"flien" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Maltese]

IPA: /flɪːn/ Forms: flejjen [plural], fliena [feminine]
Rhymes: -ɪːn Etymology: From Arabic فُلَان (fulān). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|فُلَان}} Arabic فُلَان (fulān) Head templates: {{mt-noun|f=fliena|g=m|p=flejjen}} flien m (plural flejjen, feminine fliena)
  1. (usually in the definite) so-and-so, that bloke; a placeholder for a person whose name one cannot or does not want to mention, as in the phrase; "wieħed flien". Tags: definite, masculine, usually
    Sense id: en-flien-mt-noun-lOFv9qAx Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 90 10

Pronoun [Maltese]

IPA: /flɪːn/
Rhymes: -ɪːn Etymology: From Arabic فُلَان (fulān). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|فُلَان}} Arabic فُلَان (fulān) Head templates: {{mt-pronoun}} flien
  1. (with xi) somebody, anybody Synonyms: xi ħadd
    Sense id: en-flien-mt-pron-Q9lpQACW Categories (other): Maltese pronouns Disambiguation of Maltese pronouns: 34 66

Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈfliː(ə)n/, /ˈflei̯(ə)n/, /ˈfleːn/
Etymology: From Old English flēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą. This verb is often conflated with fleen (“to flee”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|flēogan}} Old English flēogan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*fleugan}} Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*fleuganą}} Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} flien Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|fli|fleigh|flow|flow|2a=flow|2a2=flew|3a=flew|c=2}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], flien [infinitive], to flien [infinitive], flie [infinitive], flie [first-person, present, singular], fleigh [first-person, past, singular], flow [first-person, past, singular], flew [first-person, past, singular], fliest [present, second-person, singular], flowe [past, second-person, singular], flewe [past, second-person, singular], flieth [present, singular, third-person], fleigh [past, singular, third-person], flow [past, singular, third-person], flew [past, singular, third-person], flie [present, singular, subjunctive], flowe [past, singular, subjunctive], flewe [past, singular, subjunctive], flie [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], flien [plural, present], flie [plural, present], flowen [past, plural], flowe [past, plural], flewen [past, plural], flewe [past, plural], flieth [imperative, plural, present], flie [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], fliynge [participle, present], fliende [participle, present], flowen [participle, past], flowe [participle, past], yflowen [participle, past], yflowe [participle, past], fleȝhenn [alternative], flyyn [alternative], fleye [alternative], flye [alternative], fliȝe [alternative], flei [alternative], fley [alternative], flyen [alternative], fleen [alternative], flen [alternative]
  1. To fly; to travel in the air. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-flien-enm-verb-8szL7Poa Categories (other): Air Disambiguation of Air: 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. (of clouds, stars, etc.) To move in the sky. Tags: intransitive, usually
    Sense id: en-flien-enm-verb-fv~MYFjI Categories (other): Gaits Disambiguation of Gaits: 5 37 6 25 14 5 6
  3. To travel with alacrity or haste; to rush. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-flien-enm-verb-KQdcMe7q
  4. To shoot or burst; to move rapidly. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-flien-enm-verb-G1DqJN90
  5. To fall or sink; to move rapidly down. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-flien-enm-verb-HFsXdrp6
  6. (figurative) To proliferate; to be disseminated. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-flien-enm-verb-KILPlXr2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 2 7 10 8 7 7 29 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 3 8 12 10 8 8 32 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 2 6 9 7 6 6 51 7
  7. (rare, of gamebirds) To attack one's quarry or prey. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-flien-enm-verb-RBlMKyXW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Falconry, Weather Disambiguation of Falconry: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Weather: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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      },
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    }
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        "so-and-so, that bloke; a placeholder for a person whose name one cannot or does not want to mention, as in the phrase; \"wieħed flien\"."
      ],
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          "bloke",
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        "(usually in the definite) so-and-so, that bloke; a placeholder for a person whose name one cannot or does not want to mention, as in the phrase; \"wieħed flien\"."
      ],
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        "definite",
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        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/flɪːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪːn"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
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    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
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    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
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    "enm:Weather"
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        "1": "mt",
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    }
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        "somebody, anybody"
      ],
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          "xi",
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        ],
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          "somebody",
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        ],
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        {
          "word": "xi ħadd"
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    {
      "ipa": "/flɪːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪːn"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English intransitive verbs",
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    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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    "enm:Air",
    "enm:Falconry",
    "enm:Gaits",
    "enm:Weather"
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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "fly"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "fle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "vlee"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "flēogan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English flēogan",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fleugan"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English flēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą. This verb is often conflated with fleen (“to flee”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to flien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flie",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fleigh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flow",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fliest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flowe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fleigh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flow",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flowe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flowen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flowe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "flewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "flewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "flieth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "flie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fliynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fliende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flowen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flowe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yflowen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yflowe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fleȝhenn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flyyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fleye",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flye",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fliȝe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flei",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fley",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flyen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fleen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "flien",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fli",
        "2": "fleigh",
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        "3": "flow",
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        "4": "flow",
        "c": "2"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To fly; to travel in the air."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fly",
          "fly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To move in the sky."
      ],
      "qualifier": "stars",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of clouds, stars, etc.) To move in the sky."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of clouds"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To travel with alacrity or haste; to rush."
      ],
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        [
          "alacrity",
          "alacrity"
        ],
        [
          "haste",
          "haste"
        ],
        [
          "rush",
          "rush"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To shoot or burst; to move rapidly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rapidly",
          "rapidly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To fall or sink; to move rapidly down."
      ],
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        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "sink",
          "sink"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To proliferate; to be disseminated."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "proliferate",
          "proliferate"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) To proliferate; to be disseminated."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attack one's quarry or prey."
      ],
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        "(rare, of gamebirds) To attack one's quarry or prey."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of gamebirds"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfliː(ə)n/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflei̯(ə)n/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfleːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flien"
}

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