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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊ.laɪd/, /ˈboʊ.lɪd/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

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)
• Italian: bolide (it) m
• Macedonian: боли́д m (bolíd)
• Persian: تیرشهاب (tiršahâb), شخانه (fa) (šaxâne)
• Polish: bolid (pl) m
• Punjabi: ਉਲਕਾ ਪਿੰਡ (ulakā piṇḍ)
• Russian: боли́д (ru) m (bolíd)
• Spanish: bólido (es) m
• Swedish: bolid (sv) c

any extraterrestrial body that collides with earth

• Italian: meteora (it) f
• 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
• Persian: آذرگوی (fa) (âzarguy), آتش‌گوی (âtaš-guy)

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Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} bolido (io)

Further reading

• bolide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• boiled, odible, oldbie

Dutch

Etymology

From French bolide.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bolidem, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”).

Noun

bolide m (plural bolidi)

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

Anagrams

• deboli, delibo, delibò