Meanings
nounsolar flare (plural solar flares)
plural solar flares
- astronomyA violent explosion in the Sun's atmosphere.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference
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Translations
Arabic اِنْفِجَار شَمْسِيّ
- اِنْفِجَار شَمْسِيّ (infijār šamsiyy)violent explosion
Bulgarian слънчево изригване
- слънчево изригване (slănčevo izrigvane)violent explosion
Chinese Mandarin 耀斑
- 耀斑 (yàobān)violent explosion
Czech sluneční erupce
- sluneční erupceviolent explosion
Danish soludbrud
- soludbrudviolent explosion
Dutch zonnevlam
- zonnevlamviolent explosion
Finnish auringonpurkaus, soihtupurkaus
- auringonpurkausviolent explosion
- soihtupurkausviolent explosion
- roihupurkausviolent explosion
- flareviolent explosion
French éruption solaire
- éruption solaireviolent explosion
German Sonneneruption, chromosphärische Eruption
- Sonneneruptionviolent explosion
- chromosphärische Eruptionviolent explosion
Greek ηλιακή έκλαμψη
- ηλιακή έκλαμψη (iliakí éklampsi)violent explosion
Hebrew סְעָרָה שֶׁמֶשׁ
- סְעָרָה שֶׁמֶשׁ (se'ará shémesh)violent explosion
Hindi सौर प्रज्वाल
- सौर प्रज्वाल (saur prajvāl)violent explosion
Hungarian napkitörés
- napkitörésviolent explosion
Icelandic sólblossi, sólgos
- sólblossiviolent explosion
- sólgosviolent explosion
Italian brillamento solare, eruzione solare
- brillamento solareviolent explosion
- eruzione solareviolent explosion
- eruzione stellareviolent explosion
Japanese 太陽フレア
- 太陽フレア (taiyō furea)violent explosion
Korean 태양 플레어
- 태양 플레어 (taeyang peulleeo)violent explosion
Polish rozbłysk słoneczny
- rozbłysk słonecznyviolent explosion
Portuguese erupção solar
- erupção solarviolent explosion
Russian со́лнечная вспы́шка
- со́лнечная вспы́шка (sólnečnaja vspýška)violent explosion
Spanish erupción solar, fulguración solar
- erupción solarviolent explosion
- fulguración solarviolent explosion
Tagalog adlawing liyab
- adlawing liyabviolent explosion
Thai เปลวสุริยะ
- เปลวสุริยะ (bpleeo-sù-rí-yá)violent explosion
Turkish Güneş patlaması, Güneş püskürtüsü
- Güneş patlamasıviolent explosion
- Güneş püskürtüsüviolent explosion
Cite this entry
APA
solar flare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/solar%20flare
MLA
“solar flare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/solar%20flare. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “solar flare,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/solar%20flare.
Source: solar flare on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.