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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesउड़न तश्तरी
Pronunciation / Transliteration: udan tashtari
"वैज्ञानिकों ने आसमान में एक उड़न तश्तरी देखे जाने की घटना की जाँच की।"
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2 senses- 1
A disc-shaped unidentified flying object (UFO) reported by witnesses, typically described as glowing or metallic.
"The tabloid newspaper featured a sensational headline about a flying saucer sighting over the desert." - 2
A type of amusement park ride or a toy shaped like a flat disc designed to glide through the air.
"Children eagerly tossed the flying saucer back and forth across the lawn."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in 1947 by American businessmen and pilot Kenneth Arnold, who described a string of crescent-shaped unidentified objects he saw flying near Mount Rainier as moving like 'saucers skipping on water'. The press popularized the descriptive phrase 'flying saucer' to characterize disc-shaped unidentified flying objects, capturing the public imagination during the early Cold War era of burgeoning aerospace technology and science fiction popularity.
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Soucoupe volante
Transliteration: /su.kup vɔ.lɑ̃t/
"Plusieurs témoins affirment avoir vu une soucoupe volante dans le ciel nocturne."
Fliegende Untertasse
Transliteration: /ˈfliːɡn̩də ˈʊntɐˌtasə/
"Der Film handelt von der Landung einer fliegenden Untertasse auf der Erde."
Disco volante
Transliteration: /ˈdis.ko voˈlan.te/
"Molte persone credono che i dischi volanti provengano da altri pianeti."
Platillo volador
Transliteration: /plaˈti.ʎo βo.laˈðor/
"El científico investigó los supuestos avistamientos de un platillo volador."
Disco voador
Transliteration: /ˈdʒis.ku vo.aˈdoʁ/
"O relatório policial mencionava luzes estranhas parecidas com um disco voador."
उड़न तश्तरी
Transliteration: udan tashtari
"वैज्ञानिकों ने आसमान में एक उड़न तश्तरी देखे जाने की घटना की जाँच की।"
飞碟
Transliteration: fēidié
"许多科幻电影都以飞碟和外星人为主题。"
비행접시
Transliteration: bihaengjeopsi
"밤하늘에서 비행접시를 목격했다는 주장이 나왔습니다."
空飛ぶ円盤
Transliteration: soratobu emban
"夜空に空飛ぶ円盤が現れたという噂が広まった。"
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