Big Bang

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Coined by English astronomer Fred Hoyle on the BBC Third Programme, broadcast at 18:30 GMT on 28 March 1949. It is a popular but misinformed belief that this was intended as a derogatory term, Hoyle being a proponent of the opposing steady state theory, but Hoyle himself has rejected that notion.

See Big Bang.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: oerknal — cosmic event
• Arabic: اَلِٱنْفِجَار الْعَظِيم (al-infijār al-ʕaẓīm) — cosmic event
• Belarusian: Вялі́кі вы́бух (Vjalíki výbux) — cosmic event
• Bulgarian: Голя́м взрив (Goljám vzriv) — cosmic event
• Catalan: big-bang — cosmic event
• Chinese Mandarin: 大爆炸 (Dàbàozhà) — cosmic event
• Chinese Mandarin: 大霹靂 /大霹雳 (Dàpīlì) — cosmic event
• Czech: velký třesk — cosmic event
• Danish: Big Bang — cosmic event
• Dutch: oerknal — cosmic event
• Esperanto: praeksplodo — cosmic event
• Estonian: Suur Pauk — cosmic event
• Finnish: alkuräjähdys — cosmic event
• French: Bigbang — cosmic event
• German: Urknall — cosmic event
• Greek: Μεγάλη Έκρηξη (Megáli Ékrixi) — cosmic event
• Hindi: महाविस्फोट (mahāvisphoṭ) — cosmic event
• Hungarian: ősrobbanás — cosmic event
• Icelandic: Stóri hvellur — cosmic event
• Indonesian: Ledakan Dahsyat — cosmic event
• Ingush: Доаккха Эккхар (Doaqqa Eqqar) — cosmic event
• Irish: ollphléasc — cosmic event
• Italian: Big Bang — cosmic event
• Japanese: ビッグバン (Bigguban) — cosmic event
• Kazakh: Жойқын жарылыс (Joiqyn jarylys) — cosmic event
• Korean: 빅뱅 (Bikbaeng) — cosmic event
• Korean: 대폭발 (Daepokbal) — cosmic event
• Macedonian: Големата експлозија (Golemata eksplozija) — cosmic event
• Macedonian: Биг Бенг (Big Beng) — cosmic event
• Malay: Letupan Besar — cosmic event
• Mongolian: Их Тэсрэлт (Ix Tesrelt) — cosmic event
• Persian: مهبانگ (mahbâng) — cosmic event
• Polish: Wielki Wybuch — cosmic event
• Portuguese: Big Bang — cosmic event
• Romanian: Big Bang — cosmic event
• Romanian: Marea Explozie — cosmic event
• Russian: Большо́й взрыв (Bolʹšój vzryv) — cosmic event
• Russian: Биг Бэ́нг (Big Bɛ́ng) — cosmic event
• Serbo-Croatian: Велики прасак — cosmic event
• Serbo-Croatian: Veliki prasak — cosmic event
• Slovak: Veľký tresk — cosmic event
• Slovene: Prapok — cosmic event
• Spanish: Big Bang — cosmic event
• Swedish: stora smällen — cosmic event
• Swedish: Big Bang — cosmic event
• Thai: บิกแบง (bík-bɛɛng) — cosmic event
• Turkish: Büyük Patlama — cosmic event
• Ukrainian: Вели́кий ви́бух (Velýkyj výbux) — cosmic event
• Vietnamese: Vụ Nổ Lớn — cosmic event
• Volapük: Rusplod — cosmic event
• Volapük: Splod Gretik — cosmic event
• Welsh: y Glec Fawr — cosmic event
• Chinese Cantonese: 大爆炸 (daai6 baau3 zaa3) — explosion creating a universe
• Chinese Mandarin: 大爆炸 (dàbàozhà) — explosion creating a universe
• Chinese Mandarin: 大霹靂 /大霹雳 (dàpīlì) — explosion creating a universe
• Czech: velký třesk — explosion creating a universe
• Dutch: oerknal — explosion creating a universe
• Finnish: alkuräjähdys — explosion creating a universe
• Greek: Μεγάλη Έκρηξη (Megáli Ékrixi) — explosion creating a universe
• Hindi: महाविस्फोट (mahāvisphoṭ) — explosion creating a universe
• Irish: ollphléasc — explosion creating a universe
• Polish: wielki wybuch — explosion creating a universe
• Portuguese: big bang — explosion creating a universe
• Russian: Большо́й взрыв (Bolʹšój vzryv) — explosion creating a universe
• Spanish: big bang — explosion creating a universe
• Swedish: big bang — explosion creating a universe
• Swedish: stora smällen — explosion creating a universe
• Turkish: büyük patlama — explosion creating a universe