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Meaning of flying saucer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.
    informal
  2. An alien interplanetary vessel, typically disc-shaped and of metallic construction.
  3. A form of confectionery, a small spheroidal capsule of rice paper filled with sherbet.

Equivalents

العربية طَبَق طَائِر
Català platet volador
Čeština létající talíř
Deutsch fliegende Untertasse Flugscheibe
Ελληνικά ιπτάμενος δίσκος
Español platillo volador platillo volante
Eesti lendav taldrik
Suomi lentävä lautanen
Français soucoupe volante
Gaeilge sásar eitilte
हिन्दी उड़न तश्तरी
Italiano disco volante
日本語 空飛ぶ円盤
한국어 비행접시
Македонски летечка чинија
Nederlands vliegende schotel
Polski latający spodek latający talerz
Português disco voador
Română farfurie zburătoare
Русский летающая тарелка
Svenska flygande tefat
ไทย จานบิน จานผี
Türkçe uçan daire
Tiếng Việt đĩa bay

Examples

“Some connect⟳ the recent spate of flying saucer sightings with a rumored top-secret military aviation project.”
“An engram is NOT [...] One of the little green men Americans claim⟳ have⟳ crashed in flying saucers.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

flying saucer group flying school flying shit flying shot Flying Spaghetti Monster Flying Spaghetti Monsterism

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