See flea in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for flea meaning in English (34.6kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "beach flea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "chigoe flea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "deflea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "dog-flea model"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "duck flea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "eight-spotted flea beetle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "fit as a flea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea allergy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea-bag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "fleabag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea beetle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea-bitten"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea bomb"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea-brained"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea circus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea collar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea comb"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea flicker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea in one's ear"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flealike"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea-louse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea market"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "fleapit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea-powder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea powder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea-ridden"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea shampoo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flea tree"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hop flea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "human flea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "leaf flea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sand flea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "snow flea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "water flea"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "fle"
},
"expansion": "Middle English fle",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "flēah"
},
"expansion": "Old English flēah",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "flēa"
},
"expansion": "flēa",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*flauh"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *flauh",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*flauhaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flauhaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "flie"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian flie",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Flo"
},
"expansion": "Low German Flo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Flö"
},
"expansion": "Flö",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "vlo"
},
"expansion": "Dutch vlo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Floh"
},
"expansion": "German Floh",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "fló"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic fló",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*plówkos"
},
"expansion": "*plówkos",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*plúsis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plúsis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "pulex"
},
"expansion": "Latin pulex",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "प्लुषि",
"tr": "plúṣi"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "fleen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English fleen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "flen"
},
"expansion": "flen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "flēan",
"t": "fleas"
},
"expansion": "Old English flēan (“fleas”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (compare West Frisian flie, Low German Flo, Flö, Dutch vlo, German Floh, Icelandic fló), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, *plówkos, from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (compare Latin pulex, Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)).\nThe archaic plural fleen is from Middle English fleen, flen, from Old English flēan (“fleas”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fleas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "flea (plural fleas)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "42 1 43 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 1 30 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "43 2 30 24",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Parasites",
"orig": "en:Parasites",
"parents": [
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities."
],
"id": "en-flea-en-noun-35Eg~s4H",
"links": [
[
"parasitic",
"parasitic"
],
[
"Siphonaptera",
"Siphonaptera#Translingual"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ab",
"lang": "Abkhaz",
"roman": "adz",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "аӡ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "vlooi"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plesht"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ami",
"lang": "Amis",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "'atimla^"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ami",
"lang": "Amis",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "'atimela"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "burḡūṯ",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بُرْغُوث"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "barḡūt",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "برغوت"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulz"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "lu",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "լու"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puric"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulga"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "av",
"lang": "Avar",
"roman": "čʼetʼ",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "чӏетӏ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "birə"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "börsə",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "бөрсә"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "arkakuso"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "bbl",
"lang": "Bats",
"roman": "psiḳ",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ფსიკ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "blyxá",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "блыха́"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "upomokkhika",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "উপমক্ষিকা"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "purgas"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "bdk",
"lang": "Budukh",
"roman": "kʼid",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "кӏид"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎlhá",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бълха́"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hle:",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "လှေး"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.hle:",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "အလှေး"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puça"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "sagal",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "сагал"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "cdm",
"lang": "Chepang",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "य्हुङः"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "tsasuga",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ᏣᏑᎦ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "tsuga",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ᏧᎦ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "gɨzo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "гызо"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "gəzo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "гәзо"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "虼蚤"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zǎo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "蚤"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiàozǎo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "跳蚤"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gèzǎo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "虼蚤"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nci",
"lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "tecpin"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "bürçe"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blecha"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulco"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "loppe"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "duu",
"lang": "Drung",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "svli"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vlo"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "py",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "p-i-i-F27"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulo"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kirp"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dosu"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "loppa"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fj",
"lang": "Fijian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kutu"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kirppu"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puce"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulç"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulč"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulga"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "rc̣q̇ili",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "რწყილი"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Floh"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Flohmännchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Flohweibchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psýllos",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ψύλλος"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "psúllē",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ψύλλη"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "psúllos",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ψύλλος"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "tûngusu"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pis"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ʻuku"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "par'ósh",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "פַּרְעוֹשׁ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pissū",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "पिस्सू"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "bolha"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fló"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "timel"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pinjal"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kerppu"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "inh",
"lang": "Ingush",
"roman": "sagal",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "сагал"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulice"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dreancaid"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulce"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"alt": "のみ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nomi",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "蚤"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nomi",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ノミ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "xnb",
