firefly

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.əˌflaɪ/
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• General-American: /ˈfaɪ.ɚˌflaɪ/
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• CMU ARPABET: F AY1 ER0 F L AY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Endocentric compound of fire + fly, because the insects glow; whence also lightning bug. Compare glow fly, glowworm, and lanternfly. Compare typologically Ancient Greek λαμπυρίς (lampurís, “glowworm”) (<+ πῦρ (pûr)).

233 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: glimwurm — Lampyridae
• Afrikaans: vuurvlieg — Lampyridae
• Dupaningan Agta: lipat-lipat — Lampyridae
• Aklanon: aninipot — Lampyridae
• Alabama: hakchòmmapala — Lampyridae
• Albanian: xixëllonjë — Lampyridae
• Amis: 'alopaynay — Lampyridae
• Antillean Creole: bètafé — Lampyridae
• Antillean Creole: klendendeng — Lampyridae
• Antillean Creole: klendenden — Lampyridae
• Antillean Creole: labèl — Lampyridae
• Antillean Creole: bowè — Lampyridae
• Arabic: يَرَاعَة (yarāʕa) — Lampyridae
• Armenian: լուսատտիկ (lusattik) — Lampyridae
• Armenian: կայծոռիկ (kaycoṙik) — Lampyridae
• Armenian: փոսուռա (pʻosuṙa) — Lampyridae
• Assamese: জোনাকী (zünaki) — Lampyridae
• Asturian: cocu de lluz — Lampyridae
• Asturian: guxán de lluz — Lampyridae
• Azerbaijani: işıldaböcək — Lampyridae
• Bashkir: баҙлауыҡ (baźlawıq) — Lampyridae
• Basque: euli ipurtargi — Lampyridae
• Belarusian: святля́к (svjatlják) — Lampyridae
• Belarusian: сьвятля́к (sʹvjatlják) — Lampyridae
• Belarusian: светлячо́к (svjetljačók) — Lampyridae
• Bengali: জোনাকি (jōnaki) — Lampyridae
• Bengali: জুনি (juni) — Lampyridae
• Bengali: জুনিপোকা (junipōka) — Lampyridae
• Bengali: জ্যোতিরিঙ্গ (jōtiriṅgo) — Lampyridae
• Bengali: জ্যোতিরিঙ্গণ (jōtiriṅgon) — Lampyridae
• Bengali: খজ্যোতি (khojjōti) — Lampyridae
• Bengali: খদ্যোত (khoddōt) — Lampyridae
• Central Bikol: aninipot — Lampyridae
• Northern Catanduanes Bikol: aninipot — Lampyridae
• Breton: preñv-lugern — Lampyridae
• Breton: c'hwibu-luc'h — Lampyridae
• Bulgarian: свету́лка (svetúlka) — Lampyridae
• Burmese: ပိုးစုန်းကြူး (pui:cun:kru:) — Lampyridae
• Catalan: lluerna — Lampyridae
• Catalan: cuca de llum — Lampyridae
• Cebuano: aninipot — Lampyridae
• Chamicuro: puulo — Lampyridae
• Cherokee: ᎤᏥᏍᏓᎷᎩ (utsisdalugi) — Lampyridae
• Cheyenne: vó'ho'kâsénoma'ne — Lampyridae
• Chichewa: chiphaniphani — Lampyridae
• Chichewa: kachiphaniphani — Lampyridae
• Chinese Cantonese: 螢火蟲 /萤火虫 (jing4 fo2 cung4) — Lampyridae
• Eastern Min Chinese: 藍尾星 /蓝尾星 (làng-muōi-sĭng) — Lampyridae
• Hakka Chinese: 火焰蟲 /火焰虫 (fó-yam-chhùng) — Lampyridae
• Chinese: 火金蛄 (zh-min-nan) — Lampyridae
• Chinese: 火焰蛄 (hé-iām-ko͘) — Lampyridae
• Chinese: 火螢 /火萤 (hér-iân) — Lampyridae
• Chinese Mandarin: 螢火蟲 /萤火虫 (yínghuǒchóng) — Lampyridae
• Choctaw: hʋlba — Lampyridae
• West Circassian: мэшӏуахь (mɛšwʼaḥ) — Lampyridae
• Cree: ᑵᑵᑯᒌᐢ (kwekwekociis) — Lampyridae
• Southern East Cree: ᐙᔥᑐᐌᔒᔥ (waashtoweshiish) — Lampyridae
• Czech: světluška — Lampyridae
• Danish: ildflue — Lampyridae
• Dutch: glimworm — Lampyridae
• Dutch: vuurvlieg — Lampyridae
• Esperanto: fulgoro — Lampyridae
• Estonian: jaanimardikas — Lampyridae
• Faroese: eldfluga — Lampyridae
• Finnish: kiiltomato — Lampyridae
• Finnish: tulikärpänen — Lampyridae
• French: luciole — Lampyridae
• French: mouche à feu — Lampyridae
• French: moiselle — Lampyridae
• French: ver luisant — Lampyridae
• Saterland Frisian: Fjuurfljooge — Lampyridae
• Galician: vagalume — Lampyridae
• Galician: lucecú — Lampyridae
• Galician: lucerna — Lampyridae
• Galician: meiga — Lampyridae
• Galician: lurcucú — Lampyridae
• Galician: lucerga — Lampyridae
• Galician: voilus — Lampyridae
• Georgian: ციცინათელა (cicinatela) — Lampyridae
• German: Glühwürmchen — Lampyridae
• German: Leuchtkäfer — Lampyridae
• German: Johanniswürmchen — Lampyridae
• Greek: πυγολαμπίδα (pygolampída) — Lampyridae
• Greek: κωλοφωτιά (kolofotiá) — Lampyridae
• Guhu-Samane: qaata — Lampyridae
• Gujarati: આગિયો (āgiyo) — Lampyridae
• Hadza: cinambo — Lampyridae
• Haitian Creole: koukouy — Lampyridae
• Hawaiian: nalo ʻuiʻuiki — Lampyridae
• Hebrew: גַּחְלִילִית (gaẖlilít) — Lampyridae
• Hiligaynon: aninípot — Lampyridae
• Hindi: ज्योतिरिंगण (jyotiriṅgaṇ) — Lampyridae
• Hindi: खद्योत (khadyot) — Lampyridae
• Hindi: जुगनू (jugnū) — Lampyridae
• Hungarian: szentjánosbogár — Lampyridae
• Icelandic: eldfluga — Lampyridae
• Icelandic: blysbjalla — Lampyridae
• Icelandic: glætufluga — Lampyridae
• Icelandic: glóbjalla — Lampyridae
• Icelandic: ljósormur — Lampyridae
• Icelandic: ljósbjalla — Lampyridae
• Ido: luciolo — Lampyridae
• Ilocano: kulalanti — Lampyridae
• Indonesian: kunang-kunang — Lampyridae
• Irish: lampróg — Lampyridae
• Irish: tinechuileog — Lampyridae
• Italian: lucciola — Lampyridae
• Jamaican Creole: peenie wallie — Lampyridae
• Japanese: 蛍 (hotaru) — Lampyridae
• Japanese: ホタル (hotaru) — Lampyridae
• Javanese: ꦏꦺꦴꦤꦁ (konang) — Lampyridae
• Kapampangan: alipatpat — Lampyridae
• Karamojong: ŋamion — Lampyridae
• Kavalan: klamlamu — Lampyridae
• Kazakh: жарық қоңыз (jaryq qoñyz) — Lampyridae
• Khmer: អំពិលអំពែក (ampɨl-ɑmpɛɛk) — Lampyridae
• Kikuyu: njeneni — Lampyridae
• Korean: 개똥벌레 (gaettongbeolle) — Lampyridae
• Korean: 반딧불 (banditbul) — Lampyridae
• Korean: 반딧불이 (banditburi) — Lampyridae
• Northern Kurdish: gûstêrk — Lampyridae
• Lakota: waŋyéča — Lampyridae
• Lakota: uŋzéblinkblink — Lampyridae
• Latin: cicindēla — Lampyridae
• Latvian: jāņtārpiņš — Lampyridae
• Laz: პაპაზულჲა (p̌ap̌azulya) — Lampyridae
• Laz: მაპაზულე (map̌azule) — Lampyridae
• Laz: წიწინათერი (ǯiǯinateri) — Lampyridae
• Laz: პინჭკუ (p̌inç̌ǩu) — Lampyridae
• Ligurian: ciæbèlla — Lampyridae
• Lingala: epela-mwinda — Lampyridae
• Lingala: tɛ́nitɛ́ni — Lampyridae
• Lithuanian: jõnvabalis — Lampyridae
• Lithuanian: žibukas — Lampyridae
• Macedonian: светулка (svetulka) — Lampyridae
• Madurese: ꦉꦤ꧀ꦤ (renna) — Lampyridae
• Malagasy: angamenavava — Lampyridae
• Malay: kelip-kelip — Lampyridae
• Malay: kunang-kunang — Lampyridae
• Malayalam: ഇംഗണം (iṅgaṇaṁ) — Lampyridae
• Malayalam: ഖദ്യോതം (khadyōtaṁ) — Lampyridae
• Malayalam: മിന്നാമിനുങ്ങ് (minnāminuṅṅŭ) — Lampyridae
• Malecite-Passamaquoddy: possaqhessoss — Lampyridae
• Māori: titiwai — Lampyridae
• Marathi: काजवा (kājvā) — Lampyridae
• Eastern Mari: тулшукш (tulšukš) — Lampyridae
• Mingrelian: მარწკინაია (marc̣ḳinaia) — Lampyridae
• Miyako: ヤーンブ (jaambu) — Lampyridae
• Mongolian: гэрэлтдэг цох (gereltdeg cox) — Lampyridae
• Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠷᠡᠯᠲᠦᠳᠡᠭ ᠴᠣᠬᠤ (gereltüdeɣ čoqu) — Lampyridae
• Nahuatl: icpitl — Lampyridae
• Nahuatl: copitl — Lampyridae
• Nahuatl: xoxotla — Lampyridae
• Navajo: chʼosh bikǫʼí — Lampyridae
• Neapolitan: luceluce — Lampyridae
• Nheengatu: gagaluna — Lampyridae
• Norwegian Bokmål: lysbille — Lampyridae
• Norwegian Bokmål: ildflue — Lampyridae
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lysbille — Lampyridae
• Occitan: lucèrna — Lampyridae
• Occitan: luciòla — Lampyridae
• Occitan: luscambra — Lampyridae
• Occitan: luseta — Lampyridae
• Okinawan: じーなー (jīnā) — Lampyridae
• Okinawan: じんじん (jinjin) — Lampyridae
• Okinoerabu: かんこ (kanko) — Lampyridae
• Oroqen: budunə — Lampyridae
• Brooke's Point Palawano: keninipet — Lampyridae
• Pazeh: aipuh — Lampyridae
• Pennsylvania German: Feiervoggel — Lampyridae
• Persian: کرم شبتاب (kerm-e šab-tâb) — Lampyridae
• Piedmontese: lusentela — Lampyridae
• Piedmontese: lusariòla — Lampyridae
• Polish: świetlik — Lampyridae
• Polish: robaczek świętojański — Lampyridae
• Portuguese: vaga-lume — Lampyridae
• Portuguese: pirilampo — Lampyridae
• Portuguese: vagalume — Lampyridae
• Punjabi: ਜੁਗਨੂਂ (jugnū̃) — Lampyridae
• Punjabi: ٹٹیانا (ṭṭeyānā) — Lampyridae
• Quechua: ninakuru — Lampyridae
• Quechua: nina-nina — Lampyridae
• Quechua: inchipala — Lampyridae
• Romanian: licurici — Lampyridae
• Russian: светля́к (svetlják) — Lampyridae
• Russian: светлячо́к (svetljačók) — Lampyridae
• Samogitian: švėtvombuolė — Lampyridae
• Samogitian: švėtravombuolė — Lampyridae
• Sanskrit: ज्योतिरिङ्गण (jyotiriṅgaṇa) — Lampyridae
• Sanskrit: खद्योत (khadyota) — Lampyridae
• Serbo-Croatian: кресница — Lampyridae
• Serbo-Croatian: кријесница — Lampyridae
• Serbo-Croatian: kresnica — Lampyridae
• Serbo-Croatian: krijesnica — Lampyridae
• Shan: ႁိင်ႇႁွႆႈ (hìng hāui) — Lampyridae
• Slovak: svetluška — Lampyridae
• Slovene: kresnica — Lampyridae
• Spanish: luciérnaga — Lampyridae
• Sranan Tongo: fayaworon — Lampyridae
• Sundanese: ᮎᮤᮊ-ᮎᮤᮊ (cika-cika) — Lampyridae
• Svan: მჷჭკა̈მ (məč̣ḳäm) — Lampyridae
• Swahili: kimetameta — Lampyridae
• Swedish: lysmask — Lampyridae
• Tagalog: alitaptap — Lampyridae
• Tajik: кирми шабтоб (kirm-i šabtob) — Lampyridae
• Tamil: மின்மினிப்பூச்சி (miṉmiṉippūcci) — Lampyridae
• Tamil: கீடமணி (kīṭamaṇi) — Lampyridae
• Tamil: ஞலவல் (ñalaval) — Lampyridae
• Tamil: மின்மினி (miṉmiṉi) — Lampyridae
• Tày: hinh hỏi — Lampyridae
• Telugu: మిణుగురుపురుగు (miṇugurupurugu) — Lampyridae
• Tetum: pirilampu — Lampyridae
• Thai: หิ่งห้อย (hìng-hɔ̂i) — Lampyridae
• Tooro: enyunyuuzi class 9 — Lampyridae
• Turkish: ateş böceği — Lampyridae
• Ottoman Turkish: آتش بوجكی (ateş böceği) — Lampyridae
• Ottoman Turkish: یلدز بوجكی (yıldız böceği) — Lampyridae
• Udmurt: ӝуасьнумыр (džuaśnumyr) — Lampyridae
• Ukrainian: світля́к (svitlják) — Lampyridae
• Ukrainian: світлячо́к (svitljačók) — Lampyridae
• Unami: sasapis — Lampyridae
• Urdu: جگنو (jugnū) — Lampyridae
• Vietnamese: đom đóm — Lampyridae
• Vietnamese: huỳnh — Lampyridae
• Waray-Waray: aninipot — Lampyridae
• Waray-Waray: bukatkat — Lampyridae
• Wastek: pil — Lampyridae
• Welsh: pryf tân — Lampyridae
• Welsh: magïen — Lampyridae
• Yiddish: גליװאָרעם (glivorem) — Lampyridae
• Yucatec Maya: cocay — Lampyridae
• Zhuang: ronghrib — Lampyridae
• Zulu: ukhanyikhanyi class 1a/2a — Lampyridae