Firefly

//ˈfaɪ.əˌflaɪ//

Synonyms for "firefly" (37 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Noun(2 words)
lightning bugbeetle

Strong matches (11)

Noun(2 words)
fire beetleglow fly

Related words (18)

Noun(1 words)
pyrophorus noctiluca

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

4 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

1 entries

at location

2 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

3 entries

derived from

2 entries

is a

5 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

6 entries

Translations

229 translations across 147 languages.

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Adyghe

1 entries
  • мэшӏуахь noun (Lampyridae)

Afrikaans

2 entries
  • glimwurm noun (Lampyridae)
  • vuurvlieg noun (Lampyridae)

Aklanon

1 entries
  • aninipot noun (Lampyridae)

Alabama

1 entries
  • hakchòmmapala noun (Lampyridae)

Albanian

1 entries
  • xixëllonjë noun (Lampyridae)

Amis

1 entries
  • 'alopaynay noun (Lampyridae)

Antillean Creole

4 entries
  • bowè noun (Lampyridae)
  • bètafé noun (Lampyridae)
  • klendenden noun (Lampyridae)
  • klendendeng noun (Lampyridae)

Arabic

1 entries
  • يَرَاعَة noun (Lampyridae)

Armenian

3 entries
  • լուսատտիկ noun (Lampyridae)
  • կայծոռիկ noun (Lampyridae)
  • փոսուռա noun (Lampyridae)

Assamese

1 entries
  • জোনাকী noun (Lampyridae)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • işıldaböcək noun (Lampyridae)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • баҙлауыҡ noun (Lampyridae)

Basque

1 entries
  • euli ipurtargi noun (Lampyridae)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • светлячо́к noun (Lampyridae)
  • святля́к noun (Lampyridae)
  • сьвятля́к noun (Lampyridae)

Bengali

4 entries
  • খজ্যোতি noun (Lampyridae)
  • খদ্যোত noun (Lampyridae)
  • জুনি noun (Lampyridae)
  • জুনিপোকা noun (Lampyridae)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • aninipot noun (Lampyridae)

Breton

2 entries
  • c'hwibu-luc'h noun (Lampyridae)
  • preñv-lugern noun (Lampyridae)

Brooke's Point Palawano

1 entries
  • keninipet noun (Lampyridae)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • свету́лка noun (Lampyridae)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပိုးစုန်းကြူး noun (Lampyridae)

Catalan

2 entries
  • cuca de llum noun (Lampyridae)
  • lluerna noun (Lampyridae)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • aninipot noun (Lampyridae)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • puulo noun (Lampyridae)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᏥᏍᏓᎷᎩ noun (Lampyridae)

Cheyenne

1 entries
  • vó'ho'kâsénoma'ne noun (Lampyridae)

Chichewa

2 entries
  • chiphaniphani noun (Lampyridae)
  • kachiphaniphani noun (Lampyridae)

Chinese

3 entries
  • 火焰蛄 noun (Lampyridae)
  • 火螢 /火萤 noun (Lampyridae)
  • 火金蛄 noun (Lampyridae)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 螢火蟲 /萤火虫 noun (Lampyridae)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 螢火蟲 /萤火虫 noun (Lampyridae)

Cree

1 entries
  • ᑵᑵᑯᒌᐢ noun (Lampyridae)

Czech

1 entries
  • světluška noun (Lampyridae)

Danish

1 entries
  • ildflue noun (Lampyridae)

Dupaningan Agta

1 entries
  • lipat-lipat noun (Lampyridae)

Dutch

2 entries
  • glimworm noun (Lampyridae)
  • vuurvlieg noun (Lampyridae)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • тулшукш noun (Lampyridae)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 藍尾星 /蓝尾星 noun (Lampyridae)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fulgoro noun (Lampyridae)

Estonian

1 entries
  • jaanimardikas noun (Lampyridae)

Faroese

1 entries
  • eldfluga noun (Lampyridae)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kiiltomato noun (Lampyridae)
  • tulikärpänen noun (Lampyridae)

French

4 entries
  • luciole noun (Lampyridae)
  • moiselle noun (Lampyridae)
  • mouche à feu noun (Lampyridae)
  • ver luisant noun (Lampyridae)

Galician

4 entries
  • lucecú noun (Lampyridae)
  • lucerga noun (Lampyridae)
  • lucerna noun (Lampyridae)
  • lurcucú noun (Lampyridae)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ციცინათელა noun (Lampyridae)

German

3 entries
  • Glühwürmchen noun (Lampyridae)
  • Johanniswürmchen noun (Lampyridae)
  • Leuchtkäfer noun (Lampyridae)

