English Explanatory Dictionary

unidentified flying object

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air.
  2. Such things as seem to be discrete objects and comparable to aircraft.
  3. An alien spacecraft.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unidentified flying object.wav

Word forms

unidentified flying object unidentified flying objects

Etymology

The phrase is usually attributed to US Air Force officer Edward J. Ruppelt (1923–1960) who coined it as a replacement of the terms flying saucer and flying disk.

Synonyms

UFO UAP unidentified aerial phenomenon unexplained aerial phenomenon

Translations

Arabic: صَحْن طَائِر Armenian: չբացահայտված թռչող օբյեկտ Asturian: oxetu esnalador non identificáu Azerbaijani: naməlum uçan obyekt Azerbaijani: NUO Azerbaijani: uçan naməlum obyekt Basque: objektu hegalari ezezagun Belarusian: неапазна́ны лята́ючы аб'е́кт Bulgarian: неидентифици́ран летя́щ обе́кт Catalan: objecte volador no identificat Catalan: OVNI Cherokee: ᎪᏟᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ Chinese Cantonese: 不明飛行物體 /不明飞行物体 Chinese Mandarin: 不明飛行物 /不明飞行物 Chinese Mandarin: 飛碟 /飞碟 Chinese Mandarin: 幽浮 Cornish: taklen-neyja anaswonys Czech: neidentifikovatelný létající předmět Czech: UFO Dutch: UFO Esperanto: ne-identifita flug-objekto Esperanto: NIFO Finnish: tunnistamaton lentävä esine Finnish: UFO French: objet volant non-identifié French: OVNI Georgian: ამოუცნობი მფრინავი ობიექტი German: unidentifiziertes Flugobjekt German: UFO Greek: άγνωστης ταυτότητας ιπτάμενο αντικείμενο Greek: ΑΤΙΑ Hindi: उड़न तश्तरी Hungarian: azonosítatlan repülő tárgy Icelandic: fljúgandi furðuhlutur Icelandic: FFH Italian: oggetto volante non identificato Italian: OVNI Italian: UFO Japanese: ＵＦＯ Japanese: 未確認飛行物体 Kannada: ಅಪರಿಚಿತ ಹಾರಾಡುವ ವಸ್ತು Kazakh: беймәлім ұшқыш нысан Khmer: វត្ថុហោះហើរមិនស្គាល់អត្តសញ្ញាណ Korean: 미확인비행물체 Macedonian: неидентификуван летечки објект Macedonian: НЛО Mongolian: үл танигдах нисдэг биет Mongolian: ҮТНБ Norwegian: uidentifisert flygende objekt Norwegian: UFO Polish: niezidentyfikowany obiekt latający Portuguese: objeto voador não identificado Portuguese: OVNI Portuguese: óvni Romanian: obiect zburător neidentificat Russian: неопо́знанный лета́ющий объе́кт Russian: НЛО Sinhalese: හඳුනා නොගත් පියාඹන වස්තූන් Spanish: objeto volador no identificado Spanish: OVNI Swedish: oidentifierat flygande föremål Swedish: oidentifierat flygande objekt Swedish: UFO Tamil: அடையாளம் கண்டுபிடிக்க முடியாத பறக்கும் பொருள்
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