Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A short-lived glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air and thought to consist of ionized gas associated with thunderstorms.

    Kugelblitz

    шарова́я мо́лнияšarovája mólnija

    кульова блискавкаkulʹova blyskavka

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I've never seen ball lightning.

    ruЯ никогда не видел шаровую молнию.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air:
Русский
By meaning 1
a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air:

Origin

A calque of German Kugelblitz.

A calque of German Kugelblitz.

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Forms

plural: ball lightnings
Singularball lightning

uncountable

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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