UFO
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Etymology
Abbreviations.
Pronunciation
Noun
UFO (plural UFOs)
- Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft. [from 20th c.]
- 1967, Brad Steiger, Joan Whritenour, “Someone Up There May Not Like Us”, in Flying Saucers Are Hostile, Tandem Publishing, published 1975, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13:
- After the case had been reported in the newspapers, Mrs. Gracindo de Souza, wife of a member of the local stock exchange, told police that she and her daughter had been driving down Alameda Sao Boaventura when they had seen an[sic] UFO hovering over the clearing where the bodies were later discovered.
- 2004, George Carlin, “THEY CAME FROM OUT OF THE SKY”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 12:
- To my way of thinking, there is every bit as much evidence for the existence of UFOs as there is for the existence of God. Probably far more. At least in the case of UFOs there have been countless taped and filmed—and, by the way, unexplained—sightings from all over the world, along with documented radar evidence seen by experienced military and civilian radar operators.
- (colloquial) An "unfinished object" in knitting or other kinds of craft. [from 20th c.]
- 2007, Kerry Wills, The Close-knit Circle: American Knitters Today, page 107:
- UFOs differ from WIPs in that a WIP is a project one is actively pursuing, while a UFO runs the risk of never getting finished.
- (astronomy) Initialism of ultrared flattened object. [2022]
Synonyms
unidentified flying object
Derived terms
unidentified flying object
Related terms
unidentified flying object
Descendants
Translations
an unidentified flying object
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See also
unidentified flying object
Anagrams
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Noun
UFO
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology
Noun
UFO
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
UFO
- UFO (unidentified flying object)
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English UFO, initialism of unidentified flying object, itself translated into German as unidentifiziertes Flugobjekt or more commonly unbekanntes Flugobjekt.
Pronunciation
Noun
UFO n (strong, genitive UFOs or UFO, plural UFOs or UFO)
Declension
Declension of UFO [neuter, strong]
Derived terms
See also
- Fliegende Untertasse
Further reading
- “UFO” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
UFO m (invariable)
- UFO
- Synonyms: oggetto volante non identificato m, alieno m
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English UFO, but pronounced like an acronym rather than a mere initialism.
Pronunciation
Noun
- Synonym of 未確認飛行物体 (mikakunin hikō buttai, “unidentified flying object”); a UFO
See also
- UMA (yūma)
Alternative forms
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English UFO.
Pronunciation
Noun
UFO n (indeclinable)
Derived terms
nouns
Related terms
adjective
- ufologiczny
nouns
Further reading
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English UFO.
Pronunciation
Noun
UFO m (plural UFOs)
- Synonym of OVNI
Related terms
Noun
UFO n
- Alternative form of ufo
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | UFO | UFO:s |
| definite | UFO:t | UFO:ts | |
| plural | indefinite | UFO:n | UFO:ns |
| definite | UFO:na | UFO:nas | |
Declension of UFO
References
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