English Explanatory Dictionary

housefly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
  2. The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-housefly.wav

Word forms

housefly houseflies house fly house-fly

Etymology

From house + fly. Cognate with Dutch huisvlieg (“housefly”), Danish husflue (“housefly”), Swedish husfluga (“housefly”), Faroese húsfluga (“housefly”).

Translations

Aklanon: eangaw Arabic: ذُبَابَة مَنْزِلِيَّة Azerbaijani: otaq milçəyi Basque: etxe-euli Catalan: mosca comuna Cebuano: langaw Chinese Mandarin: 家蠅 /家蝇 Czech: moucha domácí Dutch: huisvlieg Estonian: harilik toakärbes Faroese: húsfluga Faroese: búfluga Finnish: huonekärpänen French: mouche domestique German: Stubenfliege German: Flüüge Hiligaynon: langaw Inuktitut: ᑎᒻᒥᕗᖅ Italian: mosca domestica Japanese: 家蝿 Kinaray-a: langaw Korean: 집파리 Latin: Musca Domestica Malayalam: ഈച്ച Māori: ngaro huka Navajo: tséʼédǫ́ʼii Norman: moûque dé tchuîsinne Polish: mucha domowa Portuguese: mosca doméstica Romanian: muscă de casă Russian: ко́мнатная му́ха Shona: nhunzi Spanish: mosca doméstica Spanish: mosca común Swedish: husfluga Tagalog: langaw Tamil: ஈ Tumbuka: membe Turkish: karasinek Ottoman Turkish: قره سیڭك Vietnamese: ruồi nhà Welsh: pryf tŷ Welsh: pry ffenestr Welsh: cleren tai
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