Falter

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaltɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Fal‧ter

From Middle High German vīvalter, from Old High German fīfaltra, from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ, *fīfildǭ (“butterfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *peypel-. Cognate with Dutch vijfwouter, Icelandic fiðrildi, and outside Germanic Latin papilio. The form was variously altered and re-interpreted as Zweifalter, Pfeiffalter, etc., from which Falter was backformed, probably by association with unrelated falten (“to fold”).

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1. an insect of the order Lepidoptera, i.e. a butterfly or moth

   Synonym: Schmetterling

2. (entomology) imago of an insect of the order Lepidoptera

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• Nachtfalter, Motte
• Tagfalter, Schmetterling

• Motte f
• Nachtfalter m
• Raupe f
• Schmetterling m
• Sommervogel m

From falten (“to fold”) +‎ -er.

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1. (Austria) leaflet, folder

   Synonyms: Broschüre, Faltblatt

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