Greek

2 entries
  • κωλοφωτιά noun (Lampyridae)
  • πυγολαμπίδα noun (Lampyridae)

Guhu-Samane

1 entries
  • qaata noun (Lampyridae)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • આગિયો noun (Lampyridae)

Hadza

1 entries
  • cinambo noun (Lampyridae)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • koukouy noun (Lampyridae)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 火焰蟲 /火焰虫 noun (Lampyridae)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • nalo ʻuiʻuiki noun (Lampyridae)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • גַּחְלִילִית noun (Lampyridae)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • aninípot noun (Lampyridae)

Hindi

3 entries
  • खद्योत noun (Lampyridae)
  • जुगनू noun (Lampyridae)
  • ज्योतिरिंगण noun (Lampyridae)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • szentjánosbogár noun (Lampyridae)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • blysbjalla noun (Lampyridae)
  • eldfluga noun (Lampyridae)
  • glætufluga noun (Lampyridae)
  • glóbjalla noun (Lampyridae)

Ido

1 entries
  • luciolo noun (Lampyridae)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • kulalanti noun (Lampyridae)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kunang-kunang noun (Lampyridae)

Irish

2 entries
  • lampróg noun (Lampyridae)
  • tinechuileog noun (Lampyridae)

Italian

1 entries
  • lucciola noun (Lampyridae)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries
  • peenie wallie noun (Lampyridae)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ホタル noun (Lampyridae)
  • 蛍 noun (Lampyridae)

Javanese

1 entries
  • ꦏꦺꦴꦤꦁ noun (Lampyridae)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • alipatpat noun (Lampyridae)

Karamojong

1 entries
  • ŋamion noun (Lampyridae)

Kavalan

1 entries
  • klamlamu noun (Lampyridae)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жарық қоңыз noun (Lampyridae)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អំពិលអំពែក noun (Lampyridae)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • njeneni noun (Lampyridae)

Korean

3 entries
  • 개똥벌레 noun (Lampyridae)
  • 반딧불 noun (Lampyridae)
  • 반딧불이 noun (Lampyridae)

Lakota

2 entries
  • uŋzéblinkblink noun (Lampyridae)
  • waŋyéča noun (Lampyridae)

Latin

1 entries
  • cicindela noun (Lampyridae)

Latvian

1 entries
  • jāņtārpiņš noun (Lampyridae)

Laz

4 entries
  • მაპაზულე noun (Lampyridae)
  • პაპაზულჲა noun (Lampyridae)
  • პინჭკუ noun (Lampyridae)
  • წიწინათერი noun (Lampyridae)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • ciæbèlla noun (Lampyridae)

Lingala

2 entries
  • epela-mwinda noun (Lampyridae)
  • tɛ́nitɛ́ni noun (Lampyridae)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • jõnvabalis noun (Lampyridae)
  • žibukas noun (Lampyridae)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • светулка noun (Lampyridae)

Madurese

1 entries
  • ꦉꦤ꧀ꦤ noun (Lampyridae)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • angamenavava noun (Lampyridae)

Malay

2 entries
  • kelip-kelip noun (Lampyridae)
  • kunang-kunang noun (Lampyridae)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • ഇംഗണം noun (Lampyridae)
  • ഖദ്യോതം noun (Lampyridae)
  • മിന്നാമിനുങ്ങ് noun (Lampyridae)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

1 entries
  • possaqhessoss noun (Lampyridae)

Marathi

1 entries
  • काजवा noun (Lampyridae)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • მარწკინაია noun (Lampyridae)

Miyako

1 entries
  • ヤーンブ noun (Lampyridae)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • гэрэлтдэг цох noun (Lampyridae)
  • ᠭᠡᠷᠡᠯᠲᠦᠳᠡᠭ ᠴᠣᠬᠤ noun (Lampyridae)

Māori

1 entries
  • titiwai noun (Lampyridae)

Nahuatl

3 entries
  • copitl noun (Lampyridae)
  • icpitl noun (Lampyridae)
  • xoxotla noun (Lampyridae)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chʼosh bikǫʼí noun (Lampyridae)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • luceluce noun (Lampyridae)

Nheengatu

1 entries
  • gagaluna noun (Lampyridae)

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

1 entries
  • aninipot noun (Lampyridae)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • gûstêrk noun (Lampyridae)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • ildflue noun (Lampyridae)
  • lysbille noun (Lampyridae)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • lysbille noun (Lampyridae)

