solar eclipse

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• General-American: sōl'ər
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• General-American: /ˈsoʊlɚ ɪˈklɪps/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊlə ɪˈklɪps/
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From solar + eclipse. First use appears c. 1602 in the writings of Thomas Blundeville.

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sonsverduistering — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Arabic: كُسُوف اَلشَّمْس (kusūf aš-šams) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Armenian: արեգակի խավարում (aregaki xavarum) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Azerbaijani: günəşin tutulması — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Basque: eguzki eklipse — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Belarusian: сонечнае зацьменне (sónječnaje zacʹmjennje) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Bengali: সূর্যগ্রহণ (śurjogrohon) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Bengali: কুসূফে আফতাব (kusūfe aftab) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Central Bikol: pagkulop nin saldang — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Bulgarian: слънчево затъмнение (slǎnčevo zatǎmnenie) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Catalan: eclipsi solar — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Chinese Cantonese: 日食 (jat6 sik6) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Chinese Cantonese: 日蝕 /日蚀 (jat6 sik6) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Chinese Cantonese: 天狗食日 (tin1 gau2 sik6 jat6) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Chinese Mandarin: 日食 (rìshí) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Chinese Mandarin: 日蝕 /日蚀 (rìshí) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Crimean Tatar: küneş tutuluvı — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Czech: zatmění slunce — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Danish: solformørkelse — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Dutch: zonsverduistering — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Esperanto: suna eklipso — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Estonian: väikesevarjutus — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Faroese: sólarmyrking — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Finnish: auringonpimennys — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• French: éclipse solaire — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• West-Frisian: sinnefertsjustering — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Galician: eclipse solar — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Georgian: მზის დაბნელება (mzis dabneleba) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• German: Sonnenfinsternis — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Greek: έκλειψη ηλίου (ékleipsi ilíou) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Hebrew: ליקוי חמה (likúi khamá) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Hindi: सूर्य ग्रहण (sūrya grahaṇ) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Hungarian: napfogyatkozás — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Icelandic: sólmyrkvi — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Indonesian: gerhana matahari — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Inuktitut: ᓯᕿᓃᖅᓯᖅᑐᖅ (siqiniiqsiqtoq) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Italian: eclisse solare — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Italian: eclissi solare — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Japanese: 日食 (nisshoku) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Japhug: ʁmbɣɯzɯn — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Kazakh: күннің тұтылуы (künnıñ tūtyluy) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Korean: 일식 (ilsik) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Central Kurdish: خۆرگیران (xorgîran) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Latvian: saules aptumsums — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Lithuanian: saulės užtemimas — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Low German: Sünnverdüüstern — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Low German: Sünnendüüsternis — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Malay: gerhana matahari — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Manchu: ᡧᡠᠨ ᠵᡝᠮᠪᡳ (šun jembi) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Mongolian: нар хиртэлт (nar xirtelt) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Navajo: ałneʼííʼáázh — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Navajo: jóhonaaʼéí daaztsą́ — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Norwegian Bokmål: solformørkelse — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Norwegian Nynorsk: solformørking — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Norwegian Nynorsk: solmørking — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Old English: sunnan āsprungennes — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Persian: خورشیدگرفتگی — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Persian: کسوف — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Polish: zaćmienie Słońca — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Portuguese: eclipse solar — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Portuguese: solcris — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Romanian: eclipsă solară — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Romanian: eclipsă de Soare — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Russian: со́лнечное затме́ние (sólnečnoje zatménije) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Serbo-Croatian: помрчниа Сунца — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Serbo-Croatian: помрачење Сунца — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Serbo-Croatian: pomrčina Sunca — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Serbo-Croatian: pomačenje Sunca — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Slovak: zatmenie Slnka — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Slovene: sončev mrk — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Spanish: eclipse solar — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Swahili: kupatwa kwa jua — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Swedish: solförmörkelse — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Telugu: సూర్య గ్రహణము (sūrya grahaṇamu) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Thai: สุริยคราส (sù-rí-yá-krâat) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Turkish: Güneş tutulması — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Ukrainian: Сонячне затемнення (Sonjačne zatemnennja) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Vietnamese: nhật thực — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Volapük: solagrahan — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Yakut: күн өлүүтэ (kün ölüüte) — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun
• Yucatec Maya: chiʼibal kʼiin — when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun