noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • škarnik noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • škarnjek noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • тейлеген noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aguililla noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • barrilete noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • cachirulo noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • capuchino noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • ᮜᮍᮣᮚᮍᮔ᮪ noun (geometry: a polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite; a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end)

Svan

1 entries
  • ჟუ̂ი̄ნა noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Swahili

2 entries
  • mwewe noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • tiara noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Swedish

2 entries
  • drake noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • glada noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • papagayo noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • saranggola noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • pāuma noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Tajik

2 entries
  • бодбарак noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • бодпарак noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Tamil

2 entries
  • காற்றாடி noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • பட்டம் noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • asiwan noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Tatar

3 entries
  • очыргыч noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • очырткыч noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • тилгән noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Telugu

1 entries
  • గాలిపటం noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Thai

2 entries
  • ว่าว noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • สี่เหลี่ยมรูปว่าว noun (geometry: a polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite; a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • པིང་ཀྱུ་མ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • བྱ་འཕིར noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Turkish

3 entries
  • deltoid noun (geometry: a polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite; a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end)
  • uçurtma noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • çaylak noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Tutong

1 entries
  • layang-layang noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • змій noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • літу́н noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • пові́тряний змій noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • повітря́ний змій noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • zmij noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Urdu

2 entries
  • پَتَن٘گ noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • چیل noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • لەگلەك noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • varrak noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Venetan

2 entries
  • pogia noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • poja noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • diều noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Volapük

3 entries
  • drak noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • papüradrak noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • pöpadlak noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • banug-banog noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Welsh

2 entries
  • barcud noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)
  • barcudiaid noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

West Coast Bajau

2 entries
  • saligundi' noun (lightweight toy for flying)
  • selegundi' noun (lightweight toy for flying)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • glee noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Wolof

1 entries
  • céeli bi noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Yakut

1 entries
  • элиэ noun (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פֿלישלאַנג noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • perenge noun (lightweight toy for flying)

Sample sentences

71 total sentences available.

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Tom attached the string to the kite.

Source: tatoeba (37064)

Flying a kite can be dangerous.

Source: tatoeba (40912)

The kite went upward.

Source: tatoeba (40913)

The kite got caught in the tree.

Source: tatoeba (40916)

Showing 4 of 71 available sentences.

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