Big Bang

See also: big bang

English

Etymology

Coined by English astronomer Fred Hoyle on the BBC Third Programme, broadcast at 18:30 GMT on 28 March 1949, intended as a derogatory term.

Pronunciation

Audio (Mid-Atlantic) (file)

Proper noun

(astronomy) The cosmic event that marks the beginning of time and the rapid expansion of space for the visible universe. The evolution of the universe since that beginning point is described by the Big Bang Theory.
- 1955, Fred Hoyle, The nature of the universe, Chapter 6, p.113
  On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two.

Translations

cosmic event

Afrikaans: oerknal
Arabic: اَلِٱنْفِجَار الْعَظِيم‎ m (al-infijār al-ʿaẓīm)
Belarusian: Вялі́кі вы́бух m (Vjalíki výbux)
Bulgarian: Голям взрив m (Goljam vzriv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大爆炸 (zh) (Dàbàozhà), 大霹靂／大霹雳 (Dàpīlì)
Czech: velký třesk (cs) m
Danish: Big Bang
Dutch: oerknal (nl) m
Esperanto: praeksplodo
Finnish: alkuräjähdys (fi)
French: Bigbang m
German: Urknall (de) m
Greek: Μεγάλη Έκρηξη (el) f (Megáli Ékrixi)
Hindi: महाविस्फोट (mahāvisphoṭ)
Hungarian: ősrobbanás (hu)
Icelandic: Stóri hvellur m
Indonesian: Ledakan Dahsyat
Ingush: Доаккха Эккхар (Doaqqa Eqqar)
Italian: Big Bang m
Japanese: ビッグバン (ja) (Bigguban)
Kazakh: Жойқын жарылыс (Joiqyn jarylys)
Korean: 빅뱅 (ko) (Bikbaeng), 대폭발 (ko) (Daepokbal)
Macedonian: Големата експлозија f (Golemata eksplozija), Биг Бенг m (Big Beng)
Malay: Letupan Besar
Mongolian: Их Тэсрэлт (Ix Tesrelt)
Persian: مهبانگ‎ (mahbâng)
Polish: Wielki Wybuch (pl) m
Portuguese: Big Bang (pt) m
Romanian: Big Bang, Marea Explozie f
Russian: Большо́й взрыв (ru) m (Bolʹšój vzryv), Биг Бэ́нг m (Big Bɛ́ng)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Велики прасак m

Roman: Veliki prasak m
Slovak: Veľký tresk m
Slovene: Prapok m
Spanish: Big Bang (es) m
Swedish: Stora smällen (sv) c, Big Bang (sv) c
Thai: บิกแบง (bík-bɛɛng)
Ukrainian: Вели́кий ви́бух m (Velýkyj výbux)
Vietnamese: Vụ Nổ Lớn
Volapük: Rusplod, Splod Gretik

See also

Anagrams

gabbing, gnaB giB

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Big Bang.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌbiɡ ˈbæːŋ/

Proper noun

Big Bang

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Big Bang.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbiɡ ˈbɐ̃ɡ/, /ˌbiɡ ˈbɐ̃.ɡi/

Proper noun

Big Bang m

(cosmology) Big Bang (cosmic event that marked the beginning of time)

Romanian

Proper noun

Big Bang n

Big Bang

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