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English

Alternative forms

• 'flu (dated), floo (dated)

Etymology

Clipping of influenza

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /flu?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /fl??/
• Homophones: flew, flue

Noun

flu (usually uncountable, plural flus)

1. Influenza.
2. (informal) Stomach flu.

Synonyms

• (influenza): grippe, grip

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• catarrh

Anagrams

• -ful, ULF

French

Etymology

From English flu (“influenza”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flu/

Noun

flu m (uncountable)

1. (Quebec) diarrhoea

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl??/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

Related to the verb fly (“to fly”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

flu n (definite singular fluet, indefinite plural flu, definite plural flua)

1. (countable and uncountable, fishing) bait that is strewn out over the surface to attract fish

Verb

flu (present tense flur, past tense fludde, past participle fludd/flutt, passive infinitive fluast, present participle fluande, imperative flu)

1. (intransitive) to fish using such a technique

Alternative forms

• flua, flue

Etymology 2

From Old Norse flúð.

Alternative forms

• flud (non-standard since 1917)

Noun

flu f (definite singular flua, indefinite plural fluer, definite plural fluene)

1. a bank or skerry which is underwater at high tide

Related terms

• flod
• flyte

References

• “flu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ful, Ulf

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French flou.

Adjective

flu (comparative daha flu, superlative en flu)

1. fuzzy
2. (photography) blurred, out of focus

English

Etymology

From Inuktitut ?? (ulu, “woman's knife”).

Noun

ulu (plural ulus or uluit)

1. An all-purpose knife traditionally used by Yup'ik, Inuit, and Aleut women.
2. Anglicized spelling of ?ulu (Hawaiian for breadfruit)

Translations

Anagrams

• Luu

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *ulug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u??u]
• Hyphenation: u?lu

Adjective

ulu

1. great (magnificent)
2. great (degree of kinship)

3. ancient

   Synonym: q?dim

4. (linguistics, genetics) proto-

Further reading

• “ulu” in Obastan.com.

Basque

Noun

ulu inan

1. bay

Derived terms

• ulu egin

See also

• badia
• ereinotz
• erramu
• zaunka

Chamorro

Etymology

From Pre-Chamorro *?ulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

From Lower Chinook ulu, a noun meaning hunger in the Lower Chinook language

Adjective

ulu

1. hungry

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *qulu, from Proto-Oceanic *qulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English wool.

Noun

?lù m (possessed form ?lùn)

1. wool
2. wool thread

Synonyms

• (wool): wul

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

1. growth
2. grove
3. flock

Derived terms

• ulu h?k?

Verb

ulu

1. (intransitive) to grow

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *huru (compare Maori uru), from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *surup (compare Javanese surup).

Verb

ulu

1. (intransitive) to inspire; to be possessed by a god

Ido

Pronoun

ulu

1. someone

Inuktitut

Noun

ulu

1. Latin spelling of ?? (ulu)

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *quluh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ulu]

Noun

ulu (Lontara spelling ????)

1. head

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u.lu/

Noun

ulu m

1. locative/vocative singular of ul

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Oceanic *qulu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *qulu.

Noun

ulu

1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Turkish

Etymology

From Common Turkic *ulug.

Adjective

ulu (comparative daha ulu, superlative en ulu)

1. supreme, great, holy