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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesboule de feu
Pronunciation / Transliteration: bool de fuh
"La météorite a traversé le ciel comme une boule de feu."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A ball of fire or a bright, glowing sphere of flame.
"The meteor streaked across the sky like a fireball, leaving a trail of light behind." - 2
A term used in fantasy or gaming to describe a magical or explosive projectile.
"The wizard conjured a fireball and hurled it at the approaching monsters."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'fireball' is a compound word formed from 'fire' and 'ball'. 'Fire' originates from Old English 'fyr', which has Germanic roots, while 'ball' comes from the Old Norse 'bǫllr'. The term has evolved to describe both a natural phenomenon and a fictional element in various contexts, particularly in literature and gaming.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fireball" is said worldwide
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boule de feu
Transliteration: bool de fuh
"La météorite a traversé le ciel comme une boule de feu."
Feuerball
Transliteration: foy-er-bahl
"Der Meteor zog wie ein Feuerball über den Himmel."
palla di fuoco
Transliteration: pahl-lah dee foo-oh-koh
"La meteora è passata come una palla di fuoco nel cielo."
bola de fuego
Transliteration: boh-lah deh fweh-goh
"El meteoro cruzó el cielo como una bola de fuego."
bola de fogo
Transliteration: boh-lah jee foh-go
"O meteoro atravessou o céu como uma bola de fogo."
आग का गोला
Transliteration: aag ka gola
"उल्का पिंड आकाश में आग के गोले की तरह गुजरा।"
火球
Transliteration: huǒ qiú
"流星像火球一样划过天空。"
불공
Transliteration: bul gong
"유성이 하늘을 불공처럼 가로질렀다."
火球
Transliteration: kakyū
"流星が火球のように空を横切った。"
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