Image:Black-winged Kite NAUMANN.jpg|thumb|A black-winged kite (sense 1)
Image:Kitesflying.jpg|thumb|Toy kites (sense 2)
Image:Drachenviereck.png|thumb|A kite shape (sense 3)
English

Pronunciation
kīt, /kaɪt/, /<tt>kaIt</tt>/
:Rhymes:English:-aɪt|Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun
en-noun

1. A bird of prey with long wings and weak legs that mostly feeds on carrion and spends long periods soaring.
2. A heavier than air object which fly|flies in the air by obtaining lift from wind, and is tethered by a line or a string.
3. context|geometry A quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair being consecutive.
4. context|slang An aircraft, or aeroplane.

Derived terms
go fly a kite
powerkite
stunt kite

Translations
trans-top|bird of prey
Chinese: 鳶, 鸢 yu�n
Danish: glente
French: milan m
German: Milan m
Hungarian: vörös kánya
Japanese: 鳶 (��, tobi)
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Lithuanian: peslys m
Polish: kania
Russian: ко���н (kóršun) m
Serbian: lunja f
Spanish: milano m, aguililla f
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trans-top|flying toy on string
Bosnian: zmaj#Bosnian|zmaj m
Catalan: estel
Chinese: 風�, �� f�ng zh�ng
Czech: drak m
Danish: drage
Dutch: vlieger
Esperanto: kajto
Finnish: leija#Finnish|leija
French: cerf-volant m
German: Drachen m
Hungarian: Papírsárkány
Hebrew: he-translation|עפ�פ��|afifón m
Icelandic: flugdreki m
Italian: aquilone m
Japanese: � (��, tako)
Korean: � (yeon)
Lithuanian: aitvaras m
Polish: latawiec m
Portuguese: papagaio m, pipa f italbrac|Brazil, pandorga f italbrac|Southern Brazil
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Russian: возд��н�й змей (air snake (dragon)) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: зма�#Serbian|зма� m
:Roman: zmaj#Serbian|zmaj m
Spanish: cometa f italbrac|especially Spain|Colombia|Ecuador|Panama|Peru|Uruguay, barrilete m italbrac|Argentina|Guatemala|Nicaragua, cachirulo m italbrac|Eastern Central Spain, chichigua f italbrac|Dominican Republic, chiringa f italbrac|Puerto Rico, lechuza italbrac|Nicaragua, pandorga f italbrac|Southern Spain|Paraguay|Northeastern Argentina|Western Uruguay, papagayo m italbrac|Venezuela, Southeastern Mexico, papalote m italbrac|Mexico|Costa Rica|Cuba, papelote m italbrac|Honduras, petaca f italbrac|Northwestern Venezuela, piscucha f italbrac|El Salvador, volador m italbrac|Bolivia, Eastern Venezuela, volantín m italbrac|Chile|Central and Eastern Bolivia|Western Central and Northwestern Argentina|Northwestern Venezuela|Western Puerto Rico
Swedish: drake c
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trans-top|quadrilateral
German: Drachenviereck
Hebrew: he-translation|��ת��|daltón m
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Verb
en-verb|kit|ing

1. rare: To fly a kite (usually used with go.)

#:I'm going kiting this weekend

Translations
trans-top|to fly a kite
Finnish: lennättää leija#Finnish|leijaa
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German: einen Drachen steigen lassen
Hungarian: sárkányt röptetni
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See also
w:Kite_(bird)|Wikipedia article on the kite, the bird of prey
w:Kite_flying|Wikipedia article on kites, the toys
w:Geometric_kite|Wikipedia article on the kite, the quadrilateral

Category:Birds

Japanese

Verb
kite (hiragana ��)

1. ��: Conjunctive form of �� (��, kuru), "to come".

Category:Japanese romaji

Maori

Verb
kite (used in the form kite-a)

1. to see

Category:Maori language

da:kite
de:kite
fa:kite
fr:kite
io:kite
ku:kite
hu:kite
pl:kite
ru:kite
fi:kite
ta:kite
te:kite
vi:kite
tr:kite
zh:kite

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