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An electrical discharge, or corona, seen around pointed objects, caused by ionization of the atmosphere during storms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: corona discharge, corona, corposant, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, electric glow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge
After Erasmus of Formia, the patron saint of sailors, also known as St. Elmo.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
Sint-Elmusvuur
— electrical discharge
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Arabic:
شَرَر القِدِّيس إِلْمُو
(šarar al-qiddīs ʔilmū)
— electrical discharge
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Bulgarian:
Огън на свети Елм
(Ogǎn na sveti Elm)
— electrical discharge
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Catalan:
foc de Sant Elm
— electrical discharge
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Chinese Mandarin:
聖艾爾摩之火 /圣艾尔摩之火
(Shèng Ài'ěrmó zhī huǒ)
— electrical discharge
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Czech:
oheň svatého Eliáše
— electrical discharge
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Danish:
sanktelmsild
— electrical discharge
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Dutch:
Sint-Elmusvuur
— electrical discharge
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Finnish:
Elmon tuli
— electrical discharge
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Finnish:
ukonvirva
— electrical discharge
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French:
feu de Saint-Elme
— electrical discharge
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Galician:
lume de San Telmo
— electrical discharge
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German:
Elmsfeuer
— electrical discharge
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Greek:
Άγιοι Νικόληδες
(Ágioi Nikólides)
— electrical discharge
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Ancient Greek:
ἑλένη
(helénē)
— electrical discharge
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Hebrew:
אש אלמו הקדוש
— electrical discharge
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Hungarian:
Szent Elmo tüze
— electrical discharge
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Indonesian:
api Santa Elmo
— electrical discharge
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Irish:
gealán San Elmo
— electrical discharge
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Italian:
fuoco di Sant'Elmo
— electrical discharge
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Japanese:
セントエルモの火
(sentoerumo no hi)
— electrical discharge
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Korean:
세인트 엘모의 불
(seinteu elmoui bul)
— electrical discharge
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Latin:
corpus sanctum
— electrical discharge
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Norwegian:
Sankt Elms ild
— electrical discharge
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Polish:
ognie świętego Elma
— electrical discharge
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Portuguese:
fogo de Santelmo
— electrical discharge
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Portuguese:
santelmo
— electrical discharge
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Romanian:
focul Sfântului Elmo
— electrical discharge
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Russian:
Огни святого Эльма
(Ogni svjatovo Elʹma)
— electrical discharge
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Serbo-Croatian:
Ватра светог Елма
— electrical discharge
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Spanish:
fuego de San Telmo
— electrical discharge
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Swedish:
Sankt Elmseld
— electrical discharge
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Swedish:
elmseld
— electrical discharge
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Tagalog:
igneyo
— electrical discharge
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Tagalog:
igneo
— electrical discharge
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Tagalog:
santelmo
— electrical discharge
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Ukrainian:
Вогні святого Ельма
(Vohni svjatoho Elʹma)
— electrical discharge
