UFO
English
Etymology
Abbreviations.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊ
Noun
UFO (plural UFOs)
- Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft. [from 20th c.]
- 1967, Brad Steiger, Joan Whritenour, “Someone Up There May Not Like Us”, in Flying Saucers Are Hostile[1], Tandem Publishing, published 1975, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13:
- After the case had been reported in the newspapers, Mrs. Gracindo de Souza, wife of a member of the local stock exchange, told police that she and her daughter had been driving down Alameda Sao Boaventura when they had seen an UFO hovering over the clearing where the bodies were later discovered.
- 2004, George Carlin, “THEY CAME FROM OUT OF THE SKY”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?[2], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 12:
- To my way of thinking, there is every bit as much evidence for the existence of UFOs as there is for the existence of God. Probably far more. At least in the case of UFOs there have been countless taped and filmed—and, by the way, unexplained—sightings from all over the world, along with documented radar evidence seen by experienced military and civilian radar operators.
- (colloquial) An "unfinished object" in knitting or other kinds of craft. [from 20th c.]
- 2007, Kerry Wills, The Close-knit Circle: American Knitters Today, p. 107:
- UFOs differ from WIPs in that a WIP is a project one is actively pursuing, while a UFO runs the risk of never getting finished.
- 2007, Kerry Wills, The Close-knit Circle: American Knitters Today, p. 107:
Synonyms
unidentified flying object
Derived terms
unidentified flying object
Related terms
unidentified flying object
Descendants
All are borrowed.
Translations
an unidentified flying object
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See also
unidentified flying object
Anagrams
Czech
Noun
UFO
Estonian
Etymology
Noun
UFO
References
Finnish
Noun
UFO
- UFO (unidentified flying object)
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English UFO, initialism of unidentified flying object, itself translated into German as unidentifiziertes Flugobjekt or more commonly unbekanntes Flugobjekt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːfo/
- It is entirely unusual to pronounce the letters individually and such a pronunciation would be unlikely to be understood.
Noun
UFO n (strong, genitive UFOs or UFO, plural UFOs or UFO)
Declension
Declension of UFO [neuter, strong]
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “UFO” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Italian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
UFO m (invariable)
- UFO
- Synonyms: oggetto volante non identificato m, alieno m
Japanese
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English UFO, but pronounced like an acronym rather than a mere initialism.
Pronunciation
Noun
- Synonym of 未確認飛行物体 (mikakunin hikō buttai, “unidentified flying object”); a UFO
See also
- UMA (yūma)
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English UFO.
Pronunciation
Noun
UFO n (indeclinable)
Derived terms
nouns
Related terms
adjective
noun
Further reading
- UFO in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- UFO in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English UFO.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "BR" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈu.fo/
- It is uncommon for the letters to be pronounced individually.
Noun
UFO m (plural UFOs)
- UFO; alien spacecraft
- Synonyms: disco voador, OVNI, óvni, objeto voador não identificado
Related terms
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