luciole

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A firefly or similar luminous beetle, especially one whose small flashing light appears at dusk and can suggest a fragile point of hope.
Practice using luciole in conversation until it feels natural

Examples

  • Les lucioles apparaissent au crépuscule près de l'étang.
    Fireflies appear at dusk near the pond.
  • Le guide a demandé de ne pas capturer les lucioles.
    The guide asked people not to catch the fireflies.
  • Enfant, elle appelait les lucioles des mouches à feu.
    As a child, she called fireflies fire bugs.
  • Une luciole clignote au-dessus de l'herbe humide.
    A firefly blinks above the damp grass.
  • Les lucioles attirent les promeneurs pendant les nuits d'été.
    Fireflies draw walkers on summer nights.

Similar words

lampyre
lampyridé
coléoptère lumineux
mouche à feu
insecte lumineux
ver luisant

Meanings

Firefly

noun
biology
neutral
A luminous beetle of the Lampyridae family, known for the light it gives off at night and often used in comparison for a small moving glow.

Examples

  • Une luciole clignote au-dessus de l'herbe humide.
    A firefly blinks above the damp grass.
  • Les lucioles apparaissent au crépuscule près de l'étang.
    Fireflies appear at dusk near the pond.
  • Enfant, elle appelait les lucioles des mouches à feu.
    As a child, she called fireflies fire bugs.
  • Le guide a demandé de ne pas capturer les lucioles.
    The guide asked people not to catch the fireflies.
  • Dans le poème, une luciole devient une petite lumière d'espoir.
    In the poem, a firefly becomes a small light of hope.
  • Les lucioles attirent les promeneurs pendant les nuits d'été.
    Fireflies draw walkers on summer nights.

Similar words

ver luisant
mouche à feu
lampyre
lampyridé
insecte lumineux
coléoptère lumineux

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lucciola, from luce meaning light, ultimately from Latin lux.

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