flue
English
Etymology
Unknown, according to AHD.
Pronunciation
Noun
flue (plural flues)
- A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
- An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
- (obsolete, countable and uncountable) A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
- In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.
Related terms
Translations
pipe that carries gaseous combustion products away from their origin
opening between the lower lip and the languet
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish flughæ, from Old Norse fluga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fluːə/, [ˈfluːə], [ˈfluːu]
Noun
flue c (singular definite fluen, plural indefinite fluer)
Inflection
Declension of flue
Esperanto
Adverb
flue
Latin
Verb
flue
- second-person singular present active imperative of fluō
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
flue f, m (definite singular flua or fluen, indefinite plural fluer, definite plural fluene)
- (insect) a fly
- flue på veggen - fly on the wall
Derived terms
See also
- fluge (Nynorsk)
References
- “flue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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