"lang": "Kanakanabu",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "'atiimua"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "bürge",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "бүрге"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cay",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ចៃ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "dɑɑdɑngkae",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ដង្កែ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼɑmbaat",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "អំបាត"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
],
"word": "thuya"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ki",
"english": "large one",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"class-7"
],
"word": "kĩroboto"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeoruk",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "벼룩"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "كێچ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kêç"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "keyk",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "کەیک"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bürgö",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "бүргө"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ໝັດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pūlex"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blusa"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "lzz",
"lang": "Laz",
"roman": "mǯǩiri",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "მწკირი"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "lez",
"lang": "Lezgi",
"roman": "č̣ut",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "чӏут"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blusa"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Flou"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bolva",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "болва"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "parasy"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pinjal"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ceḷḷŭ",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ചെള്ള്"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bergħud"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "suran",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ᠰᡠᡵᠠᠨ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jargan"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "xmf",
"lang": "Mingrelian",
"roman": "c̣q̇iri",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "წყირი"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "büüreg",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "бүүрэг"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "mn",
"english": "dog flea",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "noxoj böös",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "нохой бөөс"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "gld",
"lang": "Nanai",
"roman": "sora",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "сора"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "yaaʼ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pollece"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "cst",
"lang": "Northern Ohlone",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pó̄r"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "loppe"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "loppe"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piuse"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "babig"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"alt": "ぬみ",
"code": "ryu",
"lang": "Okinawan",
"roman": "numi",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "蚤"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "blŭxa",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "блъха"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "bloxa",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "блоха"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "bŭloxa",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бълоха"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flēah"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fló"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "tafkii"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "pire",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "پیره"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "keyk",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "كیك"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "wrə́ẓa",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ورږه"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kak",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "کک"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kayk",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "کیک"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hupsflieej"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blåxă"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pchła"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulga"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "piki"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pólṣa"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "purice"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pilesch"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pelisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pelesch"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pülesch"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pülsch"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bloxá",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "блоха́"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ksw",
"lang": "S'gaw Karen",
"roman": "klee",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ကျံ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "plúṣi",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "प्लुषि"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "puighi"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "puliche"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulige"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulighe"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulixi"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "flae"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "deargad"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "deargann"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "бу̀ва"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "бу̀ха"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "bùva"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "bùha"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pùlici"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "puci"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "purci"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "balumækkā",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "බලුමැක්කා"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blcha"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bólha"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "zlw-slv",
"lang": "Slovincian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pchla"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "booddo"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pcha"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bcha"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tcha"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pcha"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulga"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sva",
"lang": "Svan",
"roman": "zəsq̇",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ზჷსყ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8"
],
"word": "kiroboto"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "loppa"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "tab",
"lang": "Tabasaran",
"roman": "č̣ud",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "чӏуд"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulgas"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "tl",
"english": "chicken flea",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "hanip"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "kayk",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "кайк"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "tly",
"lang": "Talysh",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kek"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "teḷḷu",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "தெள்ளு"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ceḷḷu",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "செள்ளு"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "teḷku",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "தெள்கு"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "twf",
"lang": "Taos",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "phìayána"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šurdu"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "borça",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "борча"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "màt",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "หมัด"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "lji ba",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ལྗི་བ"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pire"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "büre"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bloxá",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "блоха́"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "pissū",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "پسو"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "bürge",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "بۈرگە"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "burga"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulç"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulxo"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "polxe"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulexe"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pułexe"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pułega"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "bọ chét"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fłuch"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "flib"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hiflib"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jiflib"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "chwain"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "wo",
"lang": "Wolof",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "fel wi"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "bılaqı",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "былахы"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "yag",
"lang": "Yámana",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "šinuš"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "floy",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פֿלוי"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "esu",
"lang": "Yup'ik",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "keggerpak"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kekı"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "maet"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1871, Fitz Hugh Ludlow, The Heart of the Continent, page 414",
"text": "The nation of beggars on horseback which first colonized California has left behind it many traditions unworthy of conservation, and multitudinous fleas not at all traditional, but even less keepworthy […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A thing of no significance."
