Phrase guide

meteor shower

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: meteor stream

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: atmospheric phenomenon

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: meteoorreën — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Armenian: ասուպների հոսք (asupneri hoskʻ) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Bengali: উল্কা বৃষ্টি (ulka briśṭi) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Bulgarian: метеори́тен дъжд (meteoríten dǎžd) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Catalan: pluja de meteors — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Chinese Cantonese: 流星雨 (lau4 sing1 jyu5) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流星雨 (liúxīngyǔ) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Czech: meteorický roj — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Danish: meteorregn — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Danish: meteorsværm — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Dutch: meteorenzwerm — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Esperanto: meteorfluo — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Estonian: meteoorivool — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Finnish: meteoriparvi — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • French: pluie de météores — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Galician: chuvia de meteoros — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Georgian: მეტეორული ნაკადი (meṭeoruli naḳadi) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Georgian: მეტეორთა ნაკადი (meṭeorta naḳadi) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • German: Meteorstrom — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Gujarati: ઉલ્કાવૃષ્ટિ (ulkāvŕṣṭi) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Hebrew: מטר מטאורים (matár-mete'órim) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Hindi: उल्का वर्षा (ulkā varṣā) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Hindi: उल्कापात (ulkāpāt) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Hungarian: meteorzápor — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Irish: dreigechith — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Italian: sciame meteorico — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Japanese: 流星群 (ryūseigun) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Kazakh: метеор жауындары — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Korean: 유성우 (yuseong'u) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Latvian: meteoru plūsma — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Macedonian: метеорски дожд (meteorski dožd) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Norwegian: meteorregn — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Norwegian: meteorsverm — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Persian: بارش شهابی (bâreš-e šahâbi) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Polish: rój meteorów — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Portuguese: chuva de meteoros — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Portuguese: chuva de estrelas — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Romanian: ploaie de stele — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Russian: метеорный поток (meteornyj potok) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Serbo-Croatian: meteorski pljusak — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Serbo-Croatian: метеорски пљусак — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Slovak: meteorický roj — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Slovene: meteorski roj — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Spanish: lluvia de meteoros — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Spanish: lluvia de estrellas — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Swedish: meteorregn — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Swedish: meteorsvärm — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Swedish: meteorskur — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Thai: ฝนดาวตก (fǒn-daao-dtòk) — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Turkish: meteor yağmuru — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
  • Vietnamese: mưa sao băng — Meteors seen on Earth for short time period