Complete Definition of "unidentified flying object"

English

Noun
en-noun|sg=unidentified flying object

  1. Anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air, primarily used to refer to objects that seem to be at least of small familiar aircraft size. Abbreviated UFO.

#: The lights seen over the city last night, originally termed unidentified flying objects, turned out to be spotlights from a car dealership reflecting on low clouds.

  1. colloquial An alien spacecraft. More commonly called a UFO.

Synonyms
italbrac|alien spacecraft UFO, flying saucer

Translations
trans-top|anything in the air not readily explainable
Czech: neidentifikovatelný létající p�edm�t m (abbreviation UFO m)
Dutch: (abbreviation UFO n)
Esperanto: ne-identifita flug-objekto, (abbreviation NIFO)
Finnish: tunnistamaton lentävä esine, (abbreviation UFO or ufo)
French: objet volant non-identifié m (abbreviation OVNI m)
German: unidentifiziertes Flugobjekt n (abbreviation UFO, n)
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Icelandic: fljúgandi furðuhlutur m (abbreviation FFH n)
Italian: oggetto volante non identificato m (abbreviation OVNI m)
Russian: неопознанн�й ле�а��ий об�ек� (abbreviation ���)
Swedish: Oidentifierat flygande föremål, Oidentifierat flygande objekt (UFO)
Vietnamese: tàu bay chưa nhận|nhận biết, �ĩa bay
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trans-top|(colloquial) an alien spacecraft
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