flightless

English

Etymology

From flight +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• enPR: flīt'lĭs

Adjective

flightless (not comparable)

1. Unable to fly. Usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
   • 2010, Alexander Elder, Straying from the Flock: Travels in New Zealand:

     America has its bald eagle and New Zealand has its kiwi, a flightless brown bird.

Antonyms

• flighted
• volant

Derived terms

• flightless cormorant
• New Guinea flightless rail

 

Translations

unable to fly

• Czech: nelétavý
• Danish: ikke flyvedygtig
• Dutch: niet-vliegend
• Finnish: lentokyvytön (fi)
• German: flugunfähig (de)
• Greek: άπτερος (el) (ápteros)
• Hungarian: röpképtelen (hu)
• Icelandic: ófleygur
• Italian: incapace di volare
• Lithuanian: neskraidantis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flygeudyktig

  Nynorsk: flygeudyktig

• Persian: بی‌پرواز (bi-parvâz)
• Polish: nielotny (pl)
• Russian: нелета́ющий (ru) (neletájuščij)
• Swedish: flygoförmögen (sv)
• Telugu: ఎగురలేని (eguralēni)

See also

• wingless