flyer

English

Alternative forms

• US English usually flier, except in the sense of leaflet

Etymology

fly +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Noun

flyer (plural flyers) US English flier except in the sense of leaflet

(architecture) Flyers

1. A machine that flies.
2. (dated) An airplane pilot.
3. A person who travels by airplane.
4. A leaflet, often for advertising.
5. The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
6. (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
7. (acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) The person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
8. (firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.
9. A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
10. A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
11. A leap or jump.
12. A risky investment or other venture.

Synonyms

• (pilot): aviator, aviatrix
• (leaflet): circular, leaflet

Coordinate terms

• (acrobatics): base

Derived terms

• take a flyer

Translations

machine that flies

• Italian: velivolo (it)
• Macedonian: ле́тало n (létalo)
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• Portuguese: voador (pt) m
• Russian: лета́тельный аппара́т (ru) m (letátelʹnyj apparát)

someone who pilots or rides in an airplane

• Arabic: طيار
• French: pilote (fr)
• German: Flieger (de)
• Irish: eitleoir m
• Italian: volatore
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• Macedonian: ле́тач m (létač)
• Portuguese: piloto (pt) m
• Russian: лётчик (ru) m (ljótčik)
• Spanish: piloto (es)
• Tagalog: manlilipad

leaflet, often for advertising — see also leaflet

• Armenian: թռուցիկ (hy) (tʻṙucʻik), շրջաբերական (hy) (šrǰaberakan)
• Belarusian: лісто́ўка f (listóŭka), улётка f (uljótka)
• Bulgarian: листо́вка (bg) f (listóvka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳單／传单 (zh) (chuándān), 传单 (zh) (chuándān)

• Czech: leták (cs) m
• Dutch: flyer (nl) m
• Finnish: lentolehtinen (fi), lennäkki, mainoslehtinen, joukkokirje
• French: tract (fr), prospectus (fr), flyer (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Flugblatt (de) n, Flyer (de) m, Rundschreiben (de) n
• Greek: εγκύκλιος (el) f (egkýklios)
• Hebrew: עלון (he) m ('alón), פלייר / פלאייר m (fláyer)
• Irish: bileoigín m
• Italian: annuncio (it), volantino (it), opuscolo
• Japanese: 散らし (ちらし, chirashi), チラシ (chirashi), フライヤー (furaiyā), 檄 (ja) (geki)
• Macedonian: леток m (letok)
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• Maori: mātārere
• Norwegian: flyveblad, flygeblad, løpeseddel
• Polish: ulotka (pl) f
• Portuguese: folheto (pt) m, panfleto (pt) m, circular (pt) f
• Romanian: foaie volantă (ro) f
• Russian: листо́вка (ru) f (listóvka), фла́ер (ru) m (flájer)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: летак m

  Roman: letak (sh) m

• Spanish: volante (es) m, octavilla (es) f, circular (es)
• Swedish: cirkulär (sv) n
• Tagalog: palibot
• Thai: ใบปลิว (th) (bai-bpliu)
• Turkish: el ilanı, broşür (tr)
• Ukrainian: листі́вка f (lystívka)
• Vietnamese: tờ quảng cáo, tờ rơi, tờ bướm, truyền đơn (vi) (傳單)
• Walloon: afitchete-riclame (wa) f

part of a spinning machine

• Finnish: siipi (fi)
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• Italian: aletta di filatoio

architecture: connecting arch

• Finnish: tukikaari (fi)
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person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons

• Finnish: nousija (fi)
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shooting: stray shot away from the group on a target

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standard rectangular step of a staircase

• Finnish: suora porras
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female kangaroo

• Finnish: naaraskenguru
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• Swedish: känguru (sv) c, känguruhona c

leap or jump

• Finnish: loikka (fi)
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risky investment or other venture

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Verb

flyer (third-person singular simple present flyers, present participle flyering, simple past and past participle flyered)

1. (intransitive) To distribute flyers (leaflets).
2. (transitive) To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).

See also

• advertisement
• booklet
• brochure
• catalogue, catalog
• circular
• handbill
• junk mail
• leaflet
• pamphlet

Anagrams

• refly

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English flyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla.jœʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

flyer m (plural flyers)

1. flyer (leaflet)

Synonyms

• affiche
• affichette