St. Elmo's fire

English

Alternative forms

Saint Elmo's fire
St. Elmo's light

Etymology

After Erasmus of Formia, the patron saint of sailors, also known as St. Elmo.

Noun

St. Elmo's fire (countable and uncountable, plural St. Elmo's fires)

An electrical discharge, or corona, seen around pointed objects, caused by ionization of the atmosphere during storms.

Synonyms

corposant
Elmo's fire

Translations

electrical discharge

Afrikaans: Sint-Elmusvuur
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聖艾爾摩之火, 圣艾尔摩之火 (Shèng Ài'ěrmó zhī huǒ)
Czech: oheň svatého Eliáše
Danish: sanktelmsild
Dutch: Sint-Elmusvuur
Finnish: Elmon tuli (at sea); ukonvirva (on land)
French: feu de Saint-Elme (fr)
Galician: lume de San Telmo
German: Elmsfeuer (de)
Greek: Άγιοι Νικόληδες (Ágioi Nikólides)
Hebrew: אש אלמו הקדוש‎
Hungarian: Szent Elmo tüze
Indonesian: api Santa Elmo

Irish: gealán San Elmo
Italian: fuoco di Sant'Elmo
Japanese: セントエルモの火 (sentoerumo no hi)
Korean: 세인트 엘모의 불 (seinteu elmoui bul)
Latin: corpus sanctum
Norwegian: Sankt Elms ild
Polish: ognie świętego Elma (pl)
Portuguese: fogo de santelmo
Romanian: focul Sfântului Elmo
Russian: Огни святого Эльма (Ogni svjatovo Elʹma)
Serbo-Croatian: Ватра светог Елма
Spanish: fuego de San Telmo
Swedish: Sankt Elmseld
Tagalog: igneyo, igneo, santelmo
Ukrainian: Вогні святого Ельма (Vohni svjatoho Elʹma)

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