Значення

значень: 19
  1. A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

    A pair of kites built a nest on the cliff.

  2. A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

    Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).

  3. A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.

  4. Some species in the subfamily Perninae.

  5. (переносно)A rapacious person.

  6. A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.

    On windy spring days, we would fly kites.

    Drachen, Fesseldrachen, Kite

    змейzmej

    пові́тряний змійpovítrjanyj zmij, повітря́ний змійpovitrjányj zmij, змійzmij

  7. A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.

  8. A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.

  9. (сленг)A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.

  10. (сленг)An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).

  11. (сленг)A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.

  12. A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.

    Meronyms: angle, side; see also Thesaurus:polygon

Ще визначення
  • any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
  • plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
  • a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
  • a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value

Приклади

речень: 110
  1. He flew a kite.

    Він пускав змія. — deniko

    ruОн запускал змея. — sharptoothed

    deEr ließ einen Drachen steigen. — MUIRIEL

  2. Let's fly a kite.

    Запустімо змія! — aandrusiak

    ruДавайте запустим воздушного змея. — fjay69

    deLassen wir einen Drachen steigen. — jakov

  3. Go fly a kite.

    Топай звідси. — deniko

    deHau ab! — stefz

  4. Tom flew a kite.

    Том пускав змія. — deniko

  5. He's good at flying kites.

    Він добре вміє запускати повітряного змія. — deniko

    ruОн хорошо умеет запускать воздушного змея. — fjay69

Українська
За значеннями 2
bird of prey of the family Accipitridae:
lightweight toy for flying:
Русский
За значеннями 2
bird of prey of the family Accipitridae:
lightweight toy for flying:
Deutsch
За значеннями 2
bird of prey of the family Accipitridae:
lightweight toy for flying:

Походження

The noun is from Middle English kyte, kīte, kete (“a kite endemic to Europe, especially th

The noun is from Middle English kyte, kīte, kete (“a kite endemic to Europe, especially the red kite (Milvus milvus)”), from Old English cȳta (“kite; bittern”), from Proto-West Germanic *kūtijō, diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *kūt (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH-d- (“to cry, screech”). The English word is cognate with Scots kyt, kyte (“kite; bird of prey”), Middle High German kiuzelīn, kützlīn (“owling”) (modern German Kauz (“owl”)). Possibly a doublet of coot.

Uncertain; possibly:

Borrowed from Coptic ⲕⲓⲧⲉ (kite), from Demotic Egyptian qt, from Egyptian qdt.

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