],
"id": "en-flea-en-noun-2LWopW-K",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) A thing of no significance."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fliː/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
{
"homophone": "flee"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-flea.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/En-us-flea.ogg/En-us-flea.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/En-us-flea.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"flea"
],
"word": "flea"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "fle"
},
"expansion": "Middle English fle",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "flēah"
},
"expansion": "Old English flēah",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "flēa"
},
"expansion": "flēa",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*flauh"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *flauh",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*flauhaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flauhaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "flie"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian flie",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Flo"
},
"expansion": "Low German Flo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Flö"
},
"expansion": "Flö",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "vlo"
},
"expansion": "Dutch vlo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Floh"
},
"expansion": "German Floh",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "fló"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic fló",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*plówkos"
},
"expansion": "*plówkos",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*plúsis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plúsis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "pulex"
},
"expansion": "Latin pulex",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "प्लुषि",
"tr": "plúṣi"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "fleen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English fleen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "flen"
},
"expansion": "flen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "flēan",
"t": "fleas"
},
"expansion": "Old English flēan (“fleas”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (compare West Frisian flie, Low German Flo, Flö, Dutch vlo, German Floh, Icelandic fló), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, *plówkos, from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (compare Latin pulex, Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)).\nThe archaic plural fleen is from Middle English fleen, flen, from Old English flēan (“fleas”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fleas",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fleaing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "fleaed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "fleaed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "flea (third-person singular simple present fleas, present participle fleaing, simple past and past participle fleaed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "42 1 43 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 2 47 20",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Fleas",
"orig": "en:Fleas",
"parents": [
"Insects",
"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1861, Horace William Wheelwright, Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist, page 192",
"text": "I have seen a Lubra, or native woman, suckling two puppies; and, like monkeys, these ladies have a particular fancy for fleaing their dogs.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove fleas from (an animal)."
],
"id": "en-flea-en-verb-WDRXbYKh",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To remove fleas from (an animal)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "deflea"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fliː/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
{
"homophone": "flee"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-flea.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/En-us-flea.ogg/En-us-flea.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/En-us-flea.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"flea"
],
"word": "flea"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Alternative forms.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fleas",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fleaing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "flead",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "flead",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fleas",
"2": "fleaing",
"3": "flead"
},
"expansion": "flea (third-person singular simple present fleas, present participle fleaing, simple past and past participle flead)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "flay"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "42 1 43 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1605, Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, Everyman's Library, published 1991, page 36",
"text": "[…] he'd flea me alive like another St Bartholomew.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete spelling of flay"
],
"id": "en-flea-en-verb-KkCRqFK4",
"links": [
[
"flay",
"flay#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"flea"
],
"word": "flea"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/iː",
"Rhymes:English/iː/1 syllable",
"en:Fleas",
"en:Parasites"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "beach flea"
},
{
"word": "chigoe flea"
},
{
"word": "deflea"
},
{
"word": "dog-flea model"
},
{
"word": "duck flea"
},
{
"word": "eight-spotted flea beetle"
},
{
"word": "fit as a flea"
},
{
"word": "flea allergy"
},
{
"word": "flea-bag"
},
{
"word": "fleabag"
},
{
"word": "flea beetle"
},
{
"word": "flea-bitten"
},
{
"word": "flea bomb"
},
{
"word": "flea-brained"
},
{
"word": "flea circus"
},
{
"word": "flea collar"
},
{
"word": "flea comb"
},
{
"word": "flea flicker"
},
{
"word": "flea in one's ear"
},
{
"word": "flealike"
},
{
"word": "flea-louse"
},
{
"word": "flea market"
},
{
"word": "fleapit"
},
{
"word": "flea-powder"
},
{
"word": "flea powder"
},
{
"word": "flea-ridden"
},
{
"word": "flea shampoo"
},
{
"word": "flea tree"
},
{
"word": "hop flea"
},
{
"word": "human flea"
},
{
"word": "leaf flea"
},
{
"word": "sand flea"
},
{
"word": "snow flea"
},
{
"word": "water flea"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "fle"
},
"expansion": "Middle English fle",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "flēah"
},
"expansion": "Old English flēah",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "flēa"
},
"expansion": "flēa",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*flauh"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *flauh",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*flauhaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flauhaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "flie"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian flie",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Flo"
},
"expansion": "Low German Flo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Flö"
},
"expansion": "Flö",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "vlo"
},
"expansion": "Dutch vlo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Floh"
},
"expansion": "German Floh",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "fló"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic fló",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*plówkos"
},
"expansion": "*plówkos",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*plúsis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plúsis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "pulex"
},
"expansion": "Latin pulex",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "प्लुषि",
"tr": "plúṣi"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "fleen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English fleen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "flen"
