shooting star

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.
The flowering plant Primula meadia (synonym Dodecatheon meadia).

Equivalents

Españolestrella fugaz

Françaisétoile filante

DeutschSternschnuppe

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العربيةشهاب نيزك

Беларускаязнічка па́даючая зо́рка

Българскиметеор

བོད་སྐད།སྐར་མདའ

Bosanskimeteor метеор

Cymraegseren wib

Danskstjerneskud

Ελληνικάαστροβολίδα διάττοντας διάττοντας αστέραςμετέωρο πεφταστέρι

Esperantofalstelo

فارسیشهاب

Suomijumaltenkukka lentotähti tähdenlento

Galegoestrela fugaz

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻihōkū welowelo

हिन्दीउल्का टूटता तारा

Hrvatskimeteor метеор

Magyarhullócsillag

Հայերենասուպ

Bahasa Indonesiaberaja bintang jatuh

Íslenskastjörnuhrap

Italianobolide meteora stella cadentestella filante

日本語流れ星流星

한국어별똥 별똥별 별찌유성

Bahasa Melayubintang beralih cirit bintang tahi bintang

Nederlandstwaalfgodenkruid vallende ster

Polskimeteor meteoroid spadająca gwiazda

Portuguêsestrela cadente

Românăstea căzătoare

Русскийпадающая звезда

Српскиmeteor метеор

Svenskastjärnfall

Kiswahilikimondo

ไทยกลาบาต ดาวตก ผีพุ่งไต้

Tagalogbulalakaw

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CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

shooting stick shooting suit shooting war shooting-iron shooting-jacket Shootings

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