flinders
/ˈflɪndəz/
flinders noun: fragments, splinters. Also the plural of flinder.
Noun
flinders pl (plural only)
- fragments, splinters
- The heat brought sweat and the sweat blinded. Black flinders gyrated in the fiery air like bats.1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
Proper noun capitalized: Flinders
Flinders
- A surname.
- A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia, name after the river; in full, the Shire of Flinders.
- A long river in northern Queensland, which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria; in full, the Flinders River.
- A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
Also used as
flinders is also the plural of flinder.
flinders is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of flinder.
flinders meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
flinders in Hindi
- फ़्लिन्डर्स, फ़्लिंडर्स
flinders in Tamil
- ஃபிளண்டர்கள், ஃபிளிண்டர்கள், ஃபிளைண்டர்கள்
flinders in Marathi
- फ्लिन्डर्स, फ्लिंडर्स
flinders in Telugu
- ఫ్లైండర్లు, ఫ్లిండర్లు, ఫ్లైండర్స్
More languagesFewer languages
- flinders in Malayalam
- ഫ്ളിൻഡറുകൾ, ഫ്ളൈൻഡറുകൾ, ഫ്ലിൻഡറുകൾ
- flinders in Kannada
- ಫ್ಲೈಂಡರ್ಗಳು, ಫ್ಲಿಂಡರ್ಗಳು
- flinders in Punjabi
- ਫ਼ਲਿੰਡਰ, ਫਲਿੰਡਰ, ਫ਼ਲਿੰਡਰਸ
- flinders in Gujarati
- ફ્લિન્ડર્સ, ફ્લીંડર્સ
- flinders in Odia
- ଫ୍ଲିଣ୍ଡର୍ସ
- flinders in Nepali
- फ्लिन्डरहरू, फ्लिन्डर्स
Origin of flinders
Probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; see flinder.
See flinder.
Words formed from flinders
Phrases with flinders
Questions about flinders
- What does flinders mean?
- Flinders means fragments, splinters.
- What is flinders in Hindi?
- Flinders in Hindi is फ़्लिन्डर्स, फ़्लिंडर्स. See Flinders meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is flinders?
- Flinders can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce flinders?
- Flinders is pronounced /ˈflɪndəz/.
Words near flinders in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: flinders (page history and authors); Flinders (page history and authors); flinders (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flinders (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flinders (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flinders (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flinders (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flinders (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flinders (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flinders (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flinders (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flinders (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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