Flirtation — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flɜːtˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/flɜːtˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flɜːtˈeɪʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /flɜːtˈeɪʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dalliance flirting flirt coquetry toying

Word Forms

flirtatious	adjective	like a coquette
flirt	verb	talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
coquet	verb	talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
dally	verb	behave carelessly or indifferently
toy	verb	behave carelessly or indifferently

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Flirt

spielerisches Verhalten, das sexuelles Interesse wecken soll

🇪🇸Spanish

flirteo

Comportamiento lúdico destinado a despertar el interés sexual.

🇮🇹Italian

flirt

comportamento giocoso inteso a suscitare interesse sessuale

🇳🇱Dutch

flirten

speels gedrag bedoeld om seksuele interesse op te wekken

🇵🇹Portuguese

flerte

comportamento lúdico destinado a despertar interesse sexual

🇷🇺Russian

флирт

игривое поведение, направленное на возбуждение сексуального интереса

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चोंचला

चंचल व्यवहार का उद्देश्य यौन रुचि जगाना है

🇧🇩Bengali

ফ্লার্টেশন

কৌতুকপূর্ণ আচরণ যৌন আগ্রহ জাগানোর উদ্দেশ্যে

🇮🇳Tamil

ஊர்சுற்றல்

பாலியல் ஆர்வத்தைத் தூண்டும் விளையாட்டுத்தனமான நடத்தை

🇮🇳Telugu

సరసాలు

లైంగిక ఆసక్తిని రేకెత్తించడానికి ఉద్దేశించిన సరదా ప్రవర్తన

🇮🇳Marathi

इश्कबाजी

लैंगिक स्वारस्य जागृत करण्याच्या हेतूने खेळकर वर्तन

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચેનચાળા

લૈંગિક રુચિ જગાડવાનો હેતુ રમતિયાળ વર્તન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಿಡಿ

ಲೈಂಗಿಕ ಆಸಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಾಕುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದ ತಮಾಷೆಯ ನಡವಳಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഫ്ലർട്ടേഷൻ

ലൈംഗിക താൽപ്പര്യം ഉണർത്താൻ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചുള്ള കളിയായ പെരുമാറ്റം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫਲਰਟੇਸ਼ਨ

ਜਿਨਸੀ ਰੁਚੀ ਨੂੰ ਜਗਾਉਣ ਦੇ ਇਰਾਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਖਿਲਵਾੜ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਵਿਵਹਾਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

چھیڑچھاڑ

چنچل رویہ جس کا مقصد جنسی دلچسپی پیدا کرنا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

调情

旨在引起性兴趣的顽皮行为

🇯🇵Japanese

浮気

性的関心を刺激することを目的とした遊び心のある行動

🇰🇷Korean

희롱

성적 관심을 불러일으키기 위한 장난스러운 행동

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tán tỉnh

hành vi vui tươi nhằm khơi dậy hứng thú tình dục

🇹🇭Thai

การเกี้ยวพาราสี

พฤติกรรมขี้เล่นที่มีจุดมุ่งหมายเพื่อกระตุ้นความสนใจทางเพศ

🇮🇩Indonesian

godaan

perilaku main-main yang dimaksudkan untuk membangkitkan minat seksual

🇵🇭Filipino

paglalandi

mapaglarong pag-uugali na naglalayong pukawin ang sekswal na interes

🇲🇾Malay

bercumbu

tingkah laku suka bermain bertujuan untuk menimbulkan minat seksual

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مغازلة

سلوك مرح يهدف إلى إثارة الاهتمام الجنسي

🇮🇷Persian

معاشقه

رفتار بازیگوشی با هدف برانگیختن علاقه جنسی

🇹🇷Turkish

flört

cinsel ilgi uyandırmayı amaçlayan şakacı davranış

🇮🇱Hebrew

פלִירט

התנהגות שובבה שנועדה לעורר עניין מיני

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The primary meaning of 'flirtation' is 'playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest'.

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Using 'flirtation' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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