lightning

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• General-American: [ˈlʌɪ̯ʔ.nɪŋ]
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• General-American: [ˈlɐɪ̯ʔ.nɪŋ]
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From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.

470 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: светкавичен (svetkavičen) — extremely fast
• Finnish: salamannopea — extremely fast
• Greek: αστραπιαίος (astrapiaíos) — extremely fast
• Greek: κεραυνοβόλος (keravnovólos) — extremely fast
• Hungarian: villámgyors — extremely fast
• Mongolian: цахилгаан (caxilgaan) — extremely fast
• Polish: błyskawiczny — extremely fast
• Polish: błyskawicowy — extremely fast
• Portuguese: veloz — extremely fast
• Russian: молниено́сный (molnijenósnyj) — extremely fast
• Abkhaz: а-фы (a-fə) — flash of light
• Acehnese: kilat — flash of light
• Afrikaans: weerligstraal — flash of light
• Aguaruna: čahip — flash of light
• Ainu: イメル (imeru) — flash of light
• Akkadian: 𒉏𒄈 (birqu) — flash of light
• Aklanon: kidlat — flash of light
• Albanian: rrufe — flash of light
• Albanian: vetëtim — flash of light
• Southern Altai: јалкын (ǰalkïn) — flash of light
• Southern Altai: јаажын (ǰaažïn) — flash of light
• Amharic: መብረቅ (mäbräḳ) — flash of light
• Chungli Ao: tsüngpret — flash of light
• Arabic: بَرْق (barq) — flash of light
• Arabic: برق (barʔ) — flash of light
• Arabic: بَرْق (barg) — flash of light
• Arabic: برق (barʔ) — flash of light
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܸܪܩܵܐ (birqa) — flash of light
• Aramaic: ܒܪܩܐ (barqā) — flash of light
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: בַּרְקָא (barqā) — flash of light
• Archi: парыла (parəla) — flash of light
• 'Are'are: 'aiwanawana — flash of light
• Armenian: կայծակ (kaycak) — flash of light
• Armenian: շանթ (šantʻ) — flash of light
• Old Armenian: կայծակն (kaycakn) — flash of light
• Aromanian: sfulgu — flash of light
• Aromanian: sfuldzir — flash of light
• Eastern Arrernte: alharrkentye — flash of light
• Asturian: rellámpagu — flash of light
• Avar: пири (piri) — flash of light
• Aymara: illapa — flash of light
• Azerbaijani: şimşək — flash of light
• Azerbaijani: ildırım — flash of light
• Baluchi: بیر (bír) — flash of light
• Baluchi: گروک — flash of light
• Bashkir: йәшен (yəşen) — flash of light
• Basque: tximistargi — flash of light
• Belarusian: мала́нка (malánka) — flash of light
• Belarusian: бліскаві́ца (bliskavíca) — flash of light
• Belarusian: блі́скаўка (blískawka) — flash of light
• Bengali: বাজ (baj) — flash of light
• Bengali: বজ্র (bojro) — flash of light
• Bau Bidayuh: kuning — flash of light
• Central Bikol: kikilat — flash of light
• Central Bikol: linti — flash of light
• Breton: luc'hed — flash of light
• Bulgarian: светка́вица (svetkávica) — flash of light
• Bulgarian: мъ́лния (mǎ́lnija) — flash of light
• Burmese: လျှပ် (hlyap) — flash of light
• Buryat: сакилгаан (sakilgaan) — flash of light
• Caddo: kǝhaudíːn-unǝ — flash of light
• Catalan: llampec — flash of light
• Catalan: llamp — flash of light
• Cebuano: kilat — flash of light
• Chamicuro: yaple'ti — flash of light
• Chechen: стелахаьштиг (stelaxäštig) — flash of light
• Cherokee: ᎠᎾᎦᎵᏍᎩ (anagalisgi) — flash of light
• Cheyenne: évóˀhoˀȧseˀha — flash of light
• Chichewa: mphezi — flash of light
• Chinese Cantonese: 閃電 /闪电 (sim2 din6) — flash of light
• Chinese Cantonese: 電光 /电光 (din6 gwong1) — flash of light
• Chinese: дянгуон (dianguon) — flash of light
• Chinese: 閃電 /闪电 (zh-min-nan) — flash of light
• Chinese: 爍爁 /烁𬊶 (zh-min-nan) — flash of light
• Chinese Mandarin: 閃電 /闪电 (shǎndiàn) — flash of light
• Chinese Mandarin: 電光 /电光 (diànguāng) — flash of light
• Ch'orti': hihƥ — flash of light
• Chukchi: йынӄэргын (jynqėrgyn) — flash of light
• Chukchi: йынӄэргат (jynqėrgat) — flash of light
• Chuvash: ҫиҫӗм (śiś̬ĕm) — flash of light
• West Circassian: пкӏыкӏэ (pkʼəkʼɛ) — flash of light
• West Circassian: пчыкӏэ (pčəkʼɛ) — flash of light
• Maore Comorian: peni — flash of light
• Coptic: ⲉⲃⲣⲏϭⲉ (ebrēče) — flash of light
• Cornish: lughes — flash of light
• Corsican: saetta — flash of light
• Czech: blesk — flash of light
• Dalmatian: limp — flash of light
• Danish: lyn — flash of light
• Danish: lynglimt — flash of light
• Dargwa: лямцӏ (ləmc̣) — flash of light
• Dutch: bliksem — flash of light
• Dutch: weerlicht — flash of light
• Dutch: bliksemschicht — flash of light
• Dutch: bliksemflits — flash of light
• Dzongkha: གློག་ (glog) — flash of light
• Egyptian: s-Sd:d-I3-sbA:Z1 (sšd) — flash of light
• Erzya: ёндол (jondol) — flash of light
• Esperanto: fulmo — flash of light
• Estonian: välk — flash of light
• Evenki: агды (agdi) — flash of light
• Extremaduran: rayu — flash of light
• Farefare: sa-yãka — flash of light
• Farefare: yãka — flash of light
• Faroese: snarljós — flash of light
• Finnish: salama — flash of light
• Finnish: salamointi — flash of light
• French: éclair — flash of light
• French: éloise — flash of light
• Saterland Frisian: Lai — flash of light
• Saterland Frisian: Loai — flash of light
• West-Frisian: bliksem — flash of light
• Friulian: saete — flash of light
• Friulian: lamp — flash of light
• Friulian: sfulmin — flash of light
• Friulian: tarlup — flash of light
• Galician: lóstrego — flash of light
• Galician: raio — flash of light
• Ge'ez: መብረቅ (mäbräḳ) — flash of light
• Georgian: ელვა (elva) — flash of light
• German: Blitz — flash of light
• Old High German: blic — flash of light
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌹 (lauhmuni) — flash of light
• Greek: αστραπή (astrapí) — flash of light
• Ancient Greek: ἀστραπή (astrapḗ) — flash of light
• Ancient Greek: ἀστεροπή (asteropḗ) — flash of light
• Gujarati: વીજ (vīj) — flash of light
• Gujarati: વિદ્યુત (vidyut) — flash of light
• Gujarati: તડિત (taḍit) — flash of light
• Hawaiian: uila — flash of light
• Hebrew: בָּרָק (barák) — flash of light
• Higaonon: kilat — flash of light
• Hindi: तड़ित (taṛit) — flash of light
• Hindi: विद्युत (vidyut) — flash of light
• Hindi: बिजली (bijlī) — flash of light
• Hindi: वज्रपात (vajrapāt) — flash of light
• Hindi: दामिनी (dāminī) — flash of light
• White Hmong: xob laim — flash of light
• Hungarian: villám — flash of light
• Ibanag: kilat — flash of light
• Icelandic: elding — flash of light
• Ido: fulmino — flash of light
• Ilocano: kimat — flash of light
• Indonesian: kilat — flash of light
• Indonesian: geledek — flash of light
• Indonesian: petir — flash of light
• Indonesian: halilintar — flash of light
• Ingrian: valkia — flash of light
• Ingrian: tuli — flash of light
• Interlingua: fulmine — flash of light
• Interlingua: fulgure — flash of light
• Inuktitut: ᑲᓪᓕᑕᖅ (kallitaq) — flash of light
• Iranun: kilat — flash of light
• Irish: tintreach — flash of light
• Istriot: foûlmini — flash of light
• Italian: fulmine — flash of light
• Italian: folgore — flash of light
• Italian: saetta — flash of light
• Italian: lampo — flash of light
• Japanese: 稲妻 (inazuma) — flash of light
• Japanese: 雷光 (raikō) — flash of light
• Japanese: 雷 (kaminari) — flash of light
• Japanese: 稲光 (inabikari) — flash of light
• Javanese: kilat — flash of light
• Javanese: geledek — flash of light
• Old Javanese: kilat — flash of light
• Kala Lagaw Ya: pœnipan — flash of light
• Kalasha: indóčik — flash of light
• Kanakanabu: ʼaparatʉ — flash of light
• Kannada: ಮಿಂಚು (miñcu) — flash of light
• Kansa: galéleze — flash of light
• Kapampangan: kildap — flash of light
• Karelian: tulenisku — flash of light
• Kaurna: karntu — flash of light
• Kazakh: нажағай (najağai) — flash of light
• Kazakh: найзағай (naizağai) — flash of light
• Kazakh: жасыл (jasyl) — flash of light
• Khmer: ផ្លេកបន្ទោរ (phleek bɑɑbɑntou) — flash of light
• Khmer: រន្ទះ (rɔɔrŭəntĕəh) — flash of light
• Khmer: វិជ្ជុ (vɨccuʼ) — flash of light
• Kikuyu: rũheni — flash of light
• Klallam: ƛ̕əmƛ̕əmcínəŋ — flash of light
• Korean: 번개 (beon'gae) — flash of light
• Korean: 벼락 (byeorak) — flash of light
• Central Kurdish: برووسک (birûsk) — flash of light
• Central Kurdish: تریشقە (trîşqe) — flash of light
• Northern Kurdish: birûsk — flash of light
• Kusaal: sa-ian'asʋg — flash of light
• Kyrgyz: чагылган (cagılgan) — flash of light
• Lao: ຟ້າແມບ (fā mǣp) — flash of light
• Lao: ຟ້າເຫລື້ອມ (fā lư̄am) — flash of light
• Lao: ວິທະຍຸ (wi tha nyu) — flash of light
• Lao: ວິຊຽນ (wi sīan) — flash of light
• Latgalian: zibsnis — flash of light
• Latin: fulgur — flash of light
• Latin: fulmen — flash of light
• Latvian: zibens — flash of light
• Lezgi: цӏайлапан (c̣ajlapan) — flash of light
• Limburgish: blitsj — flash of light
• Lingala: nkáké — flash of light
• Lisu: ꓟꓬꓱꓼ ꓐꓬꓱꓼ (mjø̱̀ bjø̱̀) — flash of light
• Lisu: ꓟꓶꓽ ꓐꓬꓱꓼ (mɯ̀ bjø̱̀) — flash of light
• Lisu: ꓟꓰꓼ ꓜꓲꓼ (mè̱ dzɨ̱̀) — flash of light
• Lithuanian: žaibas — flash of light
• Lokono: belebeliru — flash of light
• Lombard: saètta — flash of light
• Lombard: saetta — flash of light
• Lombard: sumelech — flash of light
• Luxembourgish: Blëtz — flash of light
• Macedonian: молња (molnja) — flash of light
• Macedonian: молскавица (molskavica) — flash of light
• Macedonian: секавица (sekavica) — flash of light
• Maguindanao: kilat — flash of light
• Malagasy: fotaka — flash of light
• Malagasy: helatra — flash of light
• Malay: kilat — flash of light
• Brunei Malay: kilat — flash of light
• Malayalam: മിന്നല് (minnal) — flash of light
• Malayalam: മിന്നൽ (minnal) — flash of light
• Malayalam: ഇടിവെട്ട് (iṭiveṭṭŭ) — flash of light
• Maltese: sajjetta — flash of light
• Maltese: beraq — flash of light
• Manchu: ᡨ᠋ᠠᠯᡴᡳᠶᠠᠨ (talkiyan) — flash of light
• Manx: çhenney — flash of light
• Māori: uira — flash of light
• Maranao: kilat — flash of light
• Middle English: leyt — flash of light
• Mingrelian: ტყვაცი (ṭq̇vaci) — flash of light
• Mohawk: tewennineˀkarahwanyonˀs — flash of light
• Mokilese: joarom — flash of light
• Mongolian: аянга (ajanga) — flash of light
• Mongolian: цахилгаан (caxilgaan) — flash of light
• Montana Salish: ʔesuˀwétʃiʔ — flash of light
• Moore: sa-yãgre — flash of light
• Nahuatl: tlapetlānilli — flash of light
• Nahuatl: tlapetlantli — flash of light
• Navajo: atsiniltłʼish — flash of light
• Nepali: चट्याङ (caṭyāṅ) — flash of light
• Norman: êpart — flash of light
• Norman: écllai — flash of light
• Norman: écllaer — flash of light
• Norman: epar — flash of light
• Norwegian: lyn — flash of light
• Norwegian: lynglimt — flash of light
• Norwegian: blink — flash of light
• Norwegian Bokmål: lyn — flash of light
• Norwegian Bokmål: lynglimt — flash of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lyn — flash of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lynblenk — flash of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lynblink — flash of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lyneld — flash of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lynglimt — flash of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lynlys — flash of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lynljos — flash of light
• Norwegian Nynorsk: elding — flash of light
• Nyunga: babanginy — flash of light
• Nyunga: babaginy — flash of light
• Occitan: ulhauç — flash of light
• Occitan: liuç — flash of light
• Occitan: lamp — flash of light
• Odia: ବିଜୁଳି (bijuḷi) — flash of light
• Ojibwe: wazimog — flash of light
• Ojibwe: waasamowin — flash of light
• Ojibwe: inaabiwin — flash of light
• Church Slavic: блискъ (bliskŭ) — flash of light
• Church Slavic: мльниꙗ (mlĭnija) — flash of light
• Old English: līeġetu — flash of light
• Old Norse: leiptr — flash of light
• Old Saxon: bliksmo — flash of light
• O'odham: wepgi꞉ — flash of light
• Oromo: balaqqeessa — flash of light
• Ossetian: арвырттывд (arvyrttyvd) — flash of light
• Pali: vijju — flash of light
• Pali: asani — flash of light
• Panamint: kongoyoppo'e — flash of light
• Panamint: kongoyoppo'enah — flash of light
• Panamint: kongoyopoppa'en — flash of light
• Panamint: kuttapito'eh — flash of light
• Pannonian Rusyn: блїскавка (bljiskavka) — flash of light
• Pashto: بجلي (bǝjlí) — flash of light
• Pashto: برېښنا (brex̌nã) — flash of light
• Pashto: برېښ (brex̌) — flash of light
• Dari: صَاعِقَه (sā'iqa) — flash of light
• Dari: بَرْق (barq) — flash of light
• Dari: آذَرَخْش (āzaraxš) — flash of light
• Dari: اَبْرَنْجَک (abranjak) — flash of light
• Dari: گُرْز (gurz) — flash of light
• Iranian Persian: صاعِقِه (sâ'eġe) — flash of light
• Iranian Persian: بَرْق (barġ) — flash of light
• Iranian Persian: آذَرَخْش (âzaraxš) — flash of light
• Iranian Persian: اَبْرَنْجَک (abranjak) — flash of light
• Iranian Persian: گُرْز (gorz) — flash of light
• Pitjantjatjara: wanangaṟa — flash of light
• Pitjantjatjara: wiinpa — flash of light
• Pohnpeian: lioal — flash of light
• Polabian: måu̯ńă — flash of light
• Polish: błyskawica — flash of light
• Polish: piorun — flash of light
• Polish: grom — flash of light
• Portuguese: relâmpago — flash of light
• Punjabi: ਬਿਜਲੀ (bijlī) — flash of light
• Punjabi: ਰੋਹਣੀ (rohṇī) — flash of light
• Quechua: illapa — flash of light
• Romanian: fulger — flash of light
• Romanian: trăsnet — flash of light
• Romansh: chametg — flash of light
• Romansh: cametg — flash of light
• Romansh: tgametg — flash of light
• Romansh: sajetta — flash of light
• Russian: мо́лния (mólnija) — flash of light
• Samoan: uila — flash of light
• Samogitian: žaibs — flash of light
• Sanskrit: वज्र (vajra) — flash of light
• Sanskrit: शम्पा (śampā) — flash of light
• Sanskrit: विद्युत् (vidyut) — flash of light
• Sanskrit: अशनि (aśani) — flash of light
• Sardinian: lampu — flash of light
• Sardinian: ragiu — flash of light
• Scottish Gaelic: dealanach — flash of light
• Serbo-Croatian: муња — flash of light
• Serbo-Croatian: блесак — flash of light
• Serbo-Croatian: блијесак — flash of light
• Serbo-Croatian: munja — flash of light
• Serbo-Croatian: blesak — flash of light
• Serbo-Croatian: blijesak — flash of light
• Seri: æɑmxw — flash of light
• Seri: iʃɑ́ːʔoχ inóɸtx — flash of light
• Shona: mheni — flash of light
• Shona: kupenya — flash of light
• Sicilian: fùrmini — flash of light
• Sicilian: lampu — flash of light
• Sinhalese: අකුණු (akuṇu) — flash of light
• Slovak: blesk — flash of light
• Slovak: hrom — flash of light
• Slovene: strela — flash of light
• Somali: biriq — flash of light
• Somali: danab — flash of light
• Somali: hillaac — flash of light
• Lower Sorbian: błysk — flash of light
• Upper Sorbian: błysk — flash of light
• Spanish: relámpago — flash of light
• Spanish: rayo — flash of light
• Spanish: fucilazo — flash of light
• Spanish: refucilo — flash of light
• Spanish: candelazo — flash of light
• Swahili: umeme — flash of light
• Swedish: blixt — flash of light
• Swedish: ljungeld — flash of light
• Tagalog: kidlat — flash of light
• Tajik: барқ (barq) — flash of light
• Tajik: соиқа (soyiqa) — flash of light
• Tajik: озарахш (ozaraxš) — flash of light
• Talysh: avəvü — flash of light
• Tamil: மின்னல் (miṉṉal) — flash of light
• Taos: upę́lena — flash of light
• Taos: phàcʼíene — flash of light
• Tarifit: řbarq — flash of light
• Tarifit: assam — flash of light
• Tatar: яшен (yäşen) — flash of light
• Tausug: kilat — flash of light
• Tày: fạ mjẹp — flash of light
• Telugu: మెరుపు (merupu) — flash of light
• Tetum: mamera — flash of light
• Tetum: rai-lakan — flash of light
• Thai: ฟ้าแลบ (fáa-lɛ̂ɛp) — flash of light
• Thai: สายฟ้า (sǎai-fáa) — flash of light
• Thai: วิชชุ (wít-chú) — flash of light
• Thai: วิเชียร (wí-chiian) — flash of light
• Thai: อสนีบาต (à-sà-nii-bàat) — flash of light
• Tibetan: གློག (glog) — flash of light
• Tigre: በርቅ (bärḳ) — flash of light
• Tigrinya: በርቂ (bärḳi) — flash of light
• Tocharian A: wasir — flash of light
• Tocharian B: wasir — flash of light
• Tupinambá: tupã beraba — flash of light
• Turkish: şimşek — flash of light
• Ottoman Turkish: شمشك (şimşek) — flash of light
• Turkmen: ýyldyrym — flash of light
• Tuvan: кызаңнааш (kızañnaaş) — flash of light
• Tuvan: чаңнык (çañnık) — flash of light
• Udi: ц̓аъкъ (c̓a̱q̇) — flash of light
• Udi: чӏаъкъ (č̣a̱q̇) — flash of light
• Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎗𐎖 (brq) — flash of light
• Ukrainian: бли́скавка (blýskavka) — flash of light
• Ukrainian: перу́н (perún) — flash of light
• Ulwa (Nicaragua): ingdi — flash of light
• Urdu: بِجْلی (bijlī) — flash of light
• Urdu: بَرْق (barq) — flash of light
• Urdu: صاعِقَہ (sā'iqa) — flash of light
• Uyghur: بەرق (berq) — flash of light
• Uyghur: چېقىن (chëqin) — flash of light
• Uyghur: چاقماق (chaqmaq) — flash of light
• Uzbek: chaqmoq — flash of light
• Uzbek: yashin — flash of light
• Venetan: s-ciantixo — flash of light
• Venetan: sciantis — flash of light
• Vietnamese: sét — flash of light
• Vietnamese: chớp — flash of light
• Volapük: leklär — flash of light
• Volapük: lelit — flash of light
• Walloon: aloumire — flash of light
• Walloon: aloumoere — flash of light
• Waray-Waray: kidlat — flash of light
• Waray-Waray: linti — flash of light
• Warlpiri: wirnpa — flash of light
• Welsh: mellt — flash of light
• Welsh: lluched — flash of light
• Woiwurrung: djirringu — flash of light
• Yakut: чаҕылҕан (čağïlğan) — flash of light
• Yámana: tumutušu — flash of light
• Yiddish: בליץ (blits) — flash of light
• Zazaki: vırsık (diq) — flash of light
• Zhuang: byajyap — flash of light
• Zhuang: byaj — flash of light
• ǃXóõ: ʻmála — flash of light
• ǃXóõ: ǁnáa — flash of light
• Afrikaans: weerlig — discharge
• Afrikaans: bliksem — discharge
• Arabic: بَرْق (barq) — discharge
• Basque: tximista — discharge
• Bulgarian: мъ́лния (mǎ́lnija) — discharge
• Catalan: llamp — discharge
• Chinese Cantonese: 閃電 /闪电 (sim2 din6) — discharge
• Chinese Mandarin: 閃電 /闪电 (shǎndiàn) — discharge
• Danish: lyn — discharge
• Danish: lynnedslag — discharge
• Dutch: bliksem — discharge
• Dutch: weerlicht — discharge
• Finnish: salama — discharge
• Finnish: salamanisku — discharge
• Franco-Provençal: fudra — discharge
• French: foudre — discharge
• Galician: lóstrego — discharge
• Galician: raio — discharge
• Galician: chispa — discharge
• Galician: apago — discharge
• German: Entladung — discharge
• Greek: κεραυνός (keravnós) — discharge
• Hindi: तड़ित (taṛit) — discharge
• Hindi: विद्युत (vidyut) — discharge
• Hindi: बिजली (bijlī) — discharge
• Hindi: वज्रपात (vajrapāt) — discharge
• Hindi: दामिनी (dāminī) — discharge
• Hungarian: villámlás — discharge
• Latin: fulmen — discharge
• Latvian: zibens — discharge
• Manx: çhenney — discharge
• Navajo: atsiniltłʼish — discharge
• Occitan: fólzer — discharge
• Portuguese: raio — discharge
• Portuguese: corisco — discharge
• Romansh: chametg — discharge
• Romansh: cametg — discharge
• Romansh: tgametg — discharge
• Romansh: sajetta — discharge
• Russian: мо́лния (mólnija) — discharge
• Sanskrit: शम्पा (śampā) — discharge
• Spanish: rayo — discharge
• Spanish: relámpago — discharge
• Telugu: విడుదల (viḍudala) — discharge
• Ottoman Turkish: یلدرم (yıldırım) — discharge
• Ottoman Turkish: صاعقه (saʿika) — discharge
• Arabic: بَرَقَ (baraqa) — to produce lightning
• Arabic: أَبْرَقَ (ʔabraqa) — to produce lightning
• Norwegian Bokmål: lyne — to produce lightning
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lyne — to produce lightning
• Portuguese: relampear — to produce lightning
• Portuguese: relampejar — to produce lightning
• Spanish: relampaguear — to produce lightning
• Spanish: fucilar — to produce lightning