flirt
English
/flɜːt/, /flɝt/
noun
Definitions
- A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
- Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
- An act of flirting.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English gill-flurt (a flirt) derived from Old English fleard (deception, nonsense, vanity, folly, superstition, fraud, trifling, trifles).
Origin
Old English
fleard
Gloss
deception, nonsense, vanity, folly, superstition, fraud, trifling, trifles
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Jill English
- beflirt English
- cyberflirt English
- flirt-gill English
- flirtaholic English
- flirtation English
- flirtationship English
- flirtatious English
- flirter English
- flirtily English
- flirtiness English
- flirtish English
- flirtishly English
- flirtishness English
- flirtsome English
- flirty English
- gill English
- jillflirt English
- superflirt English
- unflirty English
- flirtata Finnish
- flirtti Finnish
- Flirt German
- Flittchen German
- flittern German
- flirtare Italian
- flirten Dutch, Flemish
- flirt French
- flirter French
- флирт Russian
- флиртовать Russian
- flirtear Spanish, Castilian
- flørt Norwegian Bokmål
- flørte Norwegian Bokmål
- *flaihaz Proto-Germanic
- flirt Polish
- flørt Norwegian Nynorsk
- fleard Old English
- fleardere Old English
- flerd Middle English
- gill-flurt Middle English
- flærð Old Norse
- flirtovat Czech
- flærð Icelandic
- φλερτ Greek (modern)
- φλερτάκι Greek (modern)
- φλερτάρω Greek (modern)
- פלירטוט Hebrew (modern)
- flird Scots