mayfly · nine day wonder, flash in the pan (something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned)
çekim: çoğul Eintagsfliegen · tamlayan Eintagsfliegen
eş: Ephemeride
köken: ein (“one”) + Tag (“day”) + -s- + Fliege (“fly”)
ephemeral (lasting for only a short time; transitory) · existing for only one day; ephemeral
çekim: çoğul éphémères
eş: bref, court, fugace, momentané, passager, provisoire
zıt: éternel
köken: Inherited from Old French effimere, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros).
mayfly
çekim: çoğul cachipollas
eş: efímera, mosca efímera
feminine singular of efemero
mayfly (insect of the order Ephemeroptera)
çekim: çoğul подёнки · tamlayan подёнки
eş: однодневка, эфемерида
insect uit de orde Ephemeroptera dat na het larvenstadium uit het water te zijn gekomen nog slechts korte tijd blijft leven
eş: haft
feminine singular of efêmero
ephemeropteran
çekim: çoğul εφημερόπτερα · tamlayan εφημερόπτερου
köken: Back-formation from εφημερόπτερα (efimeróptera), from translingual Ephemeroptera.
a mayfly · synonym of 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”)
köken: Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagerō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze. The kanji is jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)), from Chinese 蜉蝣 (fúyóu).
Korece 🔊 하루살이 /ha̠ɾusʰa̠ɾi/ mayfly (insect) · living day-to-day, without future plans or money; someone who lives in such a way · something ephemeral
köken: Compound of 하루 (haru, “one day”) + 살— (sal-, “to live”) + -이 (-i, agentive noun-deriving suffix). First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean ᄒᆞᄅᆞ사리〮 (Yale: hòlòsàlí).
a mayfly (any insect of the order Ephemeroptera) · something short-lived; a fad, a flash in the pan
çekim: çoğul dagsländor · tamlayan dagsländas
köken: From dag (“day”) + slända (“winged insect”). Compare English dayfly.
Lehçe 🔊 jętka (dişil) /ˈjɛnt.ka/ mayfly, insect of the order Ephemeroptera · collar beam
çekim: çoğul jętki · tamlayan jętki
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *h₁m̥-é-ti Proto-Balto-Slavic *ímtei Proto-Slavic *íntēj Proto-Slavic *ęti Old Polish jąć Polish jąć Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Polish -ka Polish -ka Polish jętka From jąć + -ka.
mayfly (any of the insects in the order Ephemeroptera)
çekim: çoğul päivänkorennot · tamlayan päivänkorennon
köken: päivän (genitive) + korento
Tisza mayfly (Palingenia longicauda)
çekim: çoğul tiszavirágok
köken: From Tisza (“Tisza river”) + virág (“flower”).
aile: tiszavirágos
a mayfly
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 蜉蝣 (“mayfly”). Compare French éphémère (“ephemeral; mayfly”).
feminine singular of efímer
çekim: çoğul efímeres
köken: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.