Total Solar Eclipse in Other Languages
Compiled by Fred Espenak, ©Copyright 1999
How do you say "Total Solar Eclipse" in other languages (besides English)? That's the question which Belgian eclipse chaser Patrick Poitevin (Solareclipsewebpages@btopenworld.com) asked through his Solar Eclipse Mailing List (a monthly archive of SEML messages is compiled in the Solar Eclipse Newsletter).
The following list has been compiled from many SEML responses. I have made some additions as well as including translations for the words "Sun" and "Moon".
Please note that special characters not available in English may have been lost or mis-translated in preparing this table. Even e-mail between different types of computers (Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, etc.) may represent special characters differently from platform to platform. It is probably helpful to describe any special characters (e.g. - u with an umlaut, e with an accent, etc.) Please email Fred Espenak at MrEclipse with any corrections or additions to this list. If you know the html web language, it would be especially helpful to send your corrections with any special characters embedded in html format.
| Language | Sun | Moon | "Total Solar Eclipse" |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Son | Maan | algehele sonsverduistering |
| Arabic | Shams | Quamar | kusuuf al-shams al-kuli |
| Babylonian | Samas | Sin | ? |
| Basque | Eguzki | Ilargi | eguzki eklipse osoa |
| Bosnian | Sunce | Mjesec | totalno pomracenje sunca |
| Burmese | Nay | La | lountet nay kyatchin |
| Cantonese | Taiyeung | Yuet/Yuet Kao | Yat Tsuen Sik |
| Catalan | Sol | Lluna | eclipsi total de sol |
| Cornish | Howl | Lor | dyfyk cowal an Howl |
| Croatian | Sunce | Mjesec | totalna pomrcina sunca |
| Czech | Slunce | Mesic | u'plne' zatme^ni' Slunce |
| Danish | Sol | Måne | total solformørkelse |
| Dhivehi (Maldives) | Iru | Handhu | Furihama Iru Keytha |
| Dutch | Zon | Maan | (totale) zonsverduistering |
| Emberá | ? | ? | umadau jedesia |
| English | Sun | Moon | (total) solar eclipse |
| Esperanto | Suno | Luno | plena eklipso suna |
| Estonian | Päike | Kuu | päikesevarjutus |
| Faroese | Sól | Máni | sólarmyrking |
| Farsi | Khorshid | Mah | Khorshid Gereft |
| Filipino | Araw | Buwan | ? |
| Finnish | Aurinko | Kuu | täydellinen auringonpimennys |
| French | Soleil | Lune | éclipse (totale) de soleil
éclipse solaire (totale) |
| Frysian | Sinne | Moanne | Folsleine Sinnefertsjustering |
| Gaelic | Grian | Gealach | lánurú gréine |
| Galician | Sol | Lúa | eclipse (total) de Sol |
| German | Sonne | Mond | (totale) Sonnenfinsternis |
| Greek (Modern) | Ilios | Fengari | (holike) ekleipsis hliou |
| Greek (Ancient) | Helios | Selene | (holike) ekleipsis hliou |
| Guaraní | Kuarajhy | Yasy | Jaguá jhoú Kuarajhy-pe |
| Hebrew | Shemesh | Yareakh | Likooy Shemesh; Likooy Hama |
| Hindi | Surya | Chandra | Puurna Suurya Grahan |
| Hungarian | Nap | Hold | teljes napfogyatkozás |
| Icelandic | Sól | Tungl | alger sólmyrkvi |
| Indonesian | Matahari | Bulan | gerhana matahari (total) |
| gerhana matahari cincin (annular) | |||
| gerhana matahari sebagian (partial) | |||
| Iranian | Korshid | Mahtab | Kosofe Kamel |
| Italian | Sole | Luna | eclisse (totale) di Sole |
| Japanese | Tai you | Tsuki | (kaiki) nissyoku (total) |
| kinkan nissyoku, kinkan syoku (annular) | |||
| bubun nissyoku, bubun syoku (partial) | |||
| Korean | Taeyangt | Dahl | gae-gi-il-sik |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | preah atu | preah jan | lurp paing soo krieh |
| Latin | Sol, Solis | Luna | obscuratio / defectus solis |
| Latvian | Saule | Me'ness | Pilns Saules aptumsums |
| Limburgs (Dutch) | Zôn | Maon | ganse zonsverduustering |
| Lingala | mòi | sànzà | ndenge nini, nani ayibi mòi |
| Luxembourgish | Sonn | Mound | (totale)total sonnendäischter |
| Macedonian | Sonce | Mesechina | (potpolno) pomrachuvanje na sonceto |
| Maltese | Xemx | Qamar | Eklissi totali tax-Xemx |
| Mandarin | Tai yang | Yue qui | tai yang quan shi |
| Malaysian | Matahari | Bulan | gerhana matahari penuh |
| Norwegian | Sol | Måne | solformørkelse |
| Polish | Slonce | Ksiezyc | calkowite zacmienie Slonca (total) |
| obraczkowe zacmienie Slonca (annular) | |||
| czesciowe zacmienie Slonca (partial) | |||
| Portuguese | Sol | Lua | eclipse solar (total) / eclipse (total) do sol |
| Quechua | Inti | ? | Inti Jiwana |
| Romanian | Soare | Luna | eclipsa solara totala / eclipsa totala de Soare |
| Russian | Solnce | Luna | polnojee solnetchnojee zatmjenjee |
| polnoie solnetchnoie zatmenie | |||
| polnoye zatmeniye solntsa | |||
| Sango | La | Nje | nje akanga la na peko ti |
| Sanskrit | Surya | Chandra | Puurna Suurya Grahana |
| Serbian | Sunce | Mesec | Totalno pomracenje sunca |
| Spanish | Sol | Luna | eclipse total de sol |
| Slovak | Slnko | Mesiac | (uplne) zatmenie slnka |
| Slovenian | Sonce | Luna | popolni soncni mrk |
| Sumerian | Utu | Si-mu-ud | ? |
| Swahili | Jua | Mwezi | Kupatwa Kwa Jua |
| Swedish | Sol | Måne | solförmörkelse |
| Swiss (German) | d'Sunne | dr Mond | totali sunnefinschternis |
| Tahitian | Tane | Marama | ? |
| Tamil | Suryan | Chandran | Muzhu Suurya Girahanam |
| Thai | Duang Ahtit | Duang Jun | Suriyubbarakaa |
| Turkish | Günes | Ay | (tam) gunes tutulmasi |
| Ukrainian | Sontse | Misiats' | povne zatemnennia sontsia |
| Uzbek | Quyosh | Oy | ? |
| Ural-Altaic | ? | ? | méreg |
| Welsh | Haul | Lleuad | diffyg cyflawn ar yr Haul |
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