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A paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs; some float in the air like hot-air balloons, and some float on water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: sky lantern
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sky lantern
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lantern
A bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a collapsible paper lantern in bright colors; used for decorative purposes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lantern
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
кита́йски фене́р
(kitájski fenér)
— paper lantern
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Chinese Cantonese:
燈籠 /灯笼
— paper lantern
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Chinese:
дынлу
(dɨnlu)
— paper lantern
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Eastern Min Chinese:
燈籠 /灯笼
(dĕng-lè̤ng)
— paper lantern
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Gan Chinese:
燈籠 /灯笼
— paper lantern
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Chinese:
燈籠 /灯笼
(teng-lóng)
— paper lantern
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Jin Chinese:
燈籠 /灯笼
(deng1 lou1)
— paper lantern
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Chinese Mandarin:
燈籠 /灯笼
(dēnglóng)
— paper lantern
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Northern Min Chinese:
燈籠 /灯笼
(dáing-lô̤ng)
— paper lantern
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Wu Chinese:
燈籠 /灯笼
(1ten-lon)
— paper lantern
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Xiang Chinese:
亮殼子 /亮壳子
(lian5 ko6 zr)
— paper lantern
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Xiang Chinese:
燈籠 /灯笼
— paper lantern
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Czech:
lampion
— paper lantern
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Czech:
lampión
— paper lantern
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Danish:
kinesisk lygte
— paper lantern
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Dutch:
lampion
— paper lantern
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Finnish:
kiinalainen lyhty
— paper lantern
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French:
lampion
— paper lantern
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German:
Lampion
— paper lantern
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Hawaiian:
kanaluna
— paper lantern
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Hungarian:
lampion
— paper lantern
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Indonesian:
lampion
— paper lantern
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Irish:
laindéar Síneach
— paper lantern
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Japanese:
提灯
(chōchin)
— paper lantern
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Japanese:
灯篭
(tōrō)
— paper lantern
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Korean:
등롱
(deungnong)
— paper lantern
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Malay:
tanglung
— paper lantern
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Manchu:
ᡩᡝᠩᠯᡠ
(denglu)
— paper lantern
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Mongolian:
дэнлүү
(denlüü)
— paper lantern
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Mongolian:
ᠳ᠋ᠧᠩᠯᠦ
(dēnglü)
— paper lantern
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Portuguese:
lanterna chinesa
— paper lantern
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Russian:
кита́йский фона́рик
(kitájskij fonárik)
— paper lantern
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Russian:
бума́жный фона́рь
(bumážnyj fonárʹ)
— paper lantern
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Tibetan:
གནམ་སྒྲོན
(gnam sgron)
— paper lantern
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Ukrainian:
кита́йський ліхта́р
(kytájsʹkyj lixtár)
— paper lantern
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Vietnamese:
đèn lồng
— paper lantern
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Zhuang:
daengloengz
— paper lantern
