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English
Etymology
From Old English flēon, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”).
Cognate with Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Icelandic flýja, Swedish fly, Gothic 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þliuhan). Within English, related to fly and more distantly to flow.
Pronunciation
Verb
flee (third-person singular simple present flees, present participle fleeing, simple past and past participle fled)
- (intransitive) To run away; to escape.
The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.
1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254:When, however, the plant spirits were not strong enough in themselves, then the family called in the Medicine Man. He appeared, a "monster of so frightful mien", with noise making apparatus which produced such a terrifying din that even the hardiest demon was likely to flee.
- (transitive) To escape from.
Many people fled the country as war loomed.
Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.
1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, in Modern Railways, page 220:The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee the explosion.
- (intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish.
Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.
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Translations
to run away; to escape
- Afrikaans: vlug (af)
- Albanian: vërdhoj, arratis (sq), iki (sq)
- Arabic: هَرَبَ (ar) (haraba), فَرَّ (farra)
- Armenian: փախչել (hy) (pʿaxčʿel)
- Asturian: fuxir
- Azerbaijani: qaçmaq (az)
- Basque: ihes egin (eu)
- Belarusian: уцяка́ць impf (ucjakácʹ), уцячы́ pf (ucjačý), бегчы́ impf (bjehčý), убе́гчы pf (ubjéhčy)
- Bengali: পালানো (bn) (palanō), ভাগা (bn) (bhaga), ফেরার করা (pherar kora)
- Breton: redek (br), tec'hout (br), fuiñ
- Bulgarian: бя́гам (bg) impf (bjágam), избягвам (bg) (izbjagvam)
- Burmese: ထွက်ပြေး (my) (htwakpre:), လိုက်ပြေး (my) (luikpre:), ပြေး (my) (pre:)
- Catalan: fugir (ca)
- Chechen: дада (dada)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 逃 (zh) (táo), 奔逃 (zh) (bēntáo), 奔 (zh) (bēn)
- Czech: utéct (cs), utéci (cs) pf, utíkat (cs) impf
- Danish: flygte (da), fly (da)
- Dutch: vluchten (nl), wegvluchten (nl), ontsnappen (nl), vlieden (nl)
- Egyptian: (jfd)
- Esperanto: fuĝi
- Estonian: põgenema
- Faroese: flýggja
- Finnish: paeta (fi), karata (fi)
- French: s’enfuir (fr), prendre la fuite (fr)
- Friulian: fuî
- Galician: fuxir (gl)
- Georgian: გაქცევა (gakceva)
- German: fliehen (de), flüchten (de)
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þliuhan)
- Greek: φεύγω (el) (févgo)
- Ancient Greek: φεύγω (pheúgō), τρέω (tréō)
- Hebrew: נָס (he) (nás)
- Hindi: भागना (hi) (bhāgnā)
- Hungarian: menekül (hu)
- Icelandic: flýja (is)
- Ido: fugar (io)
- Irish: teith
- Italian: fuggire (it)
- Japanese: 逃げる (ja) (にげる, nigeru)
- Kabuverdianu: fuji
- Kazakh: қашу (qaşu)
- Khmer: គេច (km) (kɨc), ក្រឡេច (km) (krɑləc), រត់ (km) (rŭət)
- Korean: 달아나다 (ko) (daranada), 도망치다 (ko) (domangchida), 도망가다 (ko) (domanggada)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ھەڵاتن (hellatin), دەرپەڕین (derperrîn)
- Northern Kurdish: revîn (ku), bazdan (ku), bezîn (ku)
- Zazaki: remayen
