| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun firefly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (firefly) |
1. Tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots.[Wordnet]. 2. Nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs.[Wordnet]. 3. Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae.[Websters]. | |
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"Fireflies" is a common misspelling or typo for: fire-flies. |
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Date "Fireflies" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
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| Fireflies (Faith Hill album) | Fireflies is the sixth album by country artist and Grammy award winning Faith Hill. The long anticipated album was released on August 2 2005 which would make it nearly three years after the release of her fifth album, Cry. In its first week, the album sold 329,000 copies, making it the #1 album on both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Country Albums chart. "Fireflies" is her third #1 album. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: FIREFLIES | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Grave of the Fireflies | 34 | Fireflies (Faith Hill album) | 13 | |
| Fireflies (Faith Hill album) | 13 | Fireflies (Rubygrass) | 3 | |
| Fireflies festival | 7 | Fireflies (TV series) | 3 | |
| Grave of the Fireflies (novel) | 5 | Fireflies festival | 7 | |
| Fireflies in the Garden | 5 | Fireflies in the Garden | 5 | |
| The Fireflies | 4 | Grave of the Fireflies | 34 | |
| Fireflies (TV series) | 3 | Grave of the Fireflies (novel) | 5 | |
| Fireflies (Rubygrass) | 3 | The Fireflies | 4 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | حُبَاحِب (fireflies, firefly, glowworm), سِراجُ اللَّيْل (glowworm, fireflies, firefly), يَرَاع (afraid, alarmed, appalled, cane, caned). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | حُبَاحِب (fireflies, firefly, glowworm), سِراجُ اللَّيْل (glowworm, fireflies, firefly), يَرَاع (afraid, alarmed, appalled, cane, caned). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | حُبَاحِب (fireflies, firefly, glowworm), سِراجُ اللَّيْل (glowworm, fireflies, firefly), يَرَاع (afraid, alarmed, appalled, cane, caned). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Tai | สุสานหิ่งห้อย (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Leuchtkäfer (firefly, fireflies, glowworm, firebug, glow-worm), Die letzten Glühwürmchen (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | Le Tombeau des lucioles (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | Le Tombeau des lucioles (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Leuchtkäfer (firefly, fireflies, glowworm, firebug, glow-worm), Die letzten Glühwürmchen (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | حُبَاحِب (fireflies, firefly, glowworm), سِراجُ اللَّيْل (glowworm, fireflies, firefly), يَرَاع (afraid, alarmed, appalled, cane, caned). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Leuchtkäfer (firefly, fireflies, glowworm, firebug, glow-worm), Die letzten Glühwürmchen (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Leuchtkäfer (firefly, fireflies, glowworm, firebug, glow-worm), Die letzten Glühwürmchen (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | ホタル (firefly, firebug, fireflies, glowfly, fire-flies), 火垂るの墓 (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Siamese | สุสานหิ่งห้อย (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | luces intermitentes (blinking lights, fireflies). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Standard Thai | สุสานหิ่งห้อย (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thai | สุสานหิ่งห้อย (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thaiklang | สุสานหิ่งห้อย (Grave of the Fireflies). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, fireflies. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “fireflies” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | irefliesfay (fireflies). Additional references: Pig Latin, fireflies. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | Luucsa (fireflies). Additional references: Terran B, fireflies. (volunteer) | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
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