Big Bang

See also: big bang

English

Etymology

English astronomer Fred Hoyle is responsible for coining the term "Big Bang" on BBC radio's Third Programme, broadcast at 18:30 GMT on 28 March 1949.

Proper noun

Big Bang

1. The cosmic event that marks the beginning of time and the rapid expansion of space for the visible universe. The evolution of the universe since that beginning point is described by the Big Bang Theory.

See also

• Big Bounce
• Big Crunch
• Big Rip

Translations

cosmic event

• Arabic: إِنْفِجَار عَظِيم‏‎ m (ʾinfijār ʿaẓīm)
• Belarusian: Вялі́кі вы́бух m (Vjalíki výbux)
• Bulgarian: Голям взрив m (Goljam vzriv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大霹靂理論, 大霹雳理论 (dà pīlì lǐlùn), 大爆炸 (zh) (dà bàozhà)

• Czech: velký třesk (cs) m
• Danish: Big Bang
• Dutch: oerknal (nl) m
• Esperanto: praeksplodo
• Finnish: alkuräjähdys (fi)
• French: Bigbang m
• German: Urknall (de) m
• Greek: Μεγάλη Έκρηξη (el) f (Megáli Ékrixi)
• Hindi: महाविस्फोट (mahāvisfōṭ)
• Hungarian: ősrobbanás (hu)
• Icelandic: Stóri hvellur m
• Indonesian: Ledakan Dahsyat
• Ingush: Доаккха Эккхар (Doakqa Èkqar)
• Italian: Big Bang m
• Japanese: ビッグバン (biggu ban)
• Korean: 빅뱅 (ko) (bikbaeng), 대폭발 (ko) (daepokbal)

• Latin: Fragor Maximus m
• Macedonian: Големата експлозија f (Golemata eksplozija), Биг Бенг m (Big Beng)
• Malay: Letupan Besar
• Mongolian: Их Тэсрэлт (Ih Tesrelt)
• Persian: مهبانگ‏‎ (mahbâng)
• Polish: Wielki Wybuch (pl) m
• Portuguese: Big Bang (pt) m
• Romanian: Big Bang, Marea Explozie f
• Russian: Большо́й взрыв (ru) m (Bolʹšój vzryv), Биг Бэ́нг m (Big Bɛ́ng)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Велики прасак m

  Roman: Veliki prasak m

• Slovak: Veľký tresk m
• Slovene: Prapok m
• Spanish: Big Bang (es) m
• Swedish: Stora smällen c, Big Bang c
• Thai: บิกแบง (bík-bɛɛng)
• Ukrainian: Вели́кий ви́бух m (Velýkyj výbux)
• Vietnamese: Vụ Nổ Lớn
• Volapük: Rusplod, Splod Gretik

Anagrams

• gabbing

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Danish

Proper noun

Big Bang

1. Big Bang

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Big Bang

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbiɡ ˈbɐ̃ɡ/, /ˌbiɡ ˈbɐ̃.ɡi/

Proper noun

Big Bang m

1. (astrophysics) Big Bang (cosmic event that marked the beginning of time)