},
"expansion": "flen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "flēan",
"t": "fleas"
},
"expansion": "Old English flēan (“fleas”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (compare West Frisian flie, Low German Flo, Flö, Dutch vlo, German Floh, Icelandic fló), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, *plówkos, from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (compare Latin pulex, Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)).\nThe archaic plural fleen is from Middle English fleen, flen, from Old English flēan (“fleas”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fleas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "flea (plural fleas)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities."
],
"links": [
[
"parasitic",
"parasitic"
],
[
"Siphonaptera",
"Siphonaptera#Translingual"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1871, Fitz Hugh Ludlow, The Heart of the Continent, page 414",
"text": "The nation of beggars on horseback which first colonized California has left behind it many traditions unworthy of conservation, and multitudinous fleas not at all traditional, but even less keepworthy […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A thing of no significance."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) A thing of no significance."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fliː/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
{
"homophone": "flee"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-flea.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/En-us-flea.ogg/En-us-flea.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/En-us-flea.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ab",
"lang": "Abkhaz",
"roman": "adz",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "аӡ"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "vlooi"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plesht"
},
{
"code": "ami",
"lang": "Amis",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "'atimla^"
},
{
"code": "ami",
"lang": "Amis",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "'atimela"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "burḡūṯ",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بُرْغُوث"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "barḡūt",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "برغوت"
},
{
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulz"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "lu",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "լու"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puric"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulga"
},
{
"code": "av",
"lang": "Avar",
"roman": "čʼetʼ",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "чӏетӏ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "birə"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "börsə",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "бөрсә"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "arkakuso"
},
{
"code": "bbl",
"lang": "Bats",
"roman": "psiḳ",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ფსიკ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "blyxá",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "блыха́"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "upomokkhika",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "উপমক্ষিকা"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "purgas"
},
{
"code": "bdk",
"lang": "Budukh",
"roman": "kʼid",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "кӏид"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bǎlhá",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бълха́"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hle:",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "လှေး"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.hle:",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "အလှေး"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puça"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "sagal",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "сагал"
},
{
"code": "cdm",
"lang": "Chepang",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "य्हुङः"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "tsasuga",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ᏣᏑᎦ"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "tsuga",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ᏧᎦ"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "gɨzo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "гызо"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "gəzo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "гәзо"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "虼蚤"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zǎo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "蚤"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiàozǎo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "跳蚤"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gèzǎo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "虼蚤"
},
{
"code": "nci",
"lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "tecpin"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "bürçe"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blecha"
},
{
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulco"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "loppe"
},
{
"code": "duu",
"lang": "Drung",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "svli"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vlo"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "py",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "p-i-i-F27"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kirp"
},
{
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dosu"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "loppa"
},
{
"code": "fj",
"lang": "Fijian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kutu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kirppu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puce"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulç"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulč"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulga"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "rc̣q̇ili",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "რწყილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Floh"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Flohmännchen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Flohweibchen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psýllos",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ψύλλος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "psúllē",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ψύλλη"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "psúllos",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ψύλλος"
},
{
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "tûngusu"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pis"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ʻuku"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "par'ósh",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "פַּרְעוֹשׁ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pissū",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "पिस्सू"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "bolha"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fló"
},
{
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "timel"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pinjal"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kerppu"
},
{
"code": "inh",
"lang": "Ingush",
"roman": "sagal",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "сагал"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulice"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dreancaid"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulce"
},
{
"alt": "のみ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nomi",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "蚤"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nomi",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ノミ"
