solar eclipse

English

Etymology

From solar +‎ eclipse. First use appears c. 1602 in the writings of Thomas Blundeville.

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: sōl'ər, IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊlɚ ɪˈklɪps/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊlə ɪˈklɪps/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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.
A solar eclipse is one of nature's most impressive sights.
- 2017, Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, “Ancient Efforts to Understand”, in Totality: The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024‎^[1], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38:
  The earliest reliable accounts of Chinese eclipses come from Spring and Autumn Annals (Ch’un-ch’iu), recording eclipses from 772 to 481 BCE, including a total solar eclipse in 709 BCE.

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 Bikol: pagkulop nin saldang
Bulgarian: слънчево затъмнение n (slănčevo zatămnenie)
Catalan: eclipsi solar m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 日食 (jat⁶ sik⁶), 日蝕 / 日蚀 (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
Frisian:
West Frisian: sinnefertsjustering
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: सूर्य ग्रहण m (sūrya grahaṇ)
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)
Japhug: ʁmbɣɯzɯn
Kazakh: күннің тұтылуы (künniŋ tutıluwı)
Korean: 일식(日蝕) (ko) (ilsik)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خۆرگیران (xorgîran)
Latvian: saules aptumsums m
Lithuanian: saulės užtemimas m
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: zunsverduustering n

German Low German: Sünnverdüüstern n, Sünnendüüsternis n
Malay: gerhana matahari (ms)
Manchu: ᡧᡠᠨ
ᠵᡝᠮᠪᡳ (šun jembi)
Mongolian: нар хиртэлт (mn) (nar xirtelt)
Navajo: ałneʼííʼáázh, jóhonaaʼéí daaztsą́
Norwegian:
Bokmål: solformørkelse m

Nynorsk: solformørking f, solmørking f
Old English: sunnan āsprungennes f
Pannonian Rusyn: зацменє Слунка m (zacmenje Slunka)
Persian: خورشیدگرفتگی, کسوف (fa)
Plautdietsch: Sonnvedunklen n
Polish: zaćmienie Słońca (pl) n
Portuguese: eclipse solar (pt) m, solcris m
Romanian: eclipsă solară f, eclipsă de Soare f
Russian: со́лнечное затме́ние (ru) n (sólnečnoje zatménije)
Sami:
Northern Sami: beaivvášsevnnjodeapmi
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: помрчниа Сунца f (Croatia), помрачење Сунца f (Bosnia, Serbia)

Latin: pomrčina Sunca f (Croatia), pomačenje Sunca f (Bosnia, Serbia)
Slovak: zatmenie Slnka n
Slovene: sončev mrk (sl) m
Southern Altai: кӱнниҥ карыкканы (künniŋ karïkkanï)
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: со́нячне зате́мнення n (sónjačne zatémnennja)
Vietnamese: nhật thực (vi) (日食)
Volapük: solagrahan (vo)
Welsh: eclips haul m, diffyg ar yr haul m
Yakut: күн өлүүтэ (kün ölüüte)
Yucatec Maya: chiʼibal kʼiin

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