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The French word for the weather phenomenon lightning is "foudre".
The word lightning derives from "lightening", something which sheds light. But its literal meaning is a visible discharge of static electricity in the sky.
Lightning is a violent electrical discharge between the air and the ground. Example : "The lightning was very bright and scared the little girl."
the French name for a lightning is 'éclair'.
bolt
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Streak
Another way to say streak is powder color.
A streak of lightning split the dark sky into half.
Fleet (of foot), swift (as a streak of lightning), are two possibilities.
Lightning
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streak
The word Blitz comes from the German word blitzkrieg, or "lightning war".
The Spanish word for streak is racha.