dragonfly

English

a dragonfly

Alternative forms

• dragon-fly

Etymology

From dragon +‎ fly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹæɡənˌflaɪ/

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Noun

dragonfly (plural dragonflies)

1. An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.
   • 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum:

     The delicate coloured Dragon Flies may have likewise some Corrosive quality.

Synonyms

• (insect of infraorder Anisoptera): adderbolt, darner, darning needle, devil's darning needle, dining needle, ear sewer, horse-stinger, mosquito fly, mosquito hawk, needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder, spindle

Translations

insect of the infraorder Anisoptera

• Abkhaz: аӡахы́баа (adzaxə́baa), амаҭхса́ (amatxsá)
• Afrikaans: naaldekoker
• Aklanon: tambibidli
• Albanian: pilivesë (sq)
• Arabic: يَعْسُوب‎ (ar) m (yaʿsūb)

  Hijazi Arabic: يَعْسُوب‎ m (yaʿsūb)

• Armenian: ճպուռ (hy) (čpuṙ)
• Assamese: জিঞাঁ (zio͂ã) / জিয়াঁ (ziã)
• Asturian: aceitera f, cortanarices m, cortañarices m
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Bahnar: klo 'ba
• Basque: burruntzi
• Belarusian: страказа́ f (strakazá)
• Bengali: ফড়িং (phôṛiṅ)
• Breton: nadoz-aer (br) f
• Bulgarian: во́дно ко́нче n (vódno kónče)
• Burmese: ပုစဉ်း (my) (pu.cany:)
• Catalan: libèl·lula (ca) f, cavall de serp (ca) m, espiadimonis (ca) m, tallanassos m, teixidor (ca) m, barratgina f.
• Cebuano: alindanaw, handanaw, helikopter
• Chechen: шайтӏанан дин (šajṭanan din)
• Chepang: दुय्‌ला
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蜻蜓 (cing¹ ting⁴)

  Hakka: 揚尾仔, 扬尾仔 (yòng-mî-é)

  Mandarin: 蜻蜓 (zh) (qīngtíng), 丁丁貓兒 (zh), 丁丁猫儿 (zh) (díngdíngmáor) (Southwestern)

  Min Nan: 田嬰 (zh-min-nan), 田婴 (chhân-eⁿ, chhân-iⁿ, chhân-ni, chhân-ne, iân-mi)

• Czech: vážka (cs) f
• Danish: guldsmed c
• Drung: nvmzer tvma
• Dutch: libel (nl) f
• Dzongkha: གནམ་གྲུ་འབུཔ (gnam gru 'bup)
• Eastern Cham: ꨈꨮꩌ ꨈꨮꩊ (gơm gơl)
• Erzya: салмуксонь салы (salmuksonʹ saly)
• Esperanto: libelo (eo)
• Estonian: kiil (et)
• Faroese: gullsmiður m, drekafluga f
• Finnish: sudenkorento
• French: libellule (fr) f
• Galician: cabalo do demo (gl) m, libélula f
• Georgian: ჭრიჭინა (ka) (č̣rič̣ina), ნემსიყლაპია (nemsiq̇laṗia)
• German: Libelle (de) f; Wasserjungfer f (dated)
• Greek: λιβελλούλη f (livelloúli), λιβελούλα (el) f (liveloúla)
• Guaraní: ñahatĩ
• Hawaiian: pīnao
• Hebrew: שַׁפִּירִית‎ (he) f (shapirit)
• Hiligaynon: tumbak-tumbak
• Hindi: व्याध पतंग (vyādh pataṅg)
• Hungarian: szitakötő (hu)
• Ido: libelulo (io)
• Ilocano: billobillo
• Indonesian: capung (id)
• Irish: snáthaid mhór f
• Isthmus Zapotec: sumpirinisa, xhumpirinisa
• Italian: libellula (it) f
• Japanese: 蜻蛉 (ja) (とんぼ, tonbo), トンボ (ja) (tonbo)
• Kalagan: antotobig
• Kalmyk: темәлҗрһн (temäljrhn)
• Kapampangan: tulang
• Kavalan: putit
• Kazakh: инелік (ïnelik)
• Khmer: កន្ទុំរុយ (km) (kɑntum ruy)
• Komi-Zyrian: юрси гусь (jursi gusʹ)
• Korean: 잠자리 (ko) (jamjari)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: zencere (ku)

• Kyrgyz: ийнелик (ky) (iynelik)

• Lao: ປໍ (pǭ), ແມງປໍ (mǣng pǭ)
• Latgalian: spuorņs m
• Latin: libellula (la) f
• Latvian: spāre f
• Lithuanian: laumžirgis (lt) m, žirgelis m, (some species) skėtė f, (some species) strėlikė f
• Lubuagan Kalinga: belliling
• Luxembourgish: Libell f
• Macedonian: вилино коњче n (vilino konjče)
• Malagasy: angidina (mg)
• Malay: capung, pepatung
• Malayalam: തുന്വി (tunvi)
• Maltese: debba tax-xitan f, ħelikopter, mazzarell m
• Mansaka: sagumbabarit
• Maori: kapowai, kapowai, uruururoroa, kapowai
• Mongolian: тэмээлзгэнэ (mn) (temeelzgene)
• Nahuatl:

  Mecayapan: tzoncalhuihuitani (Mecayapan), a̱tzóncal (Tatahuicapan)

  Northern Puebla: sayolatl, isayol in atl, icahuayo in ahmo cuali tlacatl

• Navajo: tániilʼáí
• Northern Kankanay: ayoyogan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: øyenstikker (no) m, øyestikker m

  Nynorsk: augestikkar m, augnestikkar m

• Pacoh: tang tuiq
• Palauan: chemaiong
• Persian: سنجاقک‎ (fa) (sanjâqak)
• Polish: ważka (pl) f
• Portuguese: libélula (pt) f
• Romanian: libelulă (ro) f
• Russian: стрекоза́ (ru) f (strekozá)
• S'gaw Karen: ကွဲၢ်မိၢ်ဘီ (kweẖ moẖ baw), ကွဲၢ်လဲၢ်ဘီ (kweẖ leẖ baw)
• Sami:

  Skolt Sami: čuõškkvuâppai

• Sanskrit: प्राचिका (sa) (prācikā), प्राचिका (sa) (prācikā)
• Scottish Gaelic: tarbh-nathrach (gd) m, tarbhan-nathrach (gd) m, cuileag-lasrach (gd) f,
• Sedang: xing xông
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вилин коњиц m, вилински коњиц m

  Roman: vilin konjic (sh) m, vilinski konjic (sh) m

• Shor: сур
• Sichuan Yi: ꊴ (cie)
• Slovak: vážka (sk) f
• Slovene: kačji pastir (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: libela m, bogowy kónik m

• Spanish: libélula (es) f, aguacil (es) m (Argentina, Uruguay), pipilacha f (Nicaragua)
• Swedish: trollslända (sv)
• Tagalog: tutubi
• Tajik: сӯзанак (süzanak)
• Tamil: தும்பி (ta) (tumpi)
• Telugu: తూనీగ (te) (tūnīga)
• Thai: แมลงปอ (th) (má-lɛɛng-bpɔɔ)
• Turkish: kızböceği (tr), yusufçuk (tr), helikopter böceği, çamcarı, dambıra
• Turkmen: teneçir
• Ukrainian: стрекоза́ f (strekozá), ва́жка (uk) f (vážka), ба́бка (uk) f (bábka)
• Uzbek: ninachi (uz), soʻzanak (uz)
• Vietnamese: chuồn chuồn (vi)
• Volapük: libelul
• Waray-Waray: tambuburay
• Welsh: gwas y neidr m
• West Coast Bajau: bari-bari
• Wolof: xund-xund
• Zulu: uzekamanzi (zu) 1a or 2a

See also

• Anisoptera
• damselfly
• Odonata