dayfly

day·fly

D d

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dey-flahy]
- /ˈdeɪˌflaɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dey-flahy]
- /ˈdeɪˌflaɪ/

Definitions of dayfly word

noun dayfly the adult mayfly 3
noun plural dayfly a mayfly. 1

See all 2 definitions of dayfly

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Origin of dayfly

First appearance:

before 1595

One of the 38% oldest English words

First recorded in 1595-1605; day + fly2

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Parts of speech for Dayfly

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Dayfly

dayfly popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

dayfly usage trend in Literature

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