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fly meaning in French

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sawfly (insect of the suborder Symphyta)
noun

mouche à scie◼◼◼nom {f}

Spanish fly [Spanish flies] (Lytta vesicatoria)
noun
[UK: ˈspæ.nɪʃ flaɪ]
[US: ˈspæ.ˌnɪʃ ˈflaɪ]

cantharide◼◼◼nom

spotted flycatcher (bird)
noun

gobemouche grisnom {m}

stiffly (in a stiff manner)
adverb
[UK: ˈstɪ.fli]
[US: ˈstɪ.fli]

rigidement◼◼◼adverbe

unidentified flying object (anything in the air not readily explainable)
noun
[UK: ˌʌ.naɪ.ˈden.tɪ.faɪd ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ əb.ˈdʒekt]
[US: ˌʌ.naɪ.ˈden.tə.ˌfaɪd ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ ˈɑːb.dʒekt]

objet volant non-identifié◼◼◼nom {m}

OVNI [abbreviation]nom {m}

Venus flytrap [Venus flytraps] (Dionaea muscipula)
noun
[UK: ˈviː.nəs ˈflaɪ.træp]
[US: ˈviː.nəs ˈflaɪ.ˌtræp]

dionée◼◼◼nom {f}

when pigs fly (never, expressed by an idiom)
adverb
[UK: wen pɪɡz flaɪ]
[US: hwen ˈpɪɡz ˈflaɪ]

quand les poules auront des dents (when chickens have teeth)◼◼◼adverbe

à la Saint Glinglin (on Saint Glinglin’s day)adverbe

à Pâques ou à la Trinité (on Easter or on Trinity [Sunday])adverbe

aux calendes grecques (on the Greek calends)adverbe

la semaine des quatre jeudis (the week with four Thursdays)adverbe

whitefly [whiteflies] (Any of various Aleyrodidae)
noun
[UK: wˈaɪtflaɪ wˈaɪtflaɪz]
[US: wˈaɪtflaɪ wˈaɪtflaɪz]

mouche blanche◼◼◼nom {f}

with flying colors ((idiom) extremely well)
preposition
[UK: wɪð ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ ˈkʌ.lərz]
[US: wɪθ ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ ˈkʌ.lərz]

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