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St. Elmo's fire
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English
Alternative forms
en St Elmo's fire Saint Elmo's fire St. Ulmo's fire
Etymology
After Erasmus of Formia, the patron saint of sailors, also known as St. Elmo.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-St. Elmo's fire.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-St. Elmo's fire.wav Southern England
Noun
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An electrical discharge, or corona, seen around pointed objects, caused by ionization of the atmosphere during storms.
en 1985-06-23 St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) David Foster, John Parr John Parr I can see a new horizon, underneath a blazing sky.I’ll be where the eagle’s flying, higher and higher!Gonna be a man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels.Take me where the future lies, in St. Elmo’s fire!
Synonyms
en corposant, en corpusant, en composant
en Elmo's fire
en St. Elmo's light
en witchfire, en witch's fire
Translations
electrical discharge
Afrikaans: af Sint-Elmusvuur
Alabama: akz hasi intalli
Arabic: ar شَرَر القِدِّيس إِلْمُو m
Bulgarian: bg Огън на свети Елм
Catalan: ca foc de Sant Elm
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 聖艾爾摩之火 Shèng Ài'ěrmó zhī huǒ
Czech: cs oheň svatého Eliáše
Danish: da sanktelmsild
Dutch: nl Sint-Elmusvuur
Finnish: fi Elmon tuli at sea; fi ukonvirva on land
French: fr feu de Saint-Elme
Galician: gl lume de San Telmo
German: de Elmsfeuer
Greek: el Άγιοι Νικόληδες
Ancient Greek: grc ἑλένη f
Hebrew: he אש אלמו הקדוש
Hungarian: hu Szent Elmo tüze
Indonesian: id api Santa Elmo
Irish: ga gealán San Elmo
Italian: it fuoco di Sant'Elmo
Japanese: ja セントエルモの火 sentoerumo no hi
Korean: ko 세인트 엘모의 불
Latin: la corpus sanctum
Norwegian: no Sankt Elms ild
Polish: pl ognie świętego Elma nv-p
Portuguese: pt fogo de Santelmo m, pt santelmo m
Romanian: ro focul Sfântului Elmo
Russian: ru Огни святого Эльма
Serbo-Croatian: sh Ватра светог Елма
Spanish: es fuego de San Telmo
Swedish: sv Sankt Elmseld, sv elmseld c
Tagalog: tl igneyo, tl igneo, tl santelmo
Ukrainian: uk Вогні святого Ельма
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