Phrase guide

dipped headlight

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The main light on a motor vehicle, with the beam in a lower angle position, to enable oncoming traffic to see.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anti-dazzle light, dim light, dimmed light, low-beam

Antonyms: high-beam

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 近光燈 /近光灯 (jìn-guāngdēng) — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Faroese: nærljós — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Finnish: lähivalo — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Finnish: ajovalo — main light on a motor vehicle
  • French: feux de croisement — main light on a motor vehicle
  • German: Abblendlicht — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Italian: anabbaglianti — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Japanese: ロービーム (rōbiimu) — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Japanese: 下向き (shita-muki) — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Japanese: 近目 (chika-me) — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Japanese: すれ違い用前照灯 (surechigai-yō zenshōtō) — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Mongolian: ойрын гэрэл (ojryn gerel) — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Polish: światło mijania — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Portuguese: médio — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Russian: фа́ра бли́жнего све́та (fára blížnevo svéta) — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Russian: бли́жний свет (blížnij svet) — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Spanish: luz de cruce — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Spanish: luz corta — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Spanish: luz baja — main light on a motor vehicle
  • Swedish: halvljus — main light on a motor vehicle