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{{also|Flyer}}
==English==
[[File:Anuncio_rave.JPG|thumb|Flyer ({{senseno|en|leaflet}}) advertising a rave party]]
[[File:Flyingbuttress.jpg|thumb|Flyers ({{senseno|en|architecture}})]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|flier||more common in US, except in the sense of “leaflet”}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flyer.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪə(ɹ)|s=2}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{af|en|fly|-er|id2=agent noun|pos2=agent noun suffix}}.
With regard to the sense "female kangaroo": because of the high speed at which they move.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# That which [[fly|flies]], as a bird or insect.
# A machine that flies.
# {{lb|en|dated}} An [[airplane]] [[pilot]].
#: {{syn|en|aviator|aviatrix}}
# A person who travels by airplane.
# {{senseid|en|leaflet}} A [[leaflet]], often for advertising.
#: {{syn|en|circular|leaflet}}
#: {{cot|en|booklet|brochure|catalogue|pamphlet}}
# The part of a [[spinning]] machine that [[twist]]s the [[thread]] as it takes it to and winds it on the [[bobbin]]
# {{senseid|en|architecture}} {{lb|en|architecture}} An [[arch]] that connects a [[flying buttress]] into the structure it supports.
# {{lb|en|acrobatics|cheerleading|synchronized swimming}} A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
#: {{cot|en|base}}
# {{lb|en|firearms}} A stray shot away from the group on a target.
# A standard [[rectangular]] [[step]] of a [[staircase]] (as opposed to a [[winder]]).
# A [[female]] [[kangaroo]]; a [[roo]]; a [[doe]]; a [[jill]].
# A [[leap]] or [[jump]].
# A [[risky]] [[investment]] or other [[venture]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1903|author=Mark Twain|title=The $30,000 Bequest
|passage=It was a great day for the pair of Fosters. They were speechless for joy. Also speechless for another reason: after much watching of the market, Aleck had lately, with fear and trembling, made her first '''flyer''' on a “margin,” using the remaining twenty thousand of the bequest in this risk.}}
# {{lb|en|informal}} A fast-moving person or thing.
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1952|month=December|author='Mercury'|title=Modern French Locomotive Performance|journal=Railway Magazine|pages=808-809|text=An amusing incident on the first of these journeys was the checking by signal of the '''flyer''' about 3 miles out of Paris, with the result that it was overhauled by the 6.25 p.m. semi-fast from Paris to Montargis, to the unconcealed delight of passengers in the latter.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1961|month=October|title=The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region|journal=Trains Illustrated|page=593|text=The new Waterloo–Exeter times of the S.R. '''flyer''' are 2hr 58min down and 1min more up, in less than 3hr, that is to say, in both directions, with the help of four runs timed at over a mile a minute.}}
# {{lb|en|sports}} A {{l|en|false start}}
# {{lb|en|music}} {{syn of|en|flying cymbal}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|paper flyer|Baltimore flyer|frequent flyer|blue flyer|blue pigeon flyer|flyerer|high flyer|high-flyer|take a flyer}}

