flying saucer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From an interview given by amateur pilot Kenneth Arnold who described seeing nine flying objects that were "moving like saucers being skimmed across a lake". The description was not meant to describe the shape of the objects, only how they maneuvered, yet the misinterpretation took hold and gained popularity.
Meanings
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(informal) A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.
Amateur airman Kenneth Arnold of Pendleton (Oregon) reported yesterday that he had seen "nine planes like flying saucers travelling at 1200 miles an hour."
1947 June 29, The Truth, Sydney, page 39, column 4:An engram is NOT [...] One of the little green men Americans claim have crashed in flying saucers.
1950 December 6, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 3, column 5:Some connect the recent spate of flying saucer sightings with a rumored top-secret military aviation project.
- An alien interplanetary vessel, typically disc-shaped and of metallic construction.
- A form of confectionery, a small spheroidal capsule of rice paper filled with sherbet.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flying saucers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
little green man · extraterrestrial · foo · foo fighter · alien · ET · mothership · Martian · UFO
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
saucercraft (flying craft)
Translations (49)
ar طَبَق طَائِر (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · de fliegende Untertasse (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · hu repülő csészealj (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · ko 비행접시 (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · ta பறக்கும்தட்டு (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · sh летећи тањир (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · fi lentävä lautanen (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · fa بشقاب پرنده (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · es platillo volante (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · el ιπτάμενος δίσκος (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · ro farfurie zburătoare (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · vi đĩa bay (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · sv flygande tefat (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · es platillo volador (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · hy թռչող ափսե (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · it disco volante (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · is fljúgandi diskur (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · et lendav taldrik (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · pt disco voador (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · pl latający spodek (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · kk ұшатын табақ (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · mk летечка чинија (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · th จานผี (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · hi उड़न तश्तरी (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · tr uçan daire (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · nrf souôtâsse volante (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · th จานบิน (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · cy soser hedegog (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · sh leteći tanjir (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · ru лета́ющая таре́лка (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · cmn 飛碟 /飞碟 (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · ur اڑن طشتری (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · kw padellik neyja (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · la patella volans (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · ja 空飛ぶ円盤 (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · da flyvende tallerken (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · ga sásar eitilte (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · bg летяща чиния (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · nl vliegende schotel (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · fr soucoupe volante (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · eo fluganta subtaso (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · chr ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ ᏖᎵᏙ (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · ca platet volador (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · fo flúgvandi diskur (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · az uçan dairə (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · ur اڑن تشتری (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · cs létající talíř (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · no flygende tallerken (disc-shaped unidentified flying object) · mn нисдэг таваг (disc-shaped unidentified flying object)