- Kyrgyz: качуу (ky) (kacuu)
- Lao: ຫນີ (nī)
- Latin: fugiō (la), fugitō (la), perfugio
- Latvian: bēgt
- Lithuanian: bėgti (lt)
- Low German:
- German Low German: flüchten
- Macedonian: по́бегне (póbegne), на́пушти (nápušti)
- Maguindanao: laguy
- Maori: kairere, tūrere, papahoro
- Mongolian: зугтах (mn) (zugtax)
- Northern Sami: báhtarit
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: flykte (no), rømme (no)
- Nynorsk: flykte, rømme
- Occitan: fugir (oc)
- Old Church Slavonic: бѣжати (běžati)
- Old English: flēon, ætflēon
- Old Norse: flýja
- Old Saxon: fliohan
- Persian: گریختن (fa) (gorixtan), فرار کردن (fa)
- Polish: uciec (pl) pf, uciekać (pl) impf, zbiec (pl) pf, umknąć (pl) pf, umykać impf
- Portuguese: escapar (pt), fugir (pt)
- Quechua: ayqey, chinkakapuy, mitikuy
- Romanian: scăpa (ro), evada (ro), fugi (ro)
- Russian: убега́ть (ru) impf (ubegátʹ), убежа́ть (ru) pf (ubežátʹ), удира́ть (ru) impf (udirátʹ), удра́ть (ru) pf (udrátʹ)
- Sami:
- Kildin Sami: поа̄ччкэ (pååččke)
- Lule Sami: báhtarit
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бежати impf
- Roman: bežati (sh) impf
- Slovak: utekať impf, utiecť pf
- Slovene: bežati (sl) impf
- Spanish: huir (es)
- Swedish: fly (sv)
- Tajik: гурехтан (tg) (gurextan)
- Telugu: పారిపోవు (te) (pāripōvu)
- Thai: หนี (th) (nǐi)
- Turkish: kaçmak (tr)
- Turkmen: gaçmak
- Ukrainian: тіка́ти impf (tikáty), утіка́ти impf (utikáty), утекти́ pf (utektý), бі́гти (uk) impf (bíhty)
- Urdu: بهاگنا (bhāgnā)
- Uyghur: قاچماق (qachmaq)
- Uzbek: qochmoq (uz)
- Venetian: fuxir, fùxer, fugér, fugir
- Vietnamese: bôn (vi), bôn đào (vi), bỏ chạy
- Welsh: ffoi (cy)
- Yakut: куот (kuot)
- Yiddish: אַנטלויפֿן (antloyfn)
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to escape from
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: փախչել (hy) (pʿaxčʿel)
- Breton: tec'hel (br)
- Bulgarian: избягвам (bg) (izbjagvam)
- Catalan: fugir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Czech: utéci (cs) pf, utíkat (cs) impf
- Danish: flygte (da)
- Dutch: ontkomen (nl), ontlopen (nl), ontvluchten (nl)
- Esperanto: fuĝi
- Finnish: paeta (fi), karata (fi)
- French: fuir (fr), échapper (fr)
- Friulian: fuî
- Georgian: გაქცევა (gakceva)
- German: fliehen (de), entfliehen (de), flüchten (de)
- Icelandic: flýja (is)
- Ido: eskapar (io)
- Irish: teith ó/roimh
- Japanese: 逃げる (ja) (にげる, nigeru)
- Kabuverdianu: fuji
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ڕاکردن (rakirdin)
- Latin: fugio (la), confugio (la), diffugio, profugio, refugio (la), evado, evado
- Macedonian: и́збегне (ízbegne)
- Polish: uciec (pl), uciekać (pl), zbiec (pl), umknąć (pl), umykać
- Portuguese: escapar de, fugir de
- Romanian: fugi (ro)
- Russian: убега́ть (ru) impf (ubegátʹ), убежа́ть (ru) pf (ubežátʹ), удира́ть (ru) impf (udirátʹ), удра́ть (ru) pf (udrátʹ)
- Spanish: huir (es)
- Swedish: fly (sv)
- Telugu: పారిపోవు (te) (pāripōvu)
- Thai: หนี (th) (nǐi)
- Welsh: ffoi (cy)
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Middle English
Noun
flee
- Alternative form of fle
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English flye, from Old English flȳġe, flēoge, from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ. Compare English fly, Dutch vlieg, German Fliege.
Noun
flee
- fly