| Definitions | kite
noun
- A bird of prey with long wings and weak legs that mostly feeds on carrion and spends long periods soaring.
- 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.
- (context, geometry) A quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair being consecutive.
- (context, slang) An aircraft, or aeroplane.
Translations: - French: cerf-volant
- German: Drachenviereck
- Spanish: cometa (italbrac, especially Spain, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Uruguay), barrilete (italbrac, Argentina, Guatemala, Nicaragua), cachirulo (italbrac, Eastern Central Spain), chichigua (italbrac, Dominican Republic), chiringa (italbrac, Puerto Rico), lechuza (italbrac, Nicaragua), pandorga (italbrac, Southern Spain, Paraguay, Northeastern Argentina, Western Uruguay), papagayo (italbrac, Venezuela, Southeastern Mexico), papalote (italbrac, Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba), papelote (italbrac, Honduras), petaca (italbrac, Northwestern Venezuela), piscucha (italbrac, El Salvador), volador (italbrac, Bolivia, Eastern Venezuela), volantín (italbrac, Chile, Central and Eastern Bolivia, Western Central and Northwestern Argentina, Northwestern Venezuela, Western Puerto Rico)
- Dutch: vlieger
- Italian: aquilone
verb (kit, ing)
- rare: To fly a kite (usually used with go.)
- I'm going kiting this weekend
Translations: - German: einen Drachen steigen lassen
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