flyswatter

See also: fly swatter

English

A typical flyswatter

Alternative forms

fly swatter, fly-swatter

Etymology

From fly +‎ swatter.

Pronunciation

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Noun

flyswatter (plural flyswatters)

A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
Synonym: fly swat

Translations

device for swatting flies

Armenian: ճանճասպան (hy) (čančaspan)
Belarusian: мухабо́йка f (muxabójka)
Bulgarian: мухого́нка f (muhogónka)
Catalan: matamosques m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 烏蠅拍／乌蝇拍 (wu¹ jing^4-1 paak^3-2)

Hokkien: 胡蠅拍仔／胡蝇拍仔 (zh-min-nan) (hô͘-sîn-phah-á)

Mandarin: 蒼蠅拍／苍蝇拍 (zh) (cāngyingpāi), 蒼蠅拍子／苍蝇拍子 (zh) (cāngying pāizi), 蠅拍／蝇拍 (zh) (yíngpāi)
Danish: fluesmækker (da) c
Dutch: vliegenmepper (nl) c
Esperanto: muŝbatilo
Estonian: kärbsepiits (et)
Finnish: kärpäslätkä (fi)
French: tapette (fr) f, tapette à mouches (fr) f
German: Fliegenklatsche (de) f, Fliegenpracker m (Austrian German)
Alemannic German: Muggedätscher
Greek: μυγοσκοτώστρα (el) f (mygoskotóstra)
Hungarian: légycsapó (hu)
Hunsrik: Mickeflatsch m
Icelandic: flugnaspaði m
Irish: smiotán m
Italian: scacciamosche m, cacciamosche m
Japanese: 蝿叩き (ja) (はえたたき, haetataki)
Korean: 파리채 (ko) (parichae)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مێشکوژ (mêşkuj)
Latin: muscārium n
Maori: papakirango, paturango
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ялааны алуур (jalaany aluur)

Mongolian: ᠢᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ
ᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠷ (ilaɣan-u alaɣur)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fluesmekke m or f, fluesmekker m

Nynorsk: flugesmekkar m, flugesmekke f
Ottoman Turkish: سیڭكلك (sineklik)
Polish: packa (pl) f
Portuguese: matamoscas m
Romanian: paletă de muște f, plici (ro) n
Russian: мухобо́йка (ru) f (muxobójka), хлопу́шка (ru) f (xlopúška) (для мух)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мухомлат m, мухоклепац m, клепац m

Roman: muhomlat m, muhoklepac m, klepac (sh) m, muholovka (sh) f
Spanish: matamoscas (es) m
Swedish: flugsmälla (sv) c
Turkish: sineklik (tr)
Ukrainian: мухобі́йка f (muxobíjka)
Volapük: musakiflapöm
Welsh: swadiwr pryfed m

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