bolide

English

Etymology

From French bolide, from Latin bolis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈbo.laɪd/, /ˈbo.lɪd/, X-SAMPA: /"bo.laId/, /"bo.lId/

Noun

An especially bright meteor, a bolide (in astronomy)

bolide (plural bolides)

1. Any extraterrestrial body that collides with Earth
2. An extremely bright meteor
3. A fireball

Quotations

The smallest impactor that can penetrate the atmosphere deep enough to cause any damage on the ground is not much smaller than the "Tunguska" bolide that flattened a couple thousand square miles of Siberian forest in 1908.
—Alan Harris

Translations

any extraterrestrial body that collides with earth

• Russian: метеорит (ru) (meteorít) m

extremely bright meteor

• Russian: болид (ru) (bolíd) m

fireball

• Danish: ildkugle (da) c

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• Ido: bolido

Anagrams

• boiled
• oldbie

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French

Etymology

From Latin bolis.

Noun

bolide m (plural bolides)

1. fast racing car, high-powered car
2. (astronomy) fireball

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Italian

Noun

bolide m (plural bolidi)

1. meteor
2. racing car

Anagrams

• deboli
• delibo, delibò