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flier

/ˈflaɪə/FLIGH-ur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈflaɪɚ/FLIGH-ur

Meaningone that flies

Common meaning: a pilot

Other meanings: a leaflet

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Journey through time

  1. Old Englishfleogan‘to fly as with wings’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishflegensource
  3. Englishfly‘to travel aloft on wings’
  4. Englishformed in English from flyflier‘a pilot’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from fly + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FLY, p.214 · scan

Source words

  • fleogan Old English · source word “flying”

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