Masculin

Blitz

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (masculine, strong) a bolt of lightning
  2. (masculine, strong) flash

Concepts

Fréquence

B2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/blɪts/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle High German blitze (“lightning”), from Old High German blëcchazzen; compare English bleak and bleach. Synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from blitzen (“to flash”), see there for more. Cognates See also Old Saxon bliksmo (“lightning”), Old English blæcern (“candlestick”), Dutch bliksem, Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō, “to burn, blaze”), Sanskrit भ्राज (bhrāja, “to radiate, sparkle”), Latin fulgur (“lightning”).

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