firefly

English

Wikipedia

Fireflies in the woods near Nuremberg.

Etymology

fire +‎ fly

Noun

firefly (plural fireflies)

1. A nocturnal, bioluminescent beetle of the family Lampyridae.

Synonyms

• (beetle): lightning bug

Translations

beetle

Albanian: xixëllonjë (sq) f. Armenian: լուսատտիկ (hy) (lusattik) Basque: euli ipurtargi Chamicuro: puulo Chinese: Cantonese: trad. 螢火蟲, simpl. 萤火虫 (Jyutping: jing4 fo2 cung4) Mandarin: trad. 螢火蟲, simpl. 萤火虫 (pinyin: yínghuǒchóng) Croatian: krijesnica (hr) f. Czech: světluška (cs) f. Danish: ildflue (da) c. Dutch: glimworm (nl) m., vuurvlieg (nl) m. and f. Finnish: kiiltomato (fi), tulikärpänen (fi) French: luciole (fr) f. German: Glühwürmchen (de) n., Leuchtkäfer (de) m. Greek: πυγολαμπίδα (el) (pygolampída) f., (colloquial) κωλοφωτιά (el) (kolofotiá) f. Icelandic: eldfluga (is) f. Italian: lucciola (it) f.

Japanese: 蛍 (ほたる, hotaru) Latin: cicindela (la) f. Latvian: jāņtārpiņš m. Lithuanian: jõnvabalis (lt) m., žibukas (lt) m. Macedonian: светулка (svetulka) f. Navajo: chʼosh bikǫʼí Norwegian: ildflue (no) f. Polish: świetlik m. Portuguese: vaga-lume m., pirilampo m. Romanian: licurici (ro) Russian: светляк (ru) (svetlják) m. Spanish: luciérnaga (es) f. Swedish: lysmask (sv) Tagalog: alitaptap (tl) Turkish: ateşböceği (tr)

See also

• glowworm