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• UK: /ˈhaɪlaɪt/
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• US: /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/
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• homophone: hilite
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• rhymes with -aɪlaɪt
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• rhymes with -aɪˌlaɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 L AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English high Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English highlight From high + light.

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: llum — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Finnish: huippuvalo — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Finnish: korostus — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• French: rehaut — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• French: réhaut — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Irish: gealán — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Italian: bagliore — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Italian: chiarore — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Japanese: ハイライト (hairaito) — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Korean: 하이라이트 (hairaiteu) — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Malay: imej tumpu — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Persian: روشن (rowšan) — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Persian: پررنگ (porrang) — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Russian: све́тлый уча́сток (svétlyj učástok) — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Swedish: ljuspunkt — strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
• Bulgarian: основен момент — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Chinese Mandarin: 花絮 (huāxù) — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Finnish: kohokohta — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• French: temps fort — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• French: moment le plus marquant — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• French: instant le plus marquant — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• French: fait saillant — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• German: Highlight — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• German: Höhepunkt — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Italian: evento — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Italian: piatto forte — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Italian: chicca — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Italian: momento saliente — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Japanese: ハイライト (hairaito) — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Korean: 하이라이트 (hairaiteu) — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Latin: fastīgium — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Portuguese: ponto alto — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Russian: основно́й моме́нт (osnovnój momént) — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Russian: хайлайт (xajlajt) — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Spanish: resalte — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Spanish: resalto — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Swedish: höjdpunkt — especially significant or interesting detail or event
• Catalan: metxa — hair dyed a different color
• Catalan: ble — hair dyed a different color
• Greek: ανταύγεια (antávgeia) — hair dyed a different color
• Hungarian: melír — hair dyed a different color
• Irish: gealán — hair dyed a different color
• Italian: colpi di sole — hair dyed a different color
• Japanese: ハイライト (hairaito) — hair dyed a different color
• Korean: 하이라이트 (hairaiteu) — hair dyed a different color
• Polish: balejaż — hair dyed a different color
• Portuguese: luz — hair dyed a different color
• Portuguese: madeixa — hair dyed a different color
• Spanish: rizo — hair dyed a different color
• Spanish: mecha — hair dyed a different color
• Spanish: mechita — hair dyed a different color
• Spanish: rayito — hair dyed a different color
• Swedish: slinga — hair dyed a different color
• Bulgarian: подчертавам (podčertavam) — to make prominent
• Bulgarian: изтъквам (iztǎkvam) — to make prominent
• Catalan: emfasitzar — to make prominent
• Catalan: remarcar — to make prominent
• Catalan: ressaltar — to make prominent
• Chinese Mandarin: 凸顯 /凸显 (tūxiǎn) — to make prominent
• Chinese Mandarin: 強調 /强调 (qiángdiào) — to make prominent
• Chinese Mandarin: 突出 (tūchū) — to make prominent
• Danish: fremhæve — to make prominent
• Dutch: naar voren halen — to make prominent
• Dutch: benadrukken — to make prominent
• Esperanto: emfazi — to make prominent
• Finnish: korostaa — to make prominent
• Finnish: tähdentää — to make prominent
• Finnish: painottaa — to make prominent
• French: mettre en valeur — to make prominent
• French: souligner — to make prominent
• German: hervorheben — to make prominent
• German: beleuchten — to make prominent
• Hungarian: kiemel — to make prominent
• Icelandic: taka fram — to make prominent
• Irish: aird a tharraingt ar — to make prominent
• Italian: mettere in evidenza — to make prominent
• Italian: enfatizzare — to make prominent
• Italian: sottolineare — to make prominent
• Malay: serlah — to make prominent
• Māori: miramira — to make prominent
• Norwegian: utheve — to make prominent
• Norwegian: betone — to make prominent
• Occitan: soslinhar — to make prominent
• Portuguese: realçar — to make prominent
• Portuguese: enfatizar — to make prominent
• Portuguese: destacar — to make prominent
• Portuguese: ressaltar — to make prominent
• Russian: выделя́ть (vydeljátʹ) — to make prominent
• Russian: вы́делить (výdelitʹ) — to make prominent
• Russian: подчёркивать (podčórkivatʹ) — to make prominent
• Russian: подчеркну́ть (podčerknútʹ) — to make prominent
• Russian: выдвига́ть на пе́рвый план (vydvigátʹ na pérvyj plan) — to make prominent
• Russian: вы́двинуть на пе́рвый план (výdvinutʹ na pérvyj plan) — to make prominent
• Serbo-Croatian: наглашавати (naglašavati) — to make prominent
• Serbo-Croatian: истицати (isticati) — to make prominent
• Spanish: resaltar — to make prominent
• Spanish: enfatizar — to make prominent
• Spanish: destacar — to make prominent
• Spanish: realzar — to make prominent
• Swedish: lyfta fram — to make prominent
• Bulgarian: откроявам се (otkrojavam se) — to be a highlight of
• Min Nan Chinese: 明顯標出 /明显标出 — to be a highlight of
• Finnish: olla jonkun kohokohta — to be a highlight of
• French: être la star de — to be a highlight of
• Russian: выделя́ться (vydeljátʹsja) — to be a highlight of
• Russian: вы́делиться (výdelitʹsja) — to be a highlight of
• Spanish: resaltar — to be a highlight of
• Bulgarian: маркирам (markiram) — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Catalan: marcar — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Catalan: subratllar — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Catalan: ressaltar — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Czech: zvýraznit — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Finnish: korostaa — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• French: surligner — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• German: markieren — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Hungarian: kiemel — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Hungarian: megjelöl — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Italian: evidenziare — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Japanese: ハイライト (hairaito) — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Māori: miramira — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Norwegian: utheve — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Norwegian: markere — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Polish: zakreślać — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Polish: zakreślić — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Portuguese: realçar — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Russian: выделя́ть (vydeljátʹ) — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Russian: вы́делить (výdelitʹ) — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Spanish: marcar — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Spanish: resaltar — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Turkish: altını çizmek — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Welsh: aroleuo — to mark with a fluorescent marker
• Hungarian: melíroz — to dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest
• Portuguese: fazer madeixas — to dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest