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Definition 2024

solar_eclipse

solar eclipse

English

A total solar eclipse in 1999

Noun

solar eclipse ‎(plural solar eclipses)

(astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun.

Translations

when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun

Arabic: كُسُوف اَلشَّمْس (ar) m ‎(kusūf aš-šams)
Bengali: সূর্যগ্রহণ ‎(suryôgrôhôṇ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 日食 (zh) ‎(rìshí)
Crimean Tatar: küneş tutuluvı
Czech: zatmění slunce n
Danish: solformørkelse (da) c
Dutch: zonsverduistering (nl) f
Esperanto: suna eklipso
Estonian: väikesevarjutus
Faroese: sólarmyrking f
Finnish: auringonpimennys (fi)
French: éclipse solaire f
German: Sonnenfinsternis (de) f
Hindi: सूर्यग्रहण (hi) ‎(sūryagrahaṇ)
Hungarian: napfogyatkozás (hu)
Icelandic: sólmyrkvi (is) m
Indonesian: gerhana matahari (id) m
Inuktitut: ᓯᕿᓃᖅᓯᖅᑐᖅ ‎(siqiniiqsiqtuq)

Italian: eclisse solare f, eclissi solare f
Japanese: 日食 (ja) ‎(にっしょく, nisshoku)
Korean: 일식 (ko) ‎(ilsik) (日食 (ko))
Malay: gerhana matahari
Navajo: ałneʼííʼáázh, jóhonaaʼéí daaztsą́
Norwegian:

Bokmål: solformørkelse m

Nynorsk: solformørking f
Persian: خورشیدگرفتگی, کسوف (fa)
Polish: zaćmienie Słońca n
Portuguese: eclipse solar (pt) m
Russian: со́лнечное затме́ние (ru) n ‎(sólnečnoje zatménije)
Spanish: eclipse solar (es) m
Swedish: solförmörkelse (sv) c
Telugu: సూర్య గ్రహణము (te) ‎(sūrya grahaṇamu)
Thai: สุริยคราส ‎(sù-rí-yú-bpà-raa-kaa)
Vietnamese: nhật thực (vi)
West Frisian: sinnefertsjustering
Yucatec Maya: chi’ibal k’iin

See also

lunar eclipse