vlo

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • vloo (archaic)
  • vlooi (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vlô, from Old Dutch *flō, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plówkos, a variant of *plúsis (“flea”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vloː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: vlo
  • Rhymes: -oː

Noun

vlo f (plural vlooien, diminutive vlooitje n or vlootje n)

  1. a flea, insect of the order Siphonaptera

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vlooi

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

vlo

  1. alternative form of flo
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