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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bolide.jpg/220px-Bolide.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French bolide, from Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊ.laɪd/, /ˈboʊ.lɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]bolide (plural bolides)
- An extremely bright meteor.
- Synonym: fireball
- Any extraterrestrial body that collides with Earth.
- 2004, Alan Harris, “SPACEGUARD REDUX, PUT TO TEST”, in Astrobiology Magazine:
- 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.
- A fireball.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]extremely bright meteor
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any extraterrestrial body that collides with earth
synonym of fireball — see fireball
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Further reading
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
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[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]bolide f (plural bolides, diminutive bolidetje n)
- (astronomy) bolide; an exceptionally bright meteor
- Synonym: vuurbol
- (by extension) fast racing car; speedster, high-powered car
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bolide m (plural bolides)
- (astronomy, dated) fireball
- (by extension) fast racing car; speedster, high-powered car
Descendants
[edit]- → Czech: bolid
- → Dutch: bolide
- → English: bolide
- → Polish: bolid
- → Portuguese: bólide
- → Romanian: bolid
- → Slovak: bolid
- → Spanish: bólido
Further reading
[edit]- “bolide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
bolide on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”).
Noun
[edit]bolide m (plural bolidi)
Anagrams
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