},
{
"code": "xnb",
"lang": "Kanakanabu",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "'atiimua"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "bürge",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "бүрге"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cay",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ចៃ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "dɑɑdɑngkae",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ដង្កែ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼɑmbaat",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "អំបាត"
},
{
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
],
"word": "thuya"
},
{
"code": "ki",
"english": "large one",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"class-7"
],
"word": "kĩroboto"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeoruk",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "벼룩"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "كێچ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kêç"
},
{
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "keyk",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "کەیک"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "bürgö",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "бүргө"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ໝັດ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pūlex"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blusa"
},
{
"code": "lzz",
"lang": "Laz",
"roman": "mǯǩiri",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "მწკირი"
},
{
"code": "lez",
"lang": "Lezgi",
"roman": "č̣ut",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "чӏут"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blusa"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Flou"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bolva",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "болва"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "parasy"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pinjal"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ceḷḷŭ",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ചെള്ള്"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bergħud"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "suran",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ᠰᡠᡵᠠᠨ"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jargan"
},
{
"code": "xmf",
"lang": "Mingrelian",
"roman": "c̣q̇iri",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "წყირი"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "büüreg",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "бүүрэг"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"english": "dog flea",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "noxoj böös",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "нохой бөөс"
},
{
"code": "gld",
"lang": "Nanai",
"roman": "sora",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "сора"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "yaaʼ"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pollece"
},
{
"code": "cst",
"lang": "Northern Ohlone",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pó̄r"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "loppe"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "loppe"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piuse"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "babig"
},
{
"alt": "ぬみ",
"code": "ryu",
"lang": "Okinawan",
"roman": "numi",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "蚤"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "blŭxa",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "блъха"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "bloxa",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "блоха"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "bŭloxa",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бълоха"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flēah"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fló"
},
{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "tafkii"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "pire",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "پیره"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "keyk",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "كیك"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "wrə́ẓa",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ورږه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kak",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "کک"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kayk",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "کیک"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hupsflieej"
},
{
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blåxă"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pchła"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulga"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "piki"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pólṣa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "purice"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pilesch"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pelisch"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pelesch"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pülesch"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pülsch"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bloxá",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "блоха́"
},
{
"code": "ksw",
"lang": "S'gaw Karen",
"roman": "klee",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ကျံ"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "plúṣi",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "प्लुषि"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "puighi"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "puliche"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulige"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulighe"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulixi"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "flae"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "deargad"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "deargann"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "бу̀ва"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "бу̀ха"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "bùva"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "bùha"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pùlici"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "puci"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "purci"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "balumækkā",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "බලුමැක්කා"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blcha"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bólha"
},
{
"code": "zlw-slv",
"lang": "Slovincian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pchla"
},
{
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "booddo"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pcha"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bcha"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tcha"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pcha"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pulga"
},
{
"code": "sva",
"lang": "Svan",
"roman": "zəsq̇",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ზჷსყ"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8"
],
"word": "kiroboto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "loppa"
},
{
"code": "tab",
"lang": "Tabasaran",
"roman": "č̣ud",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "чӏуд"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulgas"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"english": "chicken flea",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "hanip"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "kayk",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "кайк"
},
{
"code": "tly",
"lang": "Talysh",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kek"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "teḷḷu",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "தெள்ளு"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ceḷḷu",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "செள்ளு"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "teḷku",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "தெள்கு"
},
{
"code": "twf",
"lang": "Taos",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "phìayána"
},
{
"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šurdu"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "borça",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "борча"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "màt",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "หมัด"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "lji ba",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "ལྗི་བ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pire"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "büre"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bloxá",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "блоха́"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "pissū",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "پسو"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "bürge",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "بۈرگە"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "burga"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulç"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulxo"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "polxe"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pulexe"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pułexe"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "pułega"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "bọ chét"
},
{
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fłuch"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "flib"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hiflib"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jiflib"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "chwain"
},
{
"code": "wo",
"lang": "Wolof",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "fel wi"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "bılaqı",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "былахы"
},
{
"code": "yag",
"lang": "Yámana",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "šinuš"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "floy",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פֿלוי"
},
{
"code": "esu",
"lang": "Yup'ik",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "keggerpak"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "kekı"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "parasitic insect",
"word": "maet"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"flea"
],
"word": "flea"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/iː",
"Rhymes:English/iː/1 syllable",
"en:Fleas",
"en:Parasites"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "fle"
},
"expansion": "Middle English fle",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "flēah"
},
"expansion": "Old English flēah",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "flēa"
},
"expansion": "flēa",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*flauh"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *flauh",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*flauhaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flauhaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "flie"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian flie",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Flo"
},
"expansion": "Low German Flo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Flö"
},
"expansion": "Flö",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "vlo"
},
"expansion": "Dutch vlo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Floh"
},
"expansion": "German Floh",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "fló"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic fló",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*plówkos"
},
"expansion": "*plówkos",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*plúsis"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plúsis",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "pulex"
},
"expansion": "Latin pulex",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "प्लुषि",
"tr": "plúṣi"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "fleen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English fleen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "flen"
},
"expansion": "flen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "flēan",
"t": "fleas"
},
"expansion": "Old English flēan (“fleas”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (compare West Frisian flie, Low German Flo, Flö, Dutch vlo, German Floh, Icelandic fló), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, *plówkos, from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (compare Latin pulex, Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)).\nThe archaic plural fleen is from Middle English fleen, flen, from Old English flēan (“fleas”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fleas",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fleaing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "fleaed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "fleaed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "flea (third-person singular simple present fleas, present participle fleaing, simple past and past participle fleaed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1861, Horace William Wheelwright, Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist, page 192",
"text": "I have seen a Lubra, or native woman, suckling two puppies; and, like monkeys, these ladies have a particular fancy for fleaing their dogs.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove fleas from (an animal)."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To remove fleas from (an animal)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "deflea"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fliː/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
{
"homophone": "flee"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-flea.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/En-us-flea.ogg/En-us-flea.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/En-us-flea.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"flea"
],
"word": "flea"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English verbs",
"en:Fleas",
"en:Parasites"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Alternative forms.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fleas",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fleaing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "flead",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "flead",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fleas",
"2": "fleaing",
"3": "flead"
},
"expansion": "flea (third-person singular simple present fleas, present participle fleaing, simple past and past participle flead)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "flay"
}
],
"categories": [
"English obsolete forms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1605, Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, Everyman's Library, published 1991, page 36",
"text": "[…] he'd flea me alive like another St Bartholomew.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete spelling of flay"
],
"links": [
[
"flay",
"flay#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"flea"
],
"word": "flea"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/611",
"msg": "suspicious translation with '^': {'lang': 'Amis', 'code': 'ami', 'sense': 'parasitic insect', 'word': \"'atimla^\"}",
"path": [
"flea"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "flea",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": ka-cháu vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"flea"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "flea",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.