Standard Lemma guide

light

adj · adv · name · noun · verb · 116 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • līt
  • /laɪt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [laɪt]
  • British, Southern, Standard: [lɑjt]
  • General-American: [ɫɐɪt]
  • Canada, US, regional: [ləjt]
  • Australian: [lɑɪt]
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪt
  • homophone: lite
  • CMU ARPABET: L AY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She had light skin.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Served with extra milk or cream.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I like my coffee light.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a light load ; a lighter backpack after having removed the books ; light weapons

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • feathers and cork are light ; oil is lighter than water

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to issue light coin

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.

Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.

Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a light aircraft ; a light tank

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adj

Meaning 9

Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.

Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

Examples

  • light infantry; a troop of light horse

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adj

Meaning 10

Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.

Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

Examples

  • if a ship is light or partially loaded ; the light draft of a vessel, or its light displacement

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adj

Meaning 11

Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.

Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Examples

  • the light locomotives ; a locomotive may be moved light

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adj

Meaning 12

Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.

With low viscosity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

adj

Meaning 13

Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

Examples

  • a light bread ; sponge cake is a light cake

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

adj

Meaning 14

Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This light beer still gets you drunk if you have enough of it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

adj

Meaning 15

Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a light drizzle//a light rain was falling//a light snow set in

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

adj

Meaning 16

Gentle; having little force or momentum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This artist clearly had a light, flowing touch.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

adj

Meaning 17

Easy to endure or perform.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • light duties around the house

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

adj

Meaning 18

Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I made some light comment, and we moved on.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

adj

Meaning 19

Unchaste, wanton.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

adj

Meaning 20

Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

adj

Meaning 21

Fast; nimble.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

adj

Meaning 22

Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Examples

  • a light, vain person; a light mind

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

adj

Meaning 23

Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Ogden Nash was a writer of light verse.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

adj

Meaning 24

Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

adj

Meaning 25

Easily interrupted by stimulation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • light sleep; light anesthesia

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

adj

Meaning 26

Cheerful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

adv

Meaning 27

Carrying little.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I prefer to travel light.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

name

Meaning 28

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

name

Meaning 29

A place name:

An unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

name

Meaning 30

A place name:

An unincorporated community in Maries County, Missouri, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

name

Meaning 31

A place name:

A local government area north of Adelaide, South Australia, named after the River Light; in full, Light Regional Council.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

name

Meaning 32

A place name:

A river in the Mid North region, South Australia, named after William Light; in full, the River Light.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

name

Meaning 33

The 24th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

noun

Meaning 34

Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

noun

Meaning 35

Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • black light

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

noun

Meaning 36

Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncommon, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

noun

Meaning 37

A source of illumination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Put that light out!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

38

noun

Meaning 38

A source of illumination.

A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • We turned off all the lights and went to sleep.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

39

noun

Meaning 39

A source of illumination.

A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • To get to our house, turn right at the third light.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

40

noun

Meaning 40

Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

Examples

  • Can you throw any light on this problem?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

41

noun

Meaning 41

Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

42

noun

Meaning 42

A notable person within a specific field or discipline.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Picasso was one of the leading lights of the cubist movement.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

43

noun

Meaning 43

The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: painting

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

44

noun

Meaning 44

A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • I'm really seeing you in a different light today.
  • Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative light by many Cuban historians for years thereafter.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

45

noun

Meaning 45

A flame or something used to create fire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

46

noun

Meaning 46

A flame or something used to create fire.

A cigarette lighter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang, uncountable

Examples

  • Hey, buddy, you got a light?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

47

noun

Meaning 47

A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • a Bengal light

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

48

noun

Meaning 48

A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • This facade has eight south-facing lights.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: backlight, sidelight, transom

49

noun

Meaning 49

The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: crosswording

Examples

  • The average length of a light on a 15×15 grid is 7 or 8.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

50

noun

Meaning 50

A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

51

noun

Meaning 51

Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

52

noun

Meaning 52

The power of perception by vision: eyesight (sightedness; vision).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

53

noun

Meaning 53

The brightness of the eye or eyes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

54

noun

Meaning 54

A stone that is not thrown hard enough.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, curling, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

55

noun

Meaning 55

See lights (“lungs”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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56

noun

Meaning 56

A low-alcohol lager.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

57

noun

Meaning 57

A member of the light cavalry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

58

noun

Meaning 58

Honorific alternative letter-case form of light, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, honorific

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

59

verb

Meaning 59

To start (a fire).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • We lit the fire to get some heat.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: set

Antonyms: extinguish, put out, quench

60

verb

Meaning 60

To set fire to; to set burning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • She lit her last match.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ignite, kindle, conflagrate, aflame, alight, fire, fire up, inflame, light, light up, set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set alight, set fire, set on fire, torch

Antonyms: extinguish, put out, quench

61

verb

Meaning 61

To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.
  • 19th century', Frederic Harrison, The Fortnightly Review One hundred years ago, to have lit this theatre as brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: illuminate, light up, alight, belight, beshine, bright, enlighten, fire, illume, illumine, illustrate, irradiate, light, lighten, luster, lustrate, shed light on

Antonyms: none provided

62

verb

Meaning 62

To become ignited; to take fire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • This soggy match will not light.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catch fire, ignite, conflagrate, catch on fire, combust, fire, go up in flames, go up in smoke, light, spunk, take fire

Antonyms: none provided

63

verb

Meaning 63

To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

64

verb

Meaning 64

To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: pinball

Examples

  • Light the extra ball by amassing 500 million points in the wizard mode.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

65

verb

Meaning 65

To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

66

verb

Meaning 66

To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

67

verb

Meaning 67

To leave; to depart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

68

verb

Meaning 68

To find by chance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

69

verb

Meaning 69

To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

70

verb

Meaning 70

To alight; to land or come down.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.
  • 1957, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), The Cat in the Hat And our fish came down, too. He fell into a pot! He said, "Do I like this? Oh, no! I do not. This is not a good game," Said our fish as he lit.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

71

adjective

Meaning 71

characterized by or emitting light

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a room that is light when the shutters are open
  • the inside of the house was airy and light

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: dark

72

adjective

Meaning 72

(used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • light blue
  • light colors such as pastels
  • a light-colored powder

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: light-colored

Antonyms: dark

73

adjective

Meaning 73

of comparatively little physical weight or density

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a light load
  • magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: heavy

74

adjective

Meaning 74

psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a light heart

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: heavy

75

adjective

Meaning 75

not great in degree or quantity or number

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a light sentence
  • a light accent
  • casualties were light
  • light snow was falling
  • light misty rain
  • light smoke from the chimney

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: heavy

76

adjective

Meaning 76

(physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • light water is ordinary water

