English

An especially bright meteor, a bolide (in astronomy)

Noun

bolide ‎(plural bolides)

1. An extremely bright meteor
2. Any extraterrestrial body that collides with Earth
3. A fireball

Derived terms

• superbolide

Quotations

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.
—Alan Harris

Translations

Anagrams

• boiled
• oldbie

French

Etymology

From Latin bolis.

Noun

bolide m ‎(plural bolides)

1. fast racing car, high-powered car
2. (astronomy) fireball

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

bolide m ‎(plural bolidi)

1. meteor
2. racing car

Anagrams

• deboli
• delibo, delibò