UFO

Abbreviations.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌjuːɛfˈəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌjuˌɛfˈoʊ/

UFO (plural UFOs)

1. Initialism of unidentified flying object.; (loosely) an alien spacecraft. [from 20th c.]
2. (colloquial) An "unfinished object" in knitting or other kinds of craft. [from 20th c.]
   • 2007, Kerry Wills, The Close-knit Circle: American Knitters Today, p. 107:

     UFOs differ from WIPs in that a WIP is a project one is actively pursuing, while a UFO runs the risk of never getting finished.

• USO

• flying saucer
• IFO

• fou

UFO

1. UFO

UFO

1. UFO

UFO

1. UFO (unidentified flying object)

• Ufo

Initialism of unidentifiziertes Flugobjekt, unidentifiziertes fliegendes Objekt, unbekanntes Flugobjekt, unbekanntes fliegendes Objekt.

IPA^(key): /ˈuːfo/

UFO n (genitive UFO or UFOs, plural UFO or UFOs)

1. UFO

• UFO-Absturz
• UFO-Sichtung

• Ufologe m
• Ufologie f

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.fo/, [ˈuːfo]
• Rhymes: -ufo
• Hyphenation: Ù‧FO

UFO or ufo (plural UFO or ufo)

1. UFO

• oggetto volante non identificato m
• alieno m

Orthographic borrowing from English UFO, but pronounced like an acronym rather than a mere initialism.

• (Tokyo) ユ​ーフォー [yúꜜùfòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːɸo̞ː]

UFO (katakana ユーフォー, rōmaji yūfō)

1. Synonym of 未確認飛行物体 (mikakunin hikō buttai, “unidentified flying object”); a UFO

• U (ユ)M (ー)A (マ) (yūma)

• ufo

From English UFO.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.fo/
• It is uncommon for the letters to be pronounced individually.

UFO m (plural UFOs)

1. UFO; alien spacecraft

• disco voador, OVNI, óvni, objeto voador não identificado

• ufologia
• ufológico
• ufólogo