English
Etymology
Coined by English astronomer Fred Hoyle on the BBC Third Programme, broadcast at 18:30 GMT on 28 March 1949. It is a popular but misinformed belief that this was intended as a derogatory term, Hoyle being a proponent of the opposing steady state theory, but Hoyle himself has rejected that notion.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Big Bang
- (cosmology) 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.
1955, Fred Hoyle, chapter 6, in The nature of the universe, page 113:On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two.
- (UK, finance, historical) The sudden deregulation of financial markets effected by prime minister Margaret Thatcher in 1986.
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Translations
cosmic event
- Afrikaans: oerknal
- Arabic: اَلِٱنْفِجَار الْعَظِيم m (al-infijār al-ʕaẓīm)
- Belarusian: Вялі́кі вы́бух m (Vjalíki výbux)
- Bulgarian: Голя́м взрив m (Goljám vzriv)
- Catalan: big-bang m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 大爆炸 (zh) (Dàbàozhà), 大霹靂 / 大霹雳 (zh) (Dàpīlì)
- Czech: velký třesk (cs) m
- Danish: Big Bang
- Dutch: oerknal (nl) m
- Esperanto: praeksplodo
- Estonian: Suur Pauk
- Finnish: alkuräjähdys (fi)
- French: Bigbang m
- German: Urknall (de) m
- Greek: Μεγάλη Έκρηξη (el) f (Megáli Ékrixi)
- Hindi: महाविस्फोट (mahāvisphoṭ)
- Hungarian: ősrobbanás (hu)
- Icelandic: Stóri hvellur m
- Indonesian: Ledakan Dahsyat
- Ingush: Доаккха Эккхар (Doaqqa Eqqar)
- Irish: ollphléasc f
- Italian: Big Bang m
- Japanese: ビッグバン (ja) (Bigguban)
- Kazakh: Жойқын жарылыс (Joiqyn jarylys)
- Korean: 빅뱅 (ko) (Bikbaeng), 대폭발 (ko) (Daepokbal)
- Macedonian: Големата експлозија f (Golemata eksplozija), Биг Бенг m (Big Beng)
- Malay: Letupan Besar
- Mongolian: Их Тэсрэлт (Ix 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 (sv) c, Big Bang (sv) c
- Thai: บิกแบง (bík-bɛɛng)
- Turkish: Büyük Patlama (tr)
- Ukrainian: Вели́кий ви́бух m (Velýkyj výbux)
- Vietnamese: Vụ Nổ Lớn
- Volapük: Rusplod, Splod Gretik
- Welsh: y Glec Fawr f
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Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Big Bang.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Big Bang
- Big Bang
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Big Bang.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbiɡˈbɐ̃.ɡi/, /ˌbiɡˈbɐ̃ɡ/, /ˌbiɡˈbẽ.ɡi/, /ˌbiɡˈbẽɡ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbiɡˈbɐ̃.ɡi/, /ˌbiɡˈbɐ̃ɡ/, /ˌbiɡˈbẽ.ɡi/, /ˌbiɡˈbẽɡ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbiɡˈbɐ̃ɡ/, /ˌbiɡˈbɐ̃.ɡi/, /ˌbiɡˈbẽɡ/, /ˌbiɡˈbẽ.ɡi/
Proper noun
Big Bang m
- (cosmology) Big Bang (cosmic event that marked the beginning of time)
- Synonym: Grande Expansão
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Big Bang.
Proper noun
Big Bang n
- Big Bang