flight

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Etymology

Old English flyht, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiz. Cognate with Dutch vlucht.

Pronunciation

• enPR: flīt, IPA: /flaɪt/, SAMPA: /flaIt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

flight (countable and uncountable; plural flights)

A jet in flight

1. The act of flying.

   Birds are capable of flight

2. An instance of flying.

   The migrating birds' flight took them to Africa.

3. A collective term for doves or swallows.
4. A journey made by an aircraft, eg a balloon, plane or space shuttle, particularly one between two airports, which needs to be reserved in advance.

   The flight to Paris leaves at 7 o'clock tonight

   Where is the departure gate for flight 747? / Go straight down and to the right.

5. The act of fleeing. (Flight is the noun which corresponds to the verb flee.)

   take flight

6. A set of stairs or an escalator. A series of stairs between landings.
7. A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.

   How many flights is it up?

8. A feather on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
9. A paper plane.
10. (cricket): The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
11. The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
12. An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
13. Act of fleeing of a refugee or a fugitive.
14. An air force unit.
15. Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
16. (engineering) The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.

Related terms

direct flight flight attendant flight ceiling flight data recorder flightiness flightless flight level flight of fancy

flight path flight recorder flighty in-flight, inflight Lévy flight maiden flight midflight

overflight preflight spaceflight, space flight take flight time-of-flight time-of-flight mass spectrometry top-flight, topflight

Translations

act of flying

Arabic: طيران (Tayaraan) m., تحليق (ar) (taHliiq) m. Armenian: թռիչք (hy) (t'ṙičk') Chinese: Mandarin: 飛行 (cmn), 飞行 (cmn) (fēixíng) Czech: let (cs) m. Danish: flyvning (da) c. Dutch: vlucht (nl) f., vliegen (nl) n. Esperanto: flugo Finnish: lento (fi) French: vol (fr) m. Georgian: გაფრენა (ka) (gap'rena) German: Flug (de) m. Greek: πτήση (el) (ptísi) f. Guaraní: veve Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: repülés (hu) Interlingua: volo Italian: volo (it) m., fuga (it) f.

Japanese: 飛 (とび tobi) Korean: please add this translation if you can Kurdish: firr (ku) Latin: fuga (la) f., volatus (la) m. Latvian: lidošana (lv) f., lidojums (lv) m. Lithuanian: skrydis (lt) m., skridimas (lt) m. Macedonian: лет (mk) (let) m. Old English: please add this translation if you can Persian: پرش (fa) Polish: lot (pl) m. Portuguese: vôo (pt) m. (Brazil), voo (pt) m. (Portugal) Romanian: zbor (ro) n., zburare (ro) f. Russian: полёт (ru) (poljót) m. Spanish: vuelo (es) m. Swedish: flyg (sv) n. Thai: เที่ยวบิน (tîeow bin) Tupinambá: bebé Turkish: uçma Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

instance of flying

Armenian: թռիչք (hy) (t'ṙičk') Czech: let (cs) m. French: vol (fr) m. German: Flug (de) m. Greek: πτήση (el) f. Hungarian: járat (hu)

Italian: volo (it) m., fuga (it) f. Latin: volatus (la) m., fuga (la) f. Macedonian: лет (mk) (let) m., летање (mk) (létanje) n. Polish: lot (pl) m. Romanian: zbor (ro) n. Russian: полёт (ru) (poljót) m., перелёт (ru) (pereljót) m.

group of doves or swallows

Czech: hejno (cs) n. Finnish: parvi (fi) Greek: σμήνος (el) n. Italian: stormo (it) m. Latin: turma (la) f., agmen (la) n.

Macedonian: јато (mk) (játo) n. Polish: stado (pl) n. Russian: стая (ru) (stája) f. Scottish Gaelic: ealt (gd) f.

journey made by an aircraft

Armenian: թռիչք (hy) (t'ṙičk'), չվերթ (hy) (čvert’) Czech: let (cs) m. Finnish: lento (fi) French: vol (fr) m. Greek: πτήση (el) f. Hebrew: טיסה (he) (tisá) f. Italian: volo (it) m. Latin: volatus (la) m. Latvian: , lidojums (lv) m.

Lithuanian: skrydis (lt) m. Macedonian: лет (mk) (let) m. Polish: lot (pl) m. Portuguese: vôo (pt) m. Russian: полёт (ru) (poljót) m., перелёт (ru) (pereljót) m., (specific, especially with numbers) рейс (ru) (rejs) m. Spanish: vuelo (es) m. Swedish: flight (sv) c.

act of fleeing

Arabic: فِرار (ar) (firar) m. Armenian: փախուստ (hy) (p'axust) Czech: útěk (cs) m. Finnish: pako (fi) French: fuite (fr) f. German: Flucht (de) f. Greek: φόβος (el) m., φυγή (el) f. Hungarian: menekülés (hu) Italian: fuga (it) f.

Latin: fuga (la) f. Macedonian: бегство (mk) (bégstvo) n. Polish: ucieczka (pl) f. Portuguese: fuga (pt) f. Romanian: fugă (ro) Russian: побег (ru) (pobég) m., бегство (ru) (bégstvo) n. Spanish: fuga (es) f., huida (es) Swedish: flykt (sv) c.

set of stairs

Czech: rameno (cs) n. Finnish: portaat (fi), raput (fi), portaikko (fi) French: volée (fr) f.

Italian: rampa (it) f. Russian: пролёт (ru) (proljót) m. Scottish Gaelic: staidhre (gd) f.

floor of building

Czech: patro (cs) n. Italian: piano (it) m.

Latin: planities (la) f. Russian: пролёт (ru) (proljót) m.

feather on an arrow

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Japanese: 便 (びん, bin) Serbo-Croatian: лет (sr) (let) m.

Slovene: beg (sl) m. Tok Pisin: balus

Adjective

flight (comparative more flight, superlative most flight)

1. (obsolete) Fast, swift.

See also

Appendix:English collective nouns

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English flyht.

Noun

flight (plural flights)

1. flight (act of flying)