=====Descendants=====
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* {{desc|fi|flaijeri|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fr|flyer|bor=1}}
* {{desc|de|Flyer|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ko|플라이어|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pt|flyer|bor=1}}
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=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|machine that flies}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|velivolo}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ле́тало|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|voador|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|лета́тельный аппара́т|m}}
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{{trans-top|someone who pilots or rides in an airplane}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|طَيَّار}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|летец|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|letec|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pilote}}
* German: {{t+|de|Flieger}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|eitleoir|m}}
* Italian: {{t|it|volatore}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ле́тач|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|awiator|m}} {{qualifier|archaic}}, {{t+|pl|lotnik|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|piloto|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|лётчик|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|piloto}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|manlilipad}}
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{{trans-top-see|leaflet, often for advertising|leaflet}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|թռուցիկ|sc=Armn}}, {{t+|hy|շրջաբերական|sc=Armn}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|лісто́ўка|f}}, {{t|be|улётка|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|листо́вка|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|傳單|tr=chuándān}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|leták|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|flyer|m}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|lendleht}}, {{t|et|flaier}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lentolehtinen}}, {{t|fi|lennäkki}}, {{t|fi|mainoslehtinen}}, {{t|fi|joukkokirje}}
* French: {{t+|fr|tract}}, {{t+|fr|prospectus}}, {{t+|fr|flyer|m}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|Flugblatt|n}}, {{t+|de|Flyer|m}}, {{t+|de|Rundschreiben|n}}, {{t+|de|Handzettel|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εγκύκλιος|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|עלון|m|tr='alón}}, {{t|he|פלייר / פלאייר|m|tr=fláyer}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|bileoigín|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|annuncio}}, {{t+|it|volantino}}, {{t+|it|opuscolo}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|散らし|tr=ちらし, chirashi|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|チラシ|tr=chirashi|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|フライヤー|tr=furaiyā|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|檄|tr=geki}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|플라이어}}, {{t+|ko|전단(傳單)}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|леток|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|mātārere}}, {{t|mi|tawhera}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|flyveblad}}, {{t|no|flygeblad}}, {{t|no|løpeseddel}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ulotka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|folheto|m}}, {{t+|pt|panfleto|m}}, {{t+|pt|circular|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|foaie volantă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|листо́вка|f}}, {{t+|ru|фла́ер|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|летак|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|letak|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|volante|m}}, {{t+|es|octavilla|f}}, {{t+|es|circular}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|cirkulär|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|palibot}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ใบปลิว}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|el ilanı}}, {{t+|tr|broşür}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|листі́вка|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|tờ quảng cáo}}, {{t|vi|tờ rơi}}, {{t|vi|tờ bướm}}, {{t+|vi|truyền đơn}} ({{t|vi|傳單|sc=Hani}})
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|afitchete-riclame|f}}
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{{trans-top|part of a spinning machine}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vleugel|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lyhty}}, {{t+|fi|siipi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|broche|f}}, {{t+|fr|épinglier|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Spinnflügel|m}}
* Italian: {{t|it|aspo|m}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|fflei|m}}
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{{trans-top|architecture: connecting arch}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tukikaari}}
* German: {{t|de|Strebebogen|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|strävbåge|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|nousija}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|shooting: stray shot away from the group on a target}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|standard rectangular step of a staircase}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|стъпало|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[suora]] [[porras]]}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|female kangaroo}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[naaras]][[kenguru]]}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|känguru|c}}, {{t|sv|känguruhona|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|leap or jump}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|loikka}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|risky investment or other venture}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To distribute flyers (leaflets).
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Mark Fisher|quotee=Neil McKinnon|title=The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide|year=2012|publisher=A&C Black|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=2sjDhPGnBTwC&pg=PA156&dq=%22flyering%22&hl=en&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22flyering%22&f=false|isbn=978-1-4081-3648-5|page=156|passage=Neil McKinnon, the Fringe's head of external affairs, asks: Are you '''flyering''' in the right place at the right time? How are you '''flyering'''? Good '''flyering''' is about more than standing there handing out flyers to as many people as you can.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).

===Etymology 2===
From {{af|en|fly|-er|id2=comparative|pos2=comparative suffix}}.

====Adjective====
{{head|en|comparative adjective}}

# {{en-comparative of|fly}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eflry|refly}}

{{C|en|Female animals|Macropods|People}}

==French==

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|fr|en|flyer}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{fr-IPA|[y:aï,er:eur]}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-flyer.wav}}

====Noun====
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|flyer}} (leaflet)
#: {{syn|fr|affiche|affichette}}

===Etymology 2===
{{der+|fr|en|fly}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{fr-IPA|[y:aï]}}

====Verb====
{{fr-verb}}

# {{lb|fr|North America|intransitive}} to [[flee]], to [[run off]]; to [[scram]], [[skedaddle]], [[scarper]]

=====Conjugation=====
{{fr-conj-auto}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
{{bor|sv|en|flyer}}.

===Declension===
{{sv-infl-noun-c-zero}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# {{l|en|flyer}} (leaflet)
# {{l|en|frisbee}} {{qualifier|rare}}