bolide

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

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

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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.

• bolide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• boiled, odible, oldbie

From French bolide.

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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

Learned borrowing from Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís).

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.lid/

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• Rhymes: -id

bolide m (plural bolides)

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

• → Czech: bolid
• → Dutch: bolide
• → English: bolide
• → Polish: bolid
• → Portuguese: bólide
• → Romanian: bolid
• → Slovak: bolid
• → Spanish: bólido

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

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

bolide m (plural bolidi)

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

• deboli, delibo, delibò