Occitan

4 entries
  • luciòla noun (Lampyridae)
  • lucèrna noun (Lampyridae)
  • luscambra noun (Lampyridae)
  • luseta noun (Lampyridae)

Okinawan

2 entries
  • じんじん noun (Lampyridae)
  • じーなー noun (Lampyridae)

Okinoerabu

1 entries
  • かんこ noun (Lampyridae)

Oroqen

1 entries
  • budunə noun (Lampyridae)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • آتش بوجكی noun (Lampyridae)
  • یلدز بوجكی noun (Lampyridae)

Pazeh

1 entries
  • aipuh noun (Lampyridae)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • Feiervoggel noun (Lampyridae)

Persian

1 entries
  • کرم شبتاب noun (Lampyridae)

Piedmontese

2 entries
  • lusariòla noun (Lampyridae)
  • lusentela noun (Lampyridae)

Polish

1 entries
  • świetlik noun (Lampyridae)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • pirilampo noun (Lampyridae)
  • vaga-lume noun (Lampyridae)
  • vagalume noun (Lampyridae)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ٹٹیانا noun (Lampyridae)
  • ਜੁਗਨੂਂ noun (Lampyridae)

Quechua

3 entries
  • inchipala noun (Lampyridae)
  • nina-nina noun (Lampyridae)
  • ninakuru noun (Lampyridae)

Romanian

1 entries
  • licurici noun (Lampyridae)

Russian

2 entries
  • светля́к noun (Lampyridae)
  • светлячо́к noun (Lampyridae)

Samogitian

2 entries
  • švėtravombuolė noun (Lampyridae)
  • švėtvombuolė noun (Lampyridae)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • खद्योत noun (Lampyridae)
  • ज्योतिरिङ्गण noun (Lampyridae)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries
  • Fjuurfljooge noun (Lampyridae)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kresnica noun (Lampyridae)
  • krijesnica noun (Lampyridae)
  • кресница noun (Lampyridae)
  • кријесница noun (Lampyridae)

Shan

1 entries
  • ႁိင်ႇႁွႆႈ noun (Lampyridae)

Slovak

1 entries
  • svetluška noun (Lampyridae)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kresnica noun (Lampyridae)

Southern East Cree

1 entries
  • ᐙᔥᑐᐌᔒᔥ noun (Lampyridae)

Spanish

1 entries
  • luciérnaga noun (Lampyridae)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • fayaworon noun (Lampyridae)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • ᮎᮤᮊ-ᮎᮤᮊ noun (Lampyridae)

Svan

1 entries
  • მჷჭკა̈მ noun (Lampyridae)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kimetameta noun (Lampyridae)

Swedish

1 entries
  • lysmask noun (Lampyridae)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • alitaptap noun (Lampyridae)

Tajik

1 entries
  • кирми шабтоб noun (Lampyridae)

Tamil

4 entries
  • கீடமணி noun (Lampyridae)
  • ஞலவல் noun (Lampyridae)
  • மின்மினி noun (Lampyridae)
  • மின்மினிப்பூச்சி noun (Lampyridae)

Telugu

1 entries
  • మిణుగురుపురుగు noun (Lampyridae)

Tetum

1 entries
  • pirilampu noun (Lampyridae)

Thai

1 entries
  • หิ่งห้อย noun (Lampyridae)

Tooro

1 entries
  • enyunyuuzi class 9 noun (Lampyridae)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ateş böceği noun (Lampyridae)

Tày

1 entries
  • hinh hỏi noun (Lampyridae)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • ӝуасьнумыр noun (Lampyridae)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • світля́к noun (Lampyridae)
  • світлячо́к noun (Lampyridae)

Unami

1 entries
  • sasapis noun (Lampyridae)

Urdu

1 entries
  • جگنو noun (Lampyridae)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • huỳnh noun (Lampyridae)
  • đom đóm noun (Lampyridae)

Waray-Waray

2 entries
  • aninipot noun (Lampyridae)
  • bukatkat noun (Lampyridae)

Wastek

1 entries
  • pil noun (Lampyridae)

Welsh

2 entries
  • magïen noun (Lampyridae)
  • pryf tân noun (Lampyridae)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • גליװאָרעם noun (Lampyridae)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • cocay noun (Lampyridae)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • ronghrib noun (Lampyridae)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ukhanyikhanyi class 1a/2a noun (Lampyridae)

Sample sentences

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Have you ever even seen a firefly?

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The firefly was eaten by a toad.

Source: tatoeba (6973353)

It's a firefly.

Source: tatoeba (8777278)

The firefly, the bee, the hummingbird ... With such beings, what do I have in common?

Source: tatoeba (9954244)

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