Word Frequency
flea (fliː
)
Definitions
noun
- any small wingless parasitic blood-sucking insect of the order Siphonaptera, living on the skin of mammals and birds and noted for its power of leaping
- any of various invertebrates that resemble fleas, such as the water flea and flea beetle
Word Origin
Old English flēah; related to Old Norse flō, Old High German flōhTranslations for 'flea'
- British English: flea A flea is a small jumping insect that sucks human or animal blood.fliː NOUN
- Arabic: بُرْغُوث
- Brazilian Portuguese: pulga
- Chinese: 跳蚤
- Croatian: buha
- Czech: blecha
- Danish: loppe
- Dutch: vlo vlooien
- European Spanish: pulga
- Finnish: kirppu
- French: puceinsecte
- German: Floh Flöhe
- Greek: ψύλλος
- Italian: pulce
- Japanese: 蚤
- Korean: 벼룩
- Norwegian: loppe
- Polish: pchła
- Portuguese: pulga
- Romanian: țânțar țânțari
- Russian: блоха
- Spanish: pulga
- Swedish: loppa
- Thai: หมัด
- Turkish: pire
- Ukrainian: блоха
- Vietnamese: con rận
Example Sentences Including 'flea'
But the walkers can still be purchased from foreign distributors or at flea markets and garage sales.Ottawa Sun (2003)
COM, Fraser Claughton, from Kent, came across the haul at a flea market in Australia while visiting a friend.NME (New Musical Express) (2004)
Graham still couldn't fathom out why their contact had chosen to meet them at the flea market.Alastair McLean's 'Night Watch'
In the original volume the flea on this fold-out plate measures a dramatic 18 by 12 inches.THE CURIOUS LIFE OF ROBERT HOOKE: The Man who Measured London (2003)
The ads would be a flea on the back of the elephant that is public opinion.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
The programme segments are so short you need the attention span of a flea.SOMEBODY (2002)
The re-establishment of a First and Deputy First Minister has been brought about with all the dignity of a flea circus.Sun, News of the World (2001)
This time, his face is on a painting in a flea market on a can of Campbell's Soup, a la Andy Warhol.Toronto Sun (2003)
To the Phoebeans we are rather less than a toothless flea would be to a dog.Anti-Ice
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