will o' the wisp

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• US: /ˌwɪləðəˈwɪsp/
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From Will (“male given name”) + of + the + wisp (“a bundle of straw or hay used as a torch”)

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: dwaallig — strange light
• Arabic: الوَهْج المُسْتَنْقعيّ (alwahj almustanqey) — strange light
• Arabic: النار الحمقاء (alnaar alhamqa') — strange light
• Assamese: ধনগুলৈ (dhonguloi) — strange light
• Basque: sutxakurra — strange light
• Basque: argi-txakurra — strange light
• Basque: arima-argia — strange light
• Bengali: আলেয়া (aleẏa) — strange light
• Central Bikol: santilmo — strange light
• Bulgarian: блуждаещият пламък (bluždaeštijat plamǎk) — strange light
• Bulgarian: зловещо сияние (zlovešto sijanie) — strange light
• Catalan: foc follet — strange light
• Chinese Mandarin: 鬼火 (guǐhuǒ) — strange light
• Czech: bludička — strange light
• Danish: lygtemand — strange light
• Dutch: dwaallicht — strange light
• Esperanto: vaglumo — strange light
• Esperanto: erarlumo — strange light
• Estonian: virvatuli — strange light
• Finnish: virvatuli — strange light
• Finnish: aarretuli — strange light
• Finnish: aarnituli — strange light
• Finnish: aarnivalkea — strange light
• French: feu follet — strange light
• Friulian: fûc voladi — strange light
• Galician: fogo fatuo — strange light
• Georgian: ცთომილი ალი (ctomili ali) — strange light
• Georgian: ცდომილი ალი (cdomili ali) — strange light
• Georgian: ცდომილი სინათლე (cdomili sinatle) — strange light
• Georgian: ცთომილი სინათლე (ctomili sinatle) — strange light
• Georgian: ცთომილი შუქი (ctomili šuki) — strange light
• Georgian: ცდომილი შუქი (cdomili šuki) — strange light
• German: Irrlicht — strange light
• German: Sumpflichter — strange light
• German: Irrwisch — strange light
• German: Sumpflicht — strange light
• Hebrew: אוֹר מַטְעֶה (or mat'é) — strange light
• Hebrew: ויל־או׳־דה־ויספ — strange light
• Hebrew: ויל־או־ויס — strange light
• Hungarian: lidérc — strange light
• Hungarian: lidércfény — strange light
• Hungarian: bolygótűz — strange light
• Icelandic: hrævareldur — strange light
• Irish: tine ghealáin — strange light
• Italian: fuoco fatuo — strange light
• Japanese: 鬼火 (onibi) — strange light
• Japanese: ウィルオウィスプ (wiru-o-wisupu) — strange light
• Japanese: ウィル・オー・ザ・ウィスプ (wiru ō za wisupu) — strange light
• Korean: 도깨비불 (dokkaebibul) — strange light
• Korean: 윌오더위스프 (wirodeowiseupeu) — strange light
• Latin: ignis fatuus — strange light
• Latin: ignis erraticus — strange light
• Latvian: malduguns — strange light
• Lithuanian: žaltvykslė — strange light
• Lithuanian: pelkių ugnis — strange light
• Lombard: foeugh arz — strange light
• Lombard: fogazzoeu — strange light
• Lombard: foeugh senza foeugh — strange light
• Lombard: fiammei — strange light
• Lombard: fiamminn — strange light
• Lombard: fana — strange light
• Low German: Spöklicht — strange light
• Low German: Dodenlücht — strange light
• Malay: jerambang — strange light
• Māori: tūtutupo — strange light
• Māori: unahiroa — strange light
• Norman: bélengi — strange light
• Norman: veue d'aventuthe — strange light
• Norwegian: lyktemann — strange light
• Norwegian: irrlys — strange light
• Norwegian: vettelys — strange light
• Norwegian: alvelys — strange light
• Occitan: fuòc folet — strange light
• Pashto: اګیا بیتال — strange light
• Pashto: چیهلوا — strange light
• Persian: روشنایی مرداب — strange light
• Plautdietsch: Woselicht — strange light
• Polish: ognik — strange light
• Polish: błędny ognik — strange light
• Portuguese: fogo-fátuo — strange light
• Portuguese: fogo tolo — strange light
• Portuguese: fogo corredor — strange light
• Portuguese: João Galafoice — strange light
• Portuguese: boitatá — strange light
• Romani: choxãnêski-vyedyáriya — strange light
• Romanian: focul rătăcitor — strange light
• Russian: блужда́ющий огонёк (bluždájuščij ogonjók) — strange light
• Sardinian: fogu de campusantu — strange light
• Sardinian: ziròne — strange light
• Sardinian: focu de sas animas — strange light
• Serbo-Croatian: дивљи огањ — strange light
• Serbo-Croatian: divlji oganj — strange light
• Slovak: bludička — strange light
• Slovak: svetlonos — strange light
• Slovene: varljivo svetlikanje — strange light
• Slovene: nepojasnjeni ogenj — strange light
• Lower Sorbian: błudnik — strange light
• Upper Sorbian: błudnička — strange light
• Spanish: fuego fatuo — strange light
• Spanish: luz de muerto — strange light
• Swedish: irrbloss — strange light
• Swedish: lyktgubbe — strange light
• Turkish: bataklık ışığı — strange light
• Turkish: bataklık yakamozu — strange light
• Ukrainian: вогники мандрівні (vohnyky mandrivni) — strange light
• Ukrainian: блукаючі вогні (blukajuči vohni) — strange light
• Ukrainian: мандрівні вогні (mandrivni vohni) — strange light
• Ukrainian: блимавки (blymavky) — strange light
• Unami: tèhtaonkëlëmhès — strange light
• Urdu: اگیا بیتال — strange light
• Urdu: چھلاوا — strange light
• Vietnamese: ma trơi — strange light
• West Flemish: dwoalluchtn — strange light
• West Flemish: dwoasluchtn — strange light
• Dutch: hersenschim — delusionary goal
• Finnish: virvatuli — delusionary goal
• French: miroir aux alouettes — delusionary goal
• Italian: fuoco fatuo — delusionary goal
• Portuguese: quimera — delusionary goal
• Spanish: fuego fatuo — delusionary goal
• Spanish: luz de muerto — delusionary goal
• Swedish: bländverk — delusionary goal