ball lightning

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A calque of German Kugelblitz.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: кълбовидна мълния (kǎlbovidna mǎlnija) — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Catalan: llamp en bola — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Catalan: llamp globular — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Chinese Mandarin: 球狀閃電 /球状闪电 (qiúzhuàng shǎndiàn) — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Chinese Mandarin: 球雷 (qiúléi) — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Czech: kulový blesk — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Danish: kuglelyn — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Dena'ina: el'ekna daz'a — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Dutch: bolbliksem — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Esperanto: globa fulmo — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Estonian: keravälk — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Finnish: pallosalama — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• French: foudre en boule — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• German: Kugelblitz — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Hebrew: כדור ברק — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Hungarian: gömbvillám — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Icelandic: urðarmáni — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Ingrian: tulikerä — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Irish: caorthintreach — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Italian: fulmine globulare — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Japanese: 球電 (kyūden) — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Kazakh: жұмбақ найзағай (jūmbaq naizağai) — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Korean: 구상번개 (gusangbeon'gae) — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Lithuanian: kamuolinis žaibas — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Macedonian: топчеста молња (topčesta molnja) — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Norwegian: kulelyn — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Polish: piorun kulisty — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Portuguese: raio globular — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Romanian: fulger globular — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Russian: шарова́я мо́лния (šarovája mólnija) — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Slovak: guľový blesk — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Slovene: kroglasta strela — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Spanish: rayo globular — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Swedish: klotblixt — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Swedish: kulblixt — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Turkish: yıldırım topu — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Ukrainian: кульова блискавка (kulʹova blyskavka) — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Vietnamese: sét hòn — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air
• Welsh: pelen fellt — a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air