“Lightning” in 38 languages

How do you say “lightning” in other languages? Here is “lightning” translated into 38 languages, with a link to example sentences for each one.

LanguageTranslationUsage examples
French foudre Lightning in French
Hindi आकाशीय बिजली Lightning in Hindi
Arabic برق Lightning in Arabic
Korean 번개 Lightning in Korean
German Blitz Lightning in German
Spanish relámpago Lightning in Spanish
Portuguese relâmpago Lightning in Portuguese
Italian fulmine Lightning in Italian
Russian молния Lightning in Russian
Japanese ライトニング Lightning in Japanese
Chinese 闪电 Lightning in Chinese
Polish-language Błyskawica Lightning in Polish
Dutch bliksem Lightning in Dutch
Swedish blixt- Lightning in Swedish
Danish lyn Lightning in Danish
Finnish salama Lightning in Finnish
Greek αστραπή Lightning in Greek
Czech Blesk Lightning in Czech
Romanian fulger Lightning in Romanian
Slovak blesk Lightning in Slovak
Bulgarian мълния Lightning in Bulgarian
Slovene strele Lightning in Slovene
Lithuanian žaibas Lightning in Lithuanian
Latvian zibens Lightning in Latvian
Estonian välk Lightning in Estonian
Turkish Şimşek Lightning in Turkish language
Indonesian petir Lightning in Indonesian
Bengali বজ্র Lightning in Bengali
Ukrainian блискавка Lightning in Ukrainian
Catalan llampec Lightning in Catalan
Croatian munja Lightning in Croatian
Hungarian villám Lightning in Hungarian
Persian رعد و برق Lightning in Persian
Macedonian молња Lightning in Macedonian
Norwegian lyn Lightning in Norwegian
Serbian муња Lightning in Serbian
Bosnian munja Lightning in Bosnian

Popular words

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