"flyleaf" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈflaɪˌlif/ Audio: En-us-flyleaf.ogg Forms: flyleafs [plural], flyleaves [plural]
Etymology: From fly + leaf. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fly|leaf}} fly + leaf Head templates: {{en-noun|s|flyleaves}} flyleaf (plural flyleafs or flyleaves)
  1. A blank leaf at the front or back of a book. Categories (topical): Books
    Sense id: en-flyleaf-en-noun-Cl5UWytL
  2. A blank leaf at the front or back of a book.
    Especially, the free portion of an endpaper.
    Categories (topical): Books
    Sense id: en-flyleaf-en-noun-QweLdBOV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (blank page at the front or back of a book): pàgina de respecte [feminine] (Catalan), 扉頁 (Chinese Mandarin), 扉页 (fēiyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 襯頁 (Chinese Mandarin), 衬页 (chènyè) (Chinese Mandarin), schutblad [neuter] (Dutch), tyhjä sivu (Finnish), page de garde [feminine] (French), Vorsatz [masculine] (German), Vorsatzblatt [neuter] (German), דף מגן [masculine] (Hebrew), saurblað [neuter] (Icelandic), 遊び紙 (asobigami) (alt: あそびがみ) (Japanese), guarda [feminine] (Portuguese), форза́ц (forzác) [masculine] (Russian), фо́рзац (fórzac) [masculine] (Russian), guarda [feminine] (Spanish), försätts (Swedish), försättsblad (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'blank page at the front or back of a book': 50 50

Inflected forms

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      "word": "דף מגן"
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