noun, feminine

aurore polaire

/ɔ.ʁɔʁ pɔ.lɛʁ/

noun, feminine/ɔ.ʁɔʁ pɔ.lɛʁ/plural: aurores polaires

polar lights; aurora

Coined by French astronomer Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan in 1733.