bolide

See also: Bolide

English

An especially bright meteor, a bolide (in astronomy)

Etymology

Borrowed from French bolide, from Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ.laɪd/, /ˈboʊ.lɪd/

  • Audio (UK):

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Noun

bolide (plural bolides)

1. An extremely bright meteor.

   Synonym: fireball

2. 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.

3. A fireball.

Derived terms

• superbolide

Translations

extremely bright meteor

• Catalan: bòlid (ca) m
• Czech: bolid m
• Dutch: bolide (nl) f, vuurbol (nl) m
• Esperanto: bolido
• French: bolide (fr) m
• German: Bolide (de) m
• Ido: bolido (io)
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• Italian: bolide (it) m
• Persian: تیرشهاب (tīršahāb), شخانه (fa) (šaxāne)
• Polish: bolid (pl) m
• Punjabi: ਉਲਕਾ ਪਿੰਡ (ulkā piṇḍ)
• Russian: боли́д (ru) m (bolíd)
• Spanish: bólido (es) m
• Swedish: bolid c

any extraterrestrial body that collides with earth

• Italian: meteora (it) f
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• Russian: метеори́т (ru) m (meteorít)

fireball

• Danish: ildkugle c
• Dutch: vuurbal (nl) m, vuurbol (nl) m
• Italian: palla di fuoco f, bolide (it) m, stella cadente (it) f
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• Persian: آذرگوی (fa) (āδargūy), آتش‌گوی (ātašgūy)

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• Ido: ^{(please verify)} bolido (io)
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Further reading

• bolide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• boiled, odible, oldbie

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin bolis.

Noun

bolide f (plural bolides, diminutive bolidetje n)

1. (astronomy) bolide; an exceptionally bright meteor

   Synonym: vuurbol

2. (by extension) fast racing car; speedster, high-powered car

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French

Etymology

From Latin bolis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.lid/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -id

Noun

bolide m (plural bolides)

1. (astronomy, dated) fireball
2. (by extension) fast racing car; speedster, high-powered car

Further reading

• “bolide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• bolide on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”).

Noun

bolide m (plural bolidi)

1. (astronomy) meteor
2. (automotive) racing car

Anagrams

• deboli, delibo, delibò