bolide

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Borrowed from French bolide, from Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolis.

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: bòlid — extremely bright meteor
• Czech: bolid — extremely bright meteor
• Dutch: bolide — extremely bright meteor
• Dutch: vuurbol — extremely bright meteor
• Esperanto: bolido — extremely bright meteor
• Finnish: bolidi — extremely bright meteor
• Finnish: tulipallo — extremely bright meteor
• French: bolide — extremely bright meteor
• Georgian: ბოლიდი (bolidi) — extremely bright meteor
• German: Bolide — extremely bright meteor
• German: Feuerball — extremely bright meteor
• Ido: bolido — extremely bright meteor
• Italian: bolide — extremely bright meteor
• Japanese: 火球 (kakyū) — extremely bright meteor
• Old Javanese: handaru — extremely bright meteor
• Macedonian: боли́д (bolíd) — extremely bright meteor
• Persian: شخانه (šaxâne) — extremely bright meteor
• Persian: تیرشهاب (tiršahâb) — extremely bright meteor
• Polish: bolid — extremely bright meteor
• Punjabi: ਉਲਕਾ ਪਿੰਡ (ulakā piṇḍ) — extremely bright meteor
• Russian: боли́д (bolíd) — extremely bright meteor
• Spanish: bólido — extremely bright meteor
• Swedish: bolid — extremely bright meteor
• Swedish: eldklot — extremely bright meteor
• Swedish: eldkula — extremely bright meteor
• Volapük: filaglöp meteorik — extremely bright meteor
• Italian: meteora — any extraterrestrial body that collides with earth
• Polish: meteor — any extraterrestrial body that collides with earth
• Russian: метеори́т (meteorít) — any extraterrestrial body that collides with earth