Firefly

English

Noun

firefly (plural fireflies)

1. A nocturnal, bioluminescent beetle of the family Lampyridae.

Verbs for Firefly

capture—; welcome—; —blinks; —cheers; —emits; —flames ; —flashes; —flickers; — glimmers; —glitters; —glows; —illuminates; —lights; —scintillates; —shimmers; — spangles; —sparkles; —twinkles; —winks.

Thesaurus

blink, blinking, candle fly, coruscation, fire beetle, fireworm, glimmer, glimmering, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, glowworm, lampyrid, lantern fly, lightning bug, luciferase, luciferin, luminophor, phosphor, scintilla, scintillation, shimmer, shimmering, spangle, spark, sparkle, stroboscopic light, tinsel, twinkle, twinkling

Etymology

fire +‎ fly

See also

• glowworm

Synonyms

• (beetle): lightning bug

Translations

beetle

Albanian: xixëllonjë (sq) f. Armenian: լուսատտիկ (hy) (lusattik) Basque: euli ipurtargi Chamicuro: puulo Chinese: Cantonese: trad. 螢火蟲, simpl. 萤火虫 (Jyutping: jing4 fo2 cung4) Mandarin: trad. 螢火蟲, simpl. 萤火虫 (pinyin: yínghuǒchóng) Danish: ildflue (da) c. Dutch: glimworm (nl) m., vuurvlieg (nl) m. and f. Finnish: kiiltomato (fi), tulikärpänen (fi) French: luciole (fr) f. German: Glühwürmchen (de) n., Leuchtkäfer (de) m. Greek: πυγολαμπίδα (el) (pygolampída) f., (colloquial) κωλοφωτιά (el) (kolofotiá) f. Icelandic: eldfluga (is) f. Italian: lucciola (it) f.

Japanese: 蛍 (ほたる, hotaru) Latin: cicindela (la) f. Latvian: jāņtārpiņš m. Lithuanian: jõnvabalis (lt) m., žibukas (lt) m. Macedonian: светулка (svetulka) f. Navajo: chʼosh bikǫʼí Norwegian: ildflue (no) f. Polish: świetlik m. Portuguese: vaga-lume m., pirilampo m. Russian: светляк (ru) (svetlják) m. Spanish: luciérnaga (es) f. Swedish: lysmask (sv) Tagalog: alitaptap (tl) Turkish: ateşböceği (tr)