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: heavy

77

adjective

Meaning 77

of little intensity or power or force

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the light touch of her fingers
  • a light breeze

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: heavy

78

adjective

Meaning 78

of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • light infantry
  • light cavalry
  • light industry
  • light weapons

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: heavy

79

adjective satellite

Meaning 79

casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • her easy virtue
  • he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
  • wanton behavior

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton

Antonyms: none provided

80

adjective satellite

Meaning 80

(used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • light soil

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

81

adjective satellite

Meaning 81

(of sleep) easily disturbed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in a light doze
  • a light sleeper
  • a restless wakeful night

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wakeful

Antonyms: none provided

82

adjective satellite

Meaning 82

demanding little effort; not burdensome

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • light housework
  • light exercise

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

83

adjective satellite

Meaning 83

having relatively few calories

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • diet cola
  • light (or lite) beer
  • lite (or light) mayonnaise
  • a low-cal diet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lite, low-cal, calorie-free

Antonyms: none provided

84

adjective satellite

Meaning 84

easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a light diet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

85

adjective satellite

Meaning 85

designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • light aircraft
  • a light truck

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

86

adjective satellite

Meaning 86

moving easily and quickly; nimble

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dancer was light and graceful
  • a lightsome buoyant step
  • walked with a light tripping step

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lightsome, tripping

Antonyms: none provided

87

adjective satellite

Meaning 87

(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings
  • clear laughter like a waterfall
  • clear reds and blues
  • a light lilting voice like a silver bell

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clean, clear, unclouded

Antonyms: none provided

88

adjective satellite

Meaning 88

silly or trivial

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • idle pleasure
  • light banter
  • light idle chatter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: idle

Antonyms: none provided

89

adjective satellite

Meaning 89

intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • light verse
  • a light comedy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

90

adjective satellite

Meaning 90

having little importance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • losing his job was no light matter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

91

adjective satellite

Meaning 91

(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable
  • a weak stress on the second syllable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unaccented, weak

Antonyms: none provided

92

adjective satellite

Meaning 92

less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a light pound
  • a scant cup of sugar
  • regularly gives short weight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scant(p), short

Antonyms: none provided

93

adjective satellite

Meaning 93

very thin and insubstantial

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • thin paper
  • light summer dresses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

94

adjective satellite

Meaning 94

weak and likely to lose consciousness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • suddenly felt faint from the pain
  • was sick and faint from hunger
  • felt light in the head
  • a swooning fit
  • light-headed with wine
  • light-headed from lack of sleep

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: faint, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded

Antonyms: none provided

95

adverb

Meaning 95

with few burdens

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • experienced travellers travel light

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lightly

Antonyms: none provided

96

noun

Meaning 96

any device serving as a source of illumination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he stopped the car and turned off the lights

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: light source

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: source of illumination

Narrower terms: anchor light, riding light, riding lamp, blinker, flasher, fairy light, flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood, headlight, headlamp, houselights, jacklight, navigation light, night-light, panel light, room light, sconce, searchlight, sidelight, running light, strip lighting, theater light, torch

97

noun

Meaning 97

a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • do you have a light?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lighter, igniter, ignitor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: device

Narrower terms: cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter, fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming, match, lucifer, friction match

98

noun

Meaning 98

the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lightness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: visual property

Narrower terms: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole, sunniness, highlight, highlighting, brightness

99

noun

Meaning 99

merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he had a sparkle in his eye
  • there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sparkle, twinkle, spark

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vitality, verve, expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face

100

noun

Meaning 100

the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physical property

Narrower terms: illuminance, illumination, incandescence, luminescence, glow

101

noun

Meaning 101

public awareness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it brought the scandal to light

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: public knowledge, general knowledge

102

noun

Meaning 102

mental understanding as an enlightening experience

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he finally saw the light
  • can you shed light on this problem?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: insight, brainstorm, brainwave

103

noun

Meaning 103

a particular perspective or aspect of a situation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: position, view, perspective

104

noun

Meaning 104

a visual warning signal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they saw the light of the beacon
  • there was a light at every corner

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: visual signal

Narrower terms: traffic light, traffic signal, stoplight

105

noun

Meaning 105

an illuminated area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he stepped into the light

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scene

106

noun

Meaning 106

a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Inner Light, Light Within, Christ Within

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality

107

noun

Meaning 107

a person regarded very fondly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the light of my life

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: friend

108

noun

Meaning 108

(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the light was filtered through a soft glass window

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: visible light, visible radiation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: actinic radiation, actinic ray

Narrower terms: beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation, candlelight, candle flame, corona, counterglow, gegenschein, daylight, firelight, fluorescence, friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, gaslight, radiance, glow, glowing, half-light, incandescence, lamplight, luminescence, meteor, shooting star, moonlight, moonshine, Moon, starlight, sunlight, sunshine, sun, scintillation, streamer, torchlight, twilight

109

noun

Meaning 109

having abundant light or illumination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they played as long as it was light
  • as long as the lighting was good

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lighting

Antonyms: dark

Broader terms: illumination

110

noun

Meaning 110

a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • follow God's light

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: illumination

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condition, status

111

verb

Meaning 111

make lighter or brighter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This lamp lightens the room a bit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: illume, illumine, light up, illuminate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lighten, lighten up

Narrower terms: floodlight, spotlight

112

verb

Meaning 112

begin to smoke

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • After the meal, some of the diners lit up

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: light up, fire up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ignite, light

113

verb

Meaning 113

alight from (a horse)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unhorse, dismount, get off, get down

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: descend, fall, go down, come down

114

verb

Meaning 114

to come to rest, settle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Misfortune lighted upon him

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alight, perch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: land, set down

115

verb

Meaning 115

fall to somebody by assignment or lot

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The task fell to me
  • It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fall

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fall, return, pass, devolve

116

verb

Meaning 116

cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter
  • Light a cigarette

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ignite

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: burn, combust

Narrower terms: light up, fire up, light, reignite, kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame, flare up

History

Etymology

From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht (“luminous, bright, light, clear, resplendent, renowned, beautiful”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljoacht (“light”), Dutch licht, German licht.

From Middle English liȝt, lyghte, from Old English lēht, lēoht, līht, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz or *līhtaz (“light (in weight)”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1lengwh- (“lightweight”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch licht (“light (not heavy)”), German leicht (“light (not heavy)”), Luxembourgish liicht (“lightweight”), Vilamovian łajcht (“easy”), Yiddish לײַכט (laykht, “light (of low weight)”), Danish let (“light (not heavy)”), Faroese lættur (“light (of weight); easy (to do)”), Icelandic léttur (“light (not weighing much); easy”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk lett (“light (not heavy); easy”), Swedish lätt (“light; of low weight”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (leihts, “light (in weight)”); also Irish léim (“jump, leap; obstacle to be jumped; chasm, promontory”), Scottish Gaelic leum, lèim (“bound, frisk, leap; jump”), Welsh llai (“smaller; fewer, less”), Latin levis (“light (not heavy)”), Greek ελαφρός (elafrós, “lightweight; slight, thin, weak”), Albanian lehtë (“lightweight; easy”), Lithuanian lengvas (“light (not heavy); easy”), Belarusian лёгкі (ljóhki, “light (not heavy); easy”), Bulgarian and Macedonian лек (lek, “light (not heavy)”), Czech lehký (“light (of low weight); easy”), Polish lekki, lętki (“light (having little physical weight); easy (not demanding much effort; not difficult)”), Russian лёгкий (ljóxkij, “lightweight; easy”), Serbo-Croatian ла̏к, ла̏ган, lȁk, lȁgan (“easy; light (not heavy)”), Slovak ľahký (“light (of low weight); easy”), Slovene lahek (“light (of low weight); easy”), Ukrainian легки́й (lehkýj, “lightweight”), Armenian լանջ (lanǰ), լանջք (lanǰkʻ, “breast; mountain slope”), Persian لاغر (lâġar, “lithe; skinny; slender; thin”), Tocharian B lankutse (“light (not heavy)”), Sanskrit लघु (laghu), रघु (raghu, “easy, light, not heavy or difficult”).

English surname, from both senses of light.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“to shine”). Cognates * Scots licht (“light”) * Saterland Frisian Ljoacht, Lucht (“light”) * West Frisian ljocht (“light”) * Dutch licht (“light”) * German Licht (“light”) * German Low German Licht (“light”) * Limburgish Leech, Leet, Léït (“light”) * Luxembourgish Liicht (“light”) * Vilamovian łicht (“light”) * Yiddish ליכט (likht, “light”) * Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lys (“light”) * Elfdalian liuos (“light”) * Faroese and Icelandic ljós (“light”) * Norwegian Nynorsk ljos, ljus, lys (“light”) * Swedish ljus (“light”) * Latin lūx (“light”) * Russian луч (luč, “beam of light”) * Armenian լույս (luys, “light”) * Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) * Persian رُخش (roxš).

From light (“noun”).

From Middle English lighten, lihten, from Old English līehtan (“to light, to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *liuhtijaną, from *leuhtą + *-janą. Cognate with German leuchten (“to shine”).

From Middle English lighten, from Old English līhtan (“to relieve”), from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄htijan, from Proto-Germanic *linhtijaną, from *linhtaz (“light”).

Across languages

Translations

1345 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: lig — having light
  • Afrikaans: helder — having light
  • Arabic: مُنِير (munīr) — having light
  • Bashkir: яҡты (yaqtı) — having light
  • Belarusian: све́тлы (svjétly) — having light
  • Bengali: রওশন (roōśon) — having light
  • Bulgarian: све́тъл (svétǎl) — having light
  • Chinese Mandarin: 明亮的 (míngliàng de) — having light
  • Chinese Mandarin: 光明的 (guāngmíng de) — having light
  • Czech: světlý — having light
  • Danish: lys — having light
  • Danish: belyst — having light
  • Danish: oplyst — having light
  • Dutch: licht — having light
  • Dutch: helder — having light
  • Dutch: lichtend — having light
  • Dutch: lichtgevend — having light
  • Esperanto: luma — having light
  • Finnish: valoisa — having light
  • French: lumineux — having light
  • French: lumineuse — having light
  • Galician: claro — having light
  • Galician: luminoso — having light
  • Georgian: ნათელი (nateli) — having light
  • German: erleuchtet — having light
  • German: hell — having light
  • Greek: φωτεινός (foteinós) — having light
  • Hebrew: מואר — having light
  • Hebrew: מוארת — having light
  • Hindi: उज्ज्वलित (ujjvalit) — having light
  • Hungarian: világos — having light
  • Hungarian: fényes — having light
  • Icelandic: bjart — having light
  • Icelandic: bjartur — having light
  • Icelandic: björt — having light
  • Japanese: 明るい (akarui) — having light
  • Kaitag: ша́ла (šála) — having light
  • Khmer: ពន្លឺ (pʊənlɨɨ) — having light
  • Korean: 밝다 (bakda) — having light
  • Central Kurdish: ڕوناک (runak) — having light
  • Northern Kurdish: ron — having light
  • Northern Kurdish: geş — having light
  • Latin: clārus — having light
  • Latin: lūcidus — having light
  • Latvian: gaišs — having light
  • Lithuanian: šviesus — having light
  • Macedonian: светол (svetol) — having light
  • Mizo: ëng — having light
  • Norwegian: lyst — having light
  • Norwegian: opplyst — having light
  • Norwegian: belyst — having light
  • Old Prussian: lāuks — having light
  • Persian: روشن (rowšan) — having light
  • Polish: widny — having light
  • Polish: jasny — having light
  • Polish: świetlny — having light
  • Polish: świetlisty — having light
  • Portuguese: iluminado — having light
  • Quechua: achik — having light
  • Russian: све́тлый (svétlyj) — having light
  • Russian: я́ркий (járkij) — having light
  • Serbo-Croatian: светао — having light
  • Serbo-Croatian: свијетао — having light
  • Serbo-Croatian: svetao — having light
  • Serbo-Croatian: svijetao — having light
  • Slovak: svetlý — having light
  • Slovene: svetel — having light
  • Spanish: luminoso — having light
  • Spanish: claro — having light
  • Spanish: lumínico — having light
  • Swahili: mwanga — having light
  • Swedish: belyst — having light
  • Swedish: ljus — having light
  • Tajik: равшан (ravšan) — having light
  • Telugu: కాంతి వంతము (kānti vantamu) — having light
  • Thai: สว่าง (sà-wàang) — having light
  • Ukrainian: сві́тлий (svítlyj) — having light
  • Vietnamese: sáng — having light
  • Vietnamese: sáng sủa — having light
  • Welsh: golau — having light
  • Yiddish: ליכטיק (likhtik) — having light
  • Afrikaans: lig — pale in colour
  • Afrikaans: bleek gesig — pale in colour
  • Afrikaans: blas vel — pale in colour
  • Arabic: فَاتِح (fātiḥ) — pale in colour
  • Armenian: բաց (bacʻ) — pale in colour
  • Bulgarian: светъл (svetǎl) — pale in colour
  • Catalan: clar — pale in colour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浅色 (qiǎnsè) — pale in colour
  • Czech: světlý — pale in colour
  • Danish: lys — pale in colour
  • Danish: bleg — pale in colour
  • Dutch: licht — pale in colour
  • Finnish: vaalea — pale in colour
  • French: clair — pale in colour
  • French: pâle — pale in colour
  • Galician: claro — pale in colour
  • Galician: pálido — pale in colour
  • German: hell — pale in colour
  • Greek: αχνός (achnós) — pale in colour
  • Greek: ανοιχτός (anoichtós) — pale in colour
  • Hebrew: בהיר (bahír) — pale in colour
  • Hebrew: בהירה (behirá) — pale in colour
  • Hindi: हलका (halkā) — pale in colour
  • Hindi: गोरा (gorā) — pale in colour
  • Hindi: गोरी (gorī) — pale in colour
  • Hungarian: világos — pale in colour
  • Hungarian: halvány — pale in colour
  • Hungarian: halovány — pale in colour
  • Hungarian: fakó — pale in colour
  • Icelandic: fölur — pale in colour
  • Icelandic: ljós — pale in colour
  • Ido: klara — pale in colour
  • Ido: desobskura — pale in colour
  • Irish: geal- — pale in colour
  • Irish: bán- — pale in colour
  • Irish: éadrom — pale in colour
  • Italian: chiaro m or f chiara — pale in colour
  • Korean: 창백(蒼白)하다 (changbaekhada) — pale in colour
  • Korean: 옅다 (yeotda) — pale in colour
  • Korean: 밝다 (bakda) — pale in colour
  • Central Kurdish: کاڵ (kall) — pale in colour
  • Northern Kurdish: geş — pale in colour
  • Northern Kurdish: (rengê) vebiye — pale in colour
  • Latvian: gaišs — pale in colour
  • Ligurian: ciæo — pale in colour
  • Lithuanian: šviesus — pale in colour
  • Mizo: ëng — pale in colour
  • Norwegian: lys — pale in colour
  • Norwegian: blek — pale in colour
  • Occitan: clar — pale in colour
  • Polish: jasny — pale in colour
  • Portuguese: clara — pale in colour
  • Portuguese: claro — pale in colour
  • Romansh: cler — pale in colour
  • Romansh: clar — pale in colour
  • Russian: бле́дный (blédnyj) — pale in colour
  • Russian: све́тлый (svétlyj) — pale in colour
  • Slovene: svetel — pale in colour
  • Spanish: claro — pale in colour
  • Spanish: pálido — pale in colour
  • Spanish: blanquecino — pale in colour
  • Spanish: blanquinoso — pale in colour
  • Spanish: blanquizco — pale in colour
  • Spanish: desblanquecido — pale in colour
  • Spanish: blancuzco — pale in colour
  • Spanish: desblanquiñado — pale in colour
  • Spanish: albarizo — pale in colour
  • Spanish: blancazo — pale in colour
  • Spanish: musha — pale in colour
  • Swahili: mwanga — pale in colour
  • Swedish: blek — pale in colour
  • Swedish: ljus — pale in colour
  • Telugu: పాలిపోవు (pālipōvu) — pale in colour
  • Thai: อ่อน (ɔ̀ɔn) — pale in colour
  • Turkish: soluk — pale in colour
  • Turkish: açık — pale in colour
  • Ukrainian: сві́тлий (svítlyj) — pale in colour
  • Vietnamese: nhạt — pale in colour
  • Volapük: klilik — pale in colour
  • Volapük: paelik — pale in colour
  • Welsh: golau — pale in colour
  • Catalan: tallat — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Danish: med mælk — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Danish: med fløde — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Finnish: maidolla — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Finnish: maitokahvi) — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • French: au lait — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Galician: claro — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Icelandic: með ^((please verify)) mjólk — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Icelandic: hvítt — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Latvian: balta — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Portuguese: pingado — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Spanish: con leche — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Swahili: mwanga — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Swedish: med grädde — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Swedish: med mjölk — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Telugu: లైట్ (laiṭ) — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Vietnamese: nhẹ — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Vietnamese: nhiều sữa — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Vietnamese: nhiều kem — coffee: served with extra milk or cream
  • Abkhaz: алас (alas) — of low weight
  • Ahom: 𑜉𑜨𑜧 (mow) — of low weight
  • Arabic: خَفِيف (ḵafīf) — of low weight
  • Arabic: خفيف (ḵfīf) — of low weight
  • Arabic: خفيف (ḵafīf) — of low weight
  • Aragonese: lixero — of low weight
  • Armenian: թեթեւ (tʻetʻew) — of low weight
  • Aromanian: lishor — of low weight
  • Aromanian: licshor — of low weight
  • Aromanian: ljiushor — of low weight
  • Assamese: পাতল (patol) — of low weight
  • Asturian: llivianu — of low weight
  • Avar: тӏадагьаб (tʼadahab) — of low weight
  • Azerbaijani: yüngül — of low weight
  • Belarusian: лёгкі (ljóhki) — of low weight
  • Breton: skañv — of low weight
  • Bulgarian: лек (lek) — of low weight
  • Catalan: lleuger — of low weight
  • Cebuano: gaan — of low weight
  • Central Bikol: magian — of low weight
  • Chechen: дай (daj) — of low weight
  • Chepang: खुय्ङःमै — of low weight
  • Chinese Cantonese: 輕 /轻 (heng1) — of low weight
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輕 /轻 (qīng) — of low weight
  • Chinook Jargon: wik-thil — of low weight
  • Cornish: skav — of low weight
  • Czech: lehký — of low weight
  • Danish: let — of low weight
  • Dutch: licht — of low weight
  • Esperanto: malpeza — of low weight
  • Esperanto: leĝera — of low weight
  • Evenki: энимкун (əņimkun) — of low weight
  • Faroese: lættur — of low weight
  • Finnish: kevyt — of low weight
  • French: léger — of low weight
  • Friulian: lizêr — of low weight
  • Galician: livián — of low weight
  • Galician: lixeiro — of low weight
  • Georgian: მსუბუქი (msubuki) — of low weight
  • Georgian: მჩატე (mčaṭe) — of low weight
  • German: leicht — of low weight
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (leihts) — of low weight
  • Greek: αβαρής (avarís) — of low weight
  • Greek: ελαφρός (elafrós) — of low weight
  • Greek: ελαφρύς (elafrýs) — of low weight
  • Ancient Greek: ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) — of low weight
  • Ancient Greek: κοῦφος (koûphos) — of low weight
  • Ancient Greek: ἀβαρής (abarḗs) — of low weight
  • Haitian Creole: leje — of low weight
  • Hawaiian: māmā — of low weight
  • Hebrew: קל (kál) — of low weight
  • Hebrew: קלה (kaláh) — of low weight
  • Hindi: हलका (halkā) — of low weight
  • White Hmong: sib — of low weight
  • Hungarian: könnyű — of low weight
  • Icelandic: léttur — of low weight
  • Icelandic: létt — of low weight
  • Ido: lejera — of low weight
  • Ilocano: nalag-an — of low weight
  • Indonesian: ringan — of low weight
  • Ingush: дай (daj) — of low weight
  • Ingush: атта (atta) — of low weight
  • Italian: leggero — of low weight
  • Iu Mien: heng — of low weight
  • Japanese: 軽い (karui) — of low weight
  • Javanese: ènthèng — of low weight
  • Kabuverdianu: lébi — of low weight
  • Kaitag: кук (kuk) — of low weight
  • Kazakh: жеңіл (jeñıl) — of low weight
  • Khmer: ស្រាល (sraal) — of low weight
  • Korean: 가볍다 (gabyeopda) — of low weight
  • Korean: 경량(輕量)의 (gyeongnyang-ui) — of low weight
  • Central Kurdish: سووک (sûk) — of low weight
  • Northern Kurdish: sivik — of low weight
  • Ladin: lesier — of low weight
  • Lao: ຍ່ອງ (nyǭng) — of low weight
  • Lao: ເບົາ (bao) — of low weight
  • Latin: levis — of low weight
  • Latvian: viegls — of low weight
  • Lezgi: кьезил (q̇ezil) — of low weight
  • Lithuanian: lengvas — of low weight
  • Lombard: legger — of low weight
  • : ᦢᧁ (ḃaw) — of low weight
  • Macedonian: лесен (lesen) — of low weight
  • Malay: ringan — of low weight
  • Maltese: ħafif — of low weight
  • Māori: māmā — of low weight
  • Mauritian Creole: leze — of low weight
  • Mizo: zäng — of low weight
  • Mongolian: хөнгөн (xöngön) — of low weight
  • Muong: nhẽl — of low weight
  • Nanai: хэню (henju) — of low weight
  • Norman: ligi — of low weight
  • Norwegian: lett — of low weight
  • Nuosu: ꀁꇖ (ix ly) — of low weight
  • Occitan: leugièr — of low weight
  • Old Church Slavonic: льгъкъ (lĭgŭkŭ) — of low weight
  • Old Prussian: lāngus — of low weight
  • Old Tupi: bebuî — of low weight
  • Ossetian: рог (rog) — of low weight
  • Pacoh: nghial — of low weight
  • Papiamentu: lihé — of low weight
  • Persian: سَبُک (sabok) — of low weight
  • Polish: lekki — of low weight
  • Portuguese: leve — of low weight
  • Quechua: chhalla — of low weight
  • Rarotongan: māmā — of low weight
  • Réunion Creole French: lézé — of low weight
  • Romanian: ușor — of low weight
  • Romansh: lev — of low weight
  • Romansh: liger — of low weight
  • Russian: лёгкий (ljóxkij) — of low weight
  • Rwanda-Rundi: huhwa — of low weight
  • Samoan: māmā — of low weight
  • Sanskrit: लघु (laghu) — of low weight
  • Serbo-Croatian: лак — of low weight
  • Serbo-Croatian: lak — of low weight
  • Shan: မဝ် (mǎo) — of low weight
  • Sicilian: liggeru — of low weight
  • Slovak: ľahký — of low weight
  • Slovene: láhek — of low weight
  • Lower Sorbian: lažki — of low weight
  • Spanish: ligero — of low weight
  • Spanish: liviano — of low weight
  • Swahili: epesi — of low weight
  • Swedish: lätt — of low weight
  • Tagalog: magaan — of low weight
  • Tahitian: māmā — of low weight
  • Tày: bâu — of low weight
  • Tày: bau — of low weight
  • Tày: nẩư — of low weight
  • Telugu: తేలిక (tēlika) — of low weight
  • Thai: เบา (bao) — of low weight
  • Tibetan: ཡང་པོ (yang po) — of low weight
  • Tocharian B: lankutse — of low weight
  • Turkish: yeğni — of low weight
  • Turkish: hafif — of low weight
  • Ottoman Turkish: خفیف (hafif) — of low weight
  • Tuvan: чиик (çiik) — of low weight
  • Ukrainian: ле́гкий (léhkyj) — of low weight
  • Uzbek: yengil — of low weight
  • Venetan: lesiéro — of low weight
  • Venetan: ƚixièro — of low weight
  • Venetan: lixiero — of low weight
  • Venetan: liđier — of low weight
  • Vietnamese: nhẹ — of low weight
  • Vietnamese: nhẹ nhàng — of low weight
  • Welsh: ysgafn — of low weight
  • Yakut: чэпчэки (čepčeki) — of low weight
  • Yiddish: לײַכט (laykht) — of low weight
  • Zazaki: senık — of low weight
  • Zhuang: mbaeu — of low weight
  • Finnish: kevyt — lightly-built
  • Finnish: kevytrakenteinen — lightly-built
  • French: léger — lightly-built
  • Hebrew: קל (kál) — lightly-built
  • Hungarian: könnyű — lightly-built
  • Norman: ligi — lightly-built
  • Polish: lekki — lightly-built
  • Swahili: mwanga — lightly-built
  • Telugu: తేలికైన నిర్మాణము (tēlikaina nirmāṇamu) — lightly-built
  • Vietnamese: nhẹ — lightly-built
  • Vietnamese: nhanh nhẹn — lightly-built
  • Bulgarian: лек (lek) — having little force or momentum
  • Finnish: kevyt — having little force or momentum
  • Hungarian: könnyed — having little force or momentum
  • Hungarian: finom — having little force or momentum
  • Māori: maiangi — having little force or momentum
  • Māori: areare — having little force or momentum
  • Polish: lekki — having little force or momentum
  • Polish: delikatny — having little force or momentum
  • Swahili: mwanga — having little force or momentum
  • Telugu: స్వల్ప సిబ్బంది (svalpa sibbandi) — having little force or momentum
  • Bulgarian: лесен (lesen) — easy to endure or perform
  • Esperanto: leĝera — easy to endure or perform
  • Finnish: kevyt — easy to endure or perform
  • Hungarian: könnyű — easy to endure or perform
  • Yiddish: לײַכט (laykht) — easy to endure or perform
  • Catalan: lleuger — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Catalan: light — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Czech: dietní — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Danish: kalorielet — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Dutch: licht — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Finnish: kevyt- — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • French: léger — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • German: leicht — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Hawaiian: māmā — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Hebrew: דיאטתי (diatéti) — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Hebrew: דיאטתית (diatétit) — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Hebrew: קל (kál) — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Hebrew: קלה (kaláh) — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Hungarian: könnyű — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Hungarian: könnyed — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Hungarian: light — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Hungarian: lájtos — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Icelandic: fitulítill — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Icelandic: fituskertur — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Icelandic: fitusnauður — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Italian: leggero — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Italian: leggera — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Korean: 저(低)하다 (jeohada) — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Norman: ligi — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Norwegian: lett- — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Persian: سبک (sabok) — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Polish: lekki — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Polish: lekkostrawny — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Portuguese: light — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Portuguese: leve — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Lower Sorbian: lažki — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Spanish: ligero — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Spanish: light — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Swahili: mwanga — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Swedish: lätt- — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Turkish: hafif — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Vietnamese: nhẹ — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Welsh: ysgafn — low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • Bulgarian: незначителен (neznačitelen) — of little significance
  • Danish: banal — of little significance
  • Danish: triviel — of little significance
  • Dutch: onbelangrijk — of little significance
  • Dutch: triviaal — of little significance
  • Finnish: kevyt — of little significance
  • French: léger — of little significance
  • French: sans importance — of little significance
  • Hungarian: apró — of little significance
  • Hungarian: kis — of little significance
  • Norwegian: banal — of little significance
  • Norwegian: enkel — of little significance
  • Polish: błahy — of little significance
  • Portuguese: banal — of little significance
  • Swahili: mwanga — of little significance
  • Telugu: స్వల్ప సంకేతం (svalpa saṅkētaṁ) — of little significance
  • Vietnamese: tầm thường — of little significance
  • Welsh: disylw — of little significance
  • Welsh: dibwys — of little significance
  • Welsh: ysgafn — of little significance
  • Finnish: kevytmielinen — unchaste, wanton
  • Finnish: kevyt — not heavily armed
  • Hungarian: könnyű — not heavily armed
  • Finnish: huoleton — not encumbered; unembarrassed
  • Finnish: kevytmielinen — not encumbered; unembarrassed
  • Bulgarian: лекомислен (lekomislen) — easily influenced by trifling considerations
  • Finnish: pinnallinen — easily influenced by trifling considerations
  • Bulgarian: несериозен (neseriozen) — lacking dignity or solemnity
  • Finnish: kevytmielinen — lacking dignity or solemnity
  • Spanish: ligero — lacking dignity or solemnity
  • Spanish: liviano — lacking dignity or solemnity
  • Finnish: sekaisin — not quite sound or normal
  • Finnish: kevyt — not of the legal weight
  • Finnish: kevyt — easily interrupted
  • Bulgarian: леко (leko) — carrying little
  • Finnish: kevyesti — carrying little
  • Arabic: سورة النور — 44th sura of the Qur'an
  • Japanese: 光 (Hikari) — 44th sura of the Qur'an
  • Swedish: Ljus — 44th sura of the Qur'an
  • Uyghur: نۇر (nur) — 44th sura of the Qur'an
  • Abkhaz: алашара (alaŝara) — electromagnetic waves
  • Afar: ifu — electromagnetic waves
  • Afrikaans: lig — electromagnetic waves
  • Ainu: ヌペㇰ (nupék) — electromagnetic waves
  • Akkadian: 𒂟 (nûru) — electromagnetic waves
  • Albanian: dritë — electromagnetic waves
  • Southern Altai: јарык (ǰarïk) — electromagnetic waves
  • Amharic: ብርሃን (bərhan) — electromagnetic waves
  • Chungli Ao: tesangwa — electromagnetic waves
  • Arabic: نُور (nūr) — electromagnetic waves
  • Arabic: ضَوْء (ḍawʔ) — electromagnetic waves
  • Arabic: نور (nor) — electromagnetic waves
  • Arabic: ليت (lēt) — electromagnetic waves
  • Arabic: نور (nūr) — electromagnetic waves
  • Arabic: ضو (ḍaww, ḍuww, ḍū) — electromagnetic waves
  • Arabic: ضوّ (ḍaww) — electromagnetic waves
  • Aragonese: luz — electromagnetic waves
  • Aramaic: ܢܘܗܪܐ (nuhrā, nuhhārā) — electromagnetic waves
  • Archi: аккон (akkon) — electromagnetic waves
  • Argobba: ብርሃን (bǝrhān) — electromagnetic waves
  • Armenian: լույս (luys) — electromagnetic waves
  • Aromanian: lunjinã — electromagnetic waves
  • Aromanian: fanã — electromagnetic waves
  • Aromanian: fexi — electromagnetic waves
  • Assamese: পোহৰ (pühor) — electromagnetic waves
  • Asturian: lluz — electromagnetic waves
  • Avar: нур (nur) — electromagnetic waves
  • Aymara: qhana — electromagnetic waves
  • Azerbaijani: işıq — electromagnetic waves
  • Bambara: kɛnɛ — electromagnetic waves
  • Bambara: yeelen — electromagnetic waves
  • Bangi: mwese — electromagnetic waves
  • Bashkir: яҡты (yaqtı) — electromagnetic waves
  • Bashkir: яҡтылыҡ (yaqtılıq) — electromagnetic waves
  • Basque: argi — electromagnetic waves
  • Belarusian: святло́ (svjatló) — electromagnetic waves
  • Belarusian: сьвятло́ (sʹvjatló) — electromagnetic waves
  • Bengali: আলো (alō) — electromagnetic waves
  • Bengali: রৌশনী (rōuśoni) — electromagnetic waves
  • Bengali: নূর (nur) — electromagnetic waves
  • Breton: gouloù — electromagnetic waves
  • Breton: luc'h — electromagnetic waves
  • Breton: sklêrijenn — electromagnetic waves
  • Bulgarian: светлина́ (svetliná) — electromagnetic waves
  • Burmese: မီး (mi:) — electromagnetic waves
  • Burmese: အလင်း (a.lang:) — electromagnetic waves
  • Buryat: гэрэл (gerel) — electromagnetic waves
  • Carpathian Rusyn: світло́ (svitló) — electromagnetic waves
  • Catalan: llum — electromagnetic waves
  • Cebuano: kahayag — electromagnetic waves
  • Chechen: серло (serlo) — electromagnetic waves
  • Chechen: дуьне (düne) — electromagnetic waves
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏨᏍᏙᏗ (atsvsdodi) — electromagnetic waves
  • Chickasaw: shoppala' — electromagnetic waves
  • Chinese Cantonese: 光 (gwong1) — electromagnetic waves
  • Chinese: гуонлён (guonlion) — electromagnetic waves
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 光 (guŏng) — electromagnetic waves
  • Hakka Chinese: 光 (kông) — electromagnetic waves
  • Chinese: 光 (zh-min-nan) — electromagnetic waves
  • Chinese Mandarin: 光 (guāng) — electromagnetic waves
  • Chinese Mandarin: 光亮 (guāngliàng) — electromagnetic waves
  • Wu Chinese: 光 — electromagnetic waves
  • Chuukese: saram — electromagnetic waves
  • Chuvash: ҫутӑ (śut̬ă) — electromagnetic waves
  • East Circassian: нэху (nɛxwu) — electromagnetic waves
  • West Circassian: нэфын (nɛfən) — electromagnetic waves
  • West Circassian: нэфы (nɛfə) — electromagnetic waves
  • West Circassian: нэфнэ (nɛfnɛ) — electromagnetic waves
  • Ngazidja Comorian: nuru — electromagnetic waves
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mwendje — electromagnetic waves
  • Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ (ouōini) — electromagnetic waves
  • Cornish: golow — electromagnetic waves
  • Corsican: lumu — electromagnetic waves
  • Corsican: lume — electromagnetic waves
  • Atikamekw: waskorenitamakan — electromagnetic waves
  • Crimean Tatar: yarıq — electromagnetic waves
  • Czech: světlo — electromagnetic waves
  • Dalmatian: loic — electromagnetic waves
  • Danish: lys — electromagnetic waves
  • Dongxiang: gieren — electromagnetic waves
  • Dutch: licht — electromagnetic waves
  • Egyptian: H-HA-A-i-i-t:ra (ḥꜣyt) — electromagnetic waves
  • Elfdalian: liuos — electromagnetic waves
  • Erzya: валдо (valdo) — electromagnetic waves
  • Esperanto: lumo — electromagnetic waves
  • Estonian: valgus — electromagnetic waves
  • Even: ӈэрин (ŋərin) — electromagnetic waves
  • Evenki: ңэри — electromagnetic waves
  • Ewe: kekeli — electromagnetic waves
  • Extremaduran: lus — electromagnetic waves
  • Farefare: peelem class 14 (pèèlém) — electromagnetic waves
  • Faroese: ljós — electromagnetic waves
  • Finnish: valo — electromagnetic waves
  • French: lumière — electromagnetic waves
  • French: clarté — electromagnetic waves
  • West-Frisian: ljocht — electromagnetic waves
  • Friulian: lûs — electromagnetic waves
  • Galician: luz — electromagnetic waves
  • Ge'ez: ብርሃን (bərhan) — electromagnetic waves
  • Georgian: შუქი (šuki) — electromagnetic waves
  • Georgian: სინათლე (sinatle) — electromagnetic waves
  • Georgian: ნათება (nateba) — electromagnetic waves
  • German: Licht — electromagnetic waves
  • German: Liecht — electromagnetic waves
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌸 (liuhaþ) — electromagnetic waves
  • Greek: φως (fos) — electromagnetic waves
  • Ancient Greek: φῶς (phôs) — electromagnetic waves
  • Ancient Greek: φέγγος (phéngos) — electromagnetic waves
  • Ancient Greek: φάος (pháos) — electromagnetic waves
  • Greenlandic: qaammaqqut — electromagnetic waves
  • Greenlandic: qaamaneq — electromagnetic waves
  • Gujarati: પ્રકાશ (prakāś) — electromagnetic waves
  • Gujarati: અજવાળું (ajavāḷũ) — electromagnetic waves
  • Gujarati: ઉજાસ (ujās) — electromagnetic waves
  • Gujarati: રોશની (rośnī) — electromagnetic waves
  • Gujarati: તેજ (tej) — electromagnetic waves
  • Gujarati: દ્યુતિ (dyuti) — electromagnetic waves
  • Haitian Creole: limyè — electromagnetic waves
  • Hawaiian: lama — electromagnetic waves
  • Hawaiian: ao — electromagnetic waves
  • Hebrew: אוֹרָה (orá) — electromagnetic waves
  • Hebrew: אוֹר (or) — electromagnetic waves
  • Hindi: प्रकाश (prakāś) — electromagnetic waves
  • Hindi: रौशनी (rauśnī) — electromagnetic waves
  • Hindi: उजाला (ujālā) — electromagnetic waves
  • Hindi: उज्ज्वल (ujjval) — electromagnetic waves
  • Hindi: आलोक (ālok) — electromagnetic waves
  • Hindi: ज्योति (jyoti) — electromagnetic waves
  • Hindi: दीप्ति (dīpti) — electromagnetic waves
  • Hungarian: fény — electromagnetic waves
  • Hungarian: világosság — electromagnetic waves
  • Hunsrik: licht — electromagnetic waves
  • Icelandic: ljós — electromagnetic waves
  • Ido: foto — electromagnetic waves
  • Ido: lumo — electromagnetic waves
  • Igbo: ihe — electromagnetic waves
  • Igbo: ife — electromagnetic waves
  • Ilocano: silaw — electromagnetic waves
  • Indonesian: cahaya — electromagnetic waves
  • Ingrian: valo — electromagnetic waves
  • Ingush: сердал (serdal) — electromagnetic waves
  • Interlingua: lumine — electromagnetic waves
  • Irish: solas — electromagnetic waves
  • Old Irish: solus — electromagnetic waves
  • Istriot: loûme — electromagnetic waves
  • Italian: luce — electromagnetic waves
  • Japanese: 光 (hikari) — electromagnetic waves
  • Japanese: 明かり (akari) — electromagnetic waves
  • Javanese: sunar — electromagnetic waves
  • Kaingang: jẽngrẽ — electromagnetic waves
  • Kaitag: ша́ла (šála) — electromagnetic waves
  • Kannada: ಬೆಳಕು (beḷaku) — electromagnetic waves
  • Kapampangan: sulu — electromagnetic waves
  • Karachay-Balkar: жарыкъ (jarıq) — electromagnetic waves
  • Karachay-Balkar: джарыкъ (carıq) — electromagnetic waves
  • Karakalpak: jarıq — electromagnetic waves
  • S'gaw Karen: ကပီၤ (ka paw̄) — electromagnetic waves
  • Kazakh: жарық (jaryq) — electromagnetic waves
  • Kazakh: нұр (nūr) — electromagnetic waves
  • Kazakh: сәуле (säule) — electromagnetic waves
  • Khakas: чарых (çarıx) — electromagnetic waves
  • Khmer: ពន្លឺ (pɔɔpŭənlɨɨ) — electromagnetic waves
  • Korean: 빛 (bit) — electromagnetic waves
  • Korean: 광 (gwang) — electromagnetic waves
  • Kumyk: ярыкъ (yarıq) — electromagnetic waves
  • Northern Kurdish: ronî — electromagnetic waves
  • Northern Kurdish: ronahî — electromagnetic waves
  • Kyrgyz: жарык (jarık) — electromagnetic waves
  • Ladin: lum — electromagnetic waves
  • Lak: ишигь (iših) — electromagnetic waves
  • Lak: экв (ekw) — electromagnetic waves
  • Lao: ແສງ (sǣng) — electromagnetic waves
  • Latgalian: gaisma — electromagnetic waves
  • Latgalian: gaišums — electromagnetic waves
  • Latin: lūx — electromagnetic waves
  • Latin: lūmen — electromagnetic waves
  • Latvian: gaisma — electromagnetic waves
  • Latvian: guns (poetism) — electromagnetic waves
  • Lezgi: экв — electromagnetic waves
  • Ligurian: lüxe — electromagnetic waves
  • Limburgish: leech — electromagnetic waves
  • Lingala: mwinda — electromagnetic waves
  • Lingala: mwese — electromagnetic waves
  • Lithuanian: šviesa — electromagnetic waves
  • Lombard: lus — electromagnetic waves
  • Lombard: lüs — electromagnetic waves
  • Low German: Licht — electromagnetic waves
  • Luhya: obulafu — electromagnetic waves
  • Luxembourgish: Liicht — electromagnetic waves
  • Macedonian: светлина (svetlina) — electromagnetic waves
  • Malagasy: zava — electromagnetic waves
  • Malay: cahaya — electromagnetic waves
  • Malay: nur — electromagnetic waves
  • Brunei Malay: cahaya — electromagnetic waves
  • Malayalam: വെളിച്ചം (veḷiccaṁ) — electromagnetic waves
  • Malayalam: പ്രകാശം (prakāśaṁ) — electromagnetic waves
  • Maltese: dawl — electromagnetic waves
  • Manchu: ᡝᠯᡩᡝᠨ (elden) — electromagnetic waves
  • Manx: sollys — electromagnetic waves
  • Māori: rama — electromagnetic waves
  • Māori: mārama — electromagnetic waves
  • Mapudungun: anci — electromagnetic waves
  • Maranao: siga — electromagnetic waves
  • Maranao: solo' — electromagnetic waves
  • Marathi: प्रकाश (prakāś) — electromagnetic waves
  • Eastern Mari: волгыдо (volgydo) — electromagnetic waves
  • Mauritian Creole: lalimier — electromagnetic waves
  • Mirandese: luç — electromagnetic waves
  • Mirandese: lhuç — electromagnetic waves
  • Mizo: êng — electromagnetic waves
  • Moksha: валда (valda) — electromagnetic waves
  • Mongolian: гэрэл (gerel) — electromagnetic waves
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠷᠡᠯ (gerel) — electromagnetic waves
  • Mymensinghiya: পসৰ (pośor) — electromagnetic waves
  • Mymensinghiya: পসর (pośor) — electromagnetic waves
  • Nanai: нгэгден (ŋegʒen) — electromagnetic waves
  • Nanai: пудэн (puden) — electromagnetic waves
  • Navajo: adinídíín — electromagnetic waves
  • Neapolitan: luce — electromagnetic waves
  • Nepali: प्रकाश (prakāś) — electromagnetic waves
  • Newar: जः (ja:) — electromagnetic waves
  • Nogai: ярык (yarık) — electromagnetic waves
  • Norman: leunmiéthe — electromagnetic waves
  • Norman: lumyire — electromagnetic waves
  • Norman: lümyir — electromagnetic waves
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lys — electromagnetic waves
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ljos — electromagnetic waves
  • Nyunga: ben — electromagnetic waves
  • Occitan: lutz — electromagnetic waves
  • Occitan: lum — electromagnetic waves
  • Odia: ଆଲୋକ (āloka) — electromagnetic waves
  • Okinawan: ふぃかり (hwikari) — electromagnetic waves
  • Okinawan: ふぃちゃい (hwicai) — electromagnetic waves
  • Church Slavic: свѣтъ (světŭ) — electromagnetic waves
  • Church Slavic: ⱄⰲⱑⱅⱏ (světŭ) — electromagnetic waves
  • Old English: lēoht — electromagnetic waves
  • Old Prussian: swāikstan — electromagnetic waves
  • Old Saxon: lioht — electromagnetic waves
  • Old Uyghur: 𐽶𐽾𐽳𐽲 (yrwq) — electromagnetic waves
  • Omaha-Ponca: ugónba — electromagnetic waves
  • Oromo: ifaa — electromagnetic waves
  • Ossetian: рухс (ruxs) — electromagnetic waves
  • Pali: obhāsa — electromagnetic waves
  • Pannonian Rusyn: шветло (švetlo) — electromagnetic waves
  • Pannonian Rusyn: шветлосц (švetlosc) — electromagnetic waves
  • Papiamentu: lus — electromagnetic waves
  • Parthian: rwšn — electromagnetic waves
  • Pashto: ضيا (zeyã) — electromagnetic waves
  • Pashto: روښنايي (rox̌nāyí) — electromagnetic waves
  • Pashto: روڼايي (rūṇāyí) — electromagnetic waves
  • Pennsylvania German: Licht — electromagnetic waves
  • Iranian Persian: نور (nur) — electromagnetic waves
  • Iranian Persian: فُروغ (foruġ) — electromagnetic waves
  • Iranian Persian: شید (šid) — electromagnetic waves
  • Iranian Persian: رُخْش (roxš) — electromagnetic waves
  • Iranian Persian: رُوْشَنی (rowšani) — electromagnetic waves
  • Iranian Persian: رُوْشَنایی (rowšanâyi) — electromagnetic waves
  • Polish: światło — electromagnetic waves
  • Portuguese: luz — electromagnetic waves
  • Pumpokol: hixem — electromagnetic waves
  • Punjabi: ਲੋ (lo) — electromagnetic waves
  • Punjabi: لو (lo) — electromagnetic waves
  • Quechua: k'ancha — electromagnetic waves
  • Quechua: acki — electromagnetic waves
  • Quechua: azki — electromagnetic waves
  • Quechua: k'anchay — electromagnetic waves
  • Romagnol: luš — electromagnetic waves
  • Romagnol: luș — electromagnetic waves
  • Romani: dud — electromagnetic waves
  • Romanian: lumină — electromagnetic waves
  • Romansh: glisch — electromagnetic waves
  • Romansh: gleisch — electromagnetic waves
  • Romansh: glüsch — electromagnetic waves
  • Romansh: glüm — electromagnetic waves
  • Russian: свет (svet) — electromagnetic waves
  • Saho: ifo — electromagnetic waves
  • Northern Sami: čuovga — electromagnetic waves
  • Samogitian: švėisa — electromagnetic waves
  • Sango: zigä — electromagnetic waves
  • Sanskrit: प्रकाश (prakāśