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A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: falling star, meteor, faxed star
Antonyms: none provided
Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shootingstar
Antonyms: none provided
Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.
The flowering plant Primula meadia (synonym Dodecatheon meadia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shootingstar, eastern shooting star, American cowslip, prairie pointers, roosterhead
Antonyms: none provided
a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: meteor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: light, visible light, visible radiation
Narrower terms: bolide, fireball
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Ahtna:
sonʼ tsaaneʼ
— meteor
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Arabic:
شِهَاب
(šihāb)
— meteor
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Armenian:
ասուպ
(asup)
— meteor
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Belarusian:
па́даючая зо́рка
(pádajučaja zórka)
— meteor
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Belarusian:
зні́чка
(zníčka)
— meteor
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Breton:
steredenn-lostek
— meteor
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Bulgarian:
падаща звезда
(padašta zvezda)
— meteor
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Bulgarian:
метеор
(meteor)
— meteor
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Catalan:
estel fugaç
— meteor
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Chinese Mandarin:
流星
(liúxīng)
— meteor
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Chinese Mandarin:
隕星 /陨星
(yǔnxīng)
— meteor
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Cornish:
steren-leski
— meteor
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Cornish:
steren-wibya
— meteor
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Czech:
padající hvězda
— meteor
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Danish:
stjerneskud
— meteor
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Dutch:
vallende ster
— meteor
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Dzongkha:
སྐར་མདའ
(skar mda')
— meteor
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Esperanto:
falstelo
— meteor
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Faroese:
stjørnuskot
— meteor
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Finnish:
tähdenlento
— meteor
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French:
étoile filante
— meteor
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Galician:
estrela fugaz
— meteor
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Georgian:
მოწყვეტილი ვარსკვლავი
(moc̣q̇veṭili varsḳvlavi)
— meteor
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German:
Sternschnuppe
— meteor
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Greek:
διάττοντας αστέρας
(diáttontas astéras)
— meteor
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Hawaiian:
hōkū welowelo
— meteor
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Hebrew:
כּוֹכָב נוֹפֵל
— meteor
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Hindi:
उल्का
(ulkā)
— meteor
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Hungarian:
hullócsillag
— meteor
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Icelandic:
stjörnuhrap
— meteor
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Indonesian:
bintang jatuh
— meteor
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Irish:
réalta reatha
— meteor
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Italian:
stella cadente
— meteor
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Italian:
stella filante
— meteor
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Italian:
meteora
— meteor
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Italian:
bolide
— meteor
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Japanese:
流れ星
(nagareboshi)
— meteor
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Japanese:
流星
(ryūsei)
— meteor
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Kankanaey:
dusdusnug
— meteor
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Kankanaey:
takkin di talaw
— meteor
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Khmer:
ទេពច្យុត
(teipcyot)
— meteor
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Korean:
유성
(yuseong)
— meteor
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Korean:
별똥
(byeolttong)
— meteor
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Korean:
별똥별
(byeolttongbyeol)
— meteor
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Kyrgyz:
метеор
(meteor)
— meteor
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Malay:
bintang beralih
— meteor
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Malay:
tahi bintang
— meteor
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Malay:
cirit bintang
— meteor
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Malecite-Passamaquoddy:
esqotewit
— meteor
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Mi'kmaq:
pugtewit
— meteor
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Mongolian:
харвасан од
(xarvasan od)
— meteor
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Mongolian:
харвах од
(xarvax od)
— meteor
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Navajo:
sǫʼ ndaajeehí
— meteor
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Navajo:
sǫʼ yilwoł
— meteor
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Norman:
êtaile tchiyante
— meteor
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Norwegian Bokmål:
stjerneskudd
— meteor
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Norwegian Bokmål:
stjerneskott
— meteor
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Occitan:
estela casenta
— meteor
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Occitan:
estela-que-tomba
— meteor
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Occitan:
estela cadenta
— meteor
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Ojibwe:
anang-bangishin
— meteor
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Old Tupi:
îasytatabebé
— meteor
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Persian:
شهاب
(šahâb)
— meteor
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Persian:
شخانه
(šaxâne)
— meteor
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Polish:
spadająca gwiazda
— meteor
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Portuguese:
estrela cadente
— meteor
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Romanian:
stea căzătoare
— meteor
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Russian:
па́дающая звезда́
(pádajuščaja zvezdá)
— meteor
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Rwanda-Rundi:
kibonumwe
— meteor
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Rwanda-Rundi:
kibona umwe
— meteor
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Slovak:
padajúca hviezda
— meteor
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Slovene:
utrinek
— meteor
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Spanish:
estrella fugaz
— meteor
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Swahili:
kimondo
— meteor
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Swedish:
stjärnfall
— meteor
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Swedish:
fallande stjärna
— meteor
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Tagalog:
bulalakaw
— meteor
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Lower Tanana:
sen' trona'
— meteor
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Thai:
ผีพุ่งไต้
(pǐi-pûng-dtâai)
— meteor
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Thai:
ดาวตก
(daao-dtòk)
— meteor
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Tibetan:
སྐར་མདའ
(skar mda')
— meteor
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Turkish:
kayan yıldız
— meteor
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Ukrainian:
па́даюча зі́рка
(pádajuča zírka)
— meteor
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Urdu:
ٹُوٹا تارَہ
(ṭūṭā tāra)
— meteor
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Urdu:
شَہابِ ثاقِب
(śahāb-e s̱āqib)
— meteor
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Welsh:
seren wib
— meteor
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Welsh:
seren llosgi
— meteor
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Bulgarian:
вирджински жиросел
(virdžinski žirosel)
— flowering plant
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Dutch:
twaalfgodenkruid
— flowering plant
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Finnish:
jumaltenkukka
— flowering plant
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Polish:
bożykwiat
— flowering plant