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 Translation for 'meteor shower' from English to French
NOUN   a meteor shower | meteor showers
SYNO meteor shower | meteor stream
astron.
pluie {f} de météores
meteor shower
astron.
essaim {m} météoritique
meteor shower
astron.
pluie {f} d'étoiles filantes
meteor shower
3 Words
astron.
Larmes {f.pl} de saint Laurent [Perséides]
Perseids meteor shower
Partial Matches
astron.
météore {m}
meteor
cratère {m} météoriquemeteor crater
astron.
traînée {f} météorique
meteor trail
météo.
ondée {f}
shower
2
météo.
giboulée {f}
shower
météo.
averse {f}
shower
3
météo.
averse {f} de neige
snow shower
cosm.
gel {m} moussant
shower gel
rideau {m} de doucheshower curtain
météo.
giboulée {f} de neige
snow shower
meub.
bac {m} à douche
shower tub
meub.
bac {m} à douche
shower tray
meub.
bac {m} à douche
shower base
météo.
grain {m} [averse]
squally shower
porte {f} de doucheshower door
cabine {f} de doucheshower cubicle
gel {m} doucheshower gel
pommeau {m} de doucheshower head
salle {f} d'eaushower room
douche {f}shower [for bathing]
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Usage Examples English
  • The film's origins can be traced to director Steven Spielberg's childhood, when he and his father watched a meteor shower in New Jersey.
  • "Troop Zero", a 2019 American comedy-drama film, inspired by Alibar's 2010 play "Christmas and Jubilee Behold the Meteor Shower", focuses on the story of a scout group competing to have their voices included on the Golden Record.
  • Experiments proved the capability of this setup to analyze Perseids meteor shower using Graves radar signals.
  • The 11 Canis-Minorids, also called the Beta Canis Minorids, are a meteor shower that arise near the fifth-magnitude star 11 Canis Minoris and were discovered in 1964 by Keith Hindley, who investigated their trajectory and proposed a common origin with the comet D/1917 F1 Mellish.
  • The annual May meteor shower Camelopardalids from comet 209P/LINEAR have a radiant in Camelopardalis.

  • Carina contains the radiant of the Eta Carinids meteor shower, which peaks around January 21 each year.
  • After most people in the world are blinded by an apparent meteor shower, an aggressive species of plant starts killing people.
  • A massive meteor shower destroys the orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis, before entering the atmosphere and bombarding New York City.
  • The northern constellation Quadrans Muralis survived into the 19th century (when its name was attached to the Quadrantid meteor shower), but is now divided between Boötes and Draco.
  • Boötes is home to the Quadrantid meteor shower, the most prolific annual meteor shower.

  • The Kappa Ursae Majorids are a newly discovered meteor shower, peaking between November 1 and November 10.
  • It is also responsible for the Beta Taurids, an annual meteor shower with a maximum activity around 28–29 June.
  • Eta Aquariids meteor shower appears in May. It is visible from about April 21 to about May 20 each year with peak activity on or around May 6.
  • The Leonids (...) are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel–Tuttle, which are also known for their spectacular meteor storms that occur about every 33 years.
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