meteor shower

English

Noun

meteor shower (plural meteor showers)

1. (astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.

Translations

Meteors seen on Earth for short time period

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 流星雨 (lau⁴ sing¹ jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 流星雨 (zh) (liúxīngyǔ)

• Czech: meteorický roj m
• Danish: meteorregn c
• Esperanto: meteorfluo
• French: pluie de météores (fr) f
• Gujarati: ઉલ્કાવૃષ્ટિ (ulkāvŕṣṭi)
• Hebrew: מטר מטאורים m (matár-mete'órim)
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• Hungarian: meteorzápor
• Japanese: 流星群 (りゅうせいぐん, ryūseigun)
• Norwegian: meteorregn n
• Portuguese: chuva de meteoros f
• Serbo-Croatian: meteorski pljusak, метеорски пљусак
• Spanish: lluvia de meteoros f, lluvia de estrellas f
• Thai: ฝนดาวตก (fǒn-daao-dtòk)

See also

• Draconid
• Leonid
• Lyrid
• Orionid
• Perseid
• Quadrantid