solar eclipse

English

A total solar eclipse in 1999

Etymology

Compound of solar +‎ eclipse

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: sōl'ər, IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊlɚ ɪˈklɪps/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊlə ɪˈklɪps/
Hyphenation: so‧lar‧e‧clipse

Noun

solar eclipse (plural solar eclipses)

(astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun.
The mother warned her daughter not to look at the sun during the solar eclipse as it could do irreparable damage to her eyes.

Translations

when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun

Afrikaans: sonsverduistering
Arabic: كُسُوف اَلشَّمْس‎ (ar) m (kusūf aš-šams)
Armenian: արեգակի խավարում (aregaki xavarum)
Azerbaijani: günəşin tutulması
Basque: eguzki eklipse
Belarusian: сонечнае зацьменне n (sónječnaje zacʹmjennje)
Bengali: সূর্যগ্রহণ (bn) (śurjogrohon), কুসূফে আফতাব (kusūfe aftab)
Bikol Central: pagkulop nin saldang
Bulgarian: слънчево затъмнение n (slǎnčevo zatǎmnenie)
Catalan: eclipsi solar m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 日食 (jat⁶ sik⁶), 天狗食日 (tin¹ gau² sik⁶ jat⁶)

Mandarin: 日食 (zh) (rìshí), 日蝕／日蚀 (zh) (rìshí)
Crimean Tatar: küneş tutuluvı
Czech: zatmění slunce n
Danish: solformørkelse (da) c
Dutch: zonsverduistering (nl) f
Esperanto: suna eklipso (eo)
Estonian: väikesevarjutus
Faroese: sólarmyrking f
Finnish: auringonpimennys (fi)
French: éclipse solaire (fr) f
Galician: eclipse solar m
Georgian: მზის დაბნელება (mzis dabneleba)
German: Sonnenfinsternis (de) f
Greek: έκλειψη ηλίου f (ékleipsi ilíou)
Hebrew: ליקוי חמה‎ (he) m (likúi khamá)
Hindi: सूर्यग्रहण (hi) (sūryagrahaṇ)
Hungarian: napfogyatkozás (hu)
Icelandic: sólmyrkvi (is) m
Indonesian: gerhana matahari (id) m
Inuktitut: ᓯᕿᓃᖅᓯᖅᑐᖅ (siqiniiqsiqtoq)
Italian: eclisse solare f, eclissi solare f
Japanese: 日食 (ja) (にっしょく, nisshoku)
Kazakh: күннің тұтылуы (künnıñ tūtyluy)
Korean: 일식(日蝕) (ko) (ilsik), 일식(日食) (ko) (ilsik)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خۆرگیران‎ (xorgîran)
Latvian: saules aptumsums m
Lithuanian: saulės užtemimas m
Malay: gerhana matahari (ms)
Navajo: ałneʼííʼáázh, jóhonaaʼéí daaztsą́
Norwegian:
Bokmål: solformørkelse m

Nynorsk: solformørking f, solmørking f
Old English: sunnan āsprungennes f
Persian: خورشیدگرفتگی‎, کسوف‎ (fa)
Polish: zaćmienie Słońca n
Portuguese: eclipse solar (pt) m, solcris m
Romanian: eclipsă solară f, eclipsă de Soare f
Russian: со́лнечное затме́ние (ru) n (sólnečnoje zatménije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: помрчниа Сунца f (Croatia), помрачење Сунца f (Bosnia, Serbia)

Roman: pomrčina Sunca f (Croatia), pomačenje Sunca f (Bosnia, Serbia)
Slovak: zatmenie Slnka n
Slovene: sončev mrk (sl) m
Spanish: eclipse solar (es) m
Swahili: kupatwa kwa jua
Swedish: solförmörkelse (sv) c
Telugu: సూర్య గ్రహణము (te) (sūrya grahaṇamu)
Thai: สุริยคราส (sù-rí-yá-krâat)
Turkish: Güneş tutulması (tr)
Ukrainian: Сонячне затемнення f (Sonjačne zatemnennja)
Vietnamese: nhật thực (vi) (日食)
West Frisian: sinnefertsjustering
Yakut: күн өлүүтэ (kün ölüüte)
Yucatec Maya: chiʼibal kʼiin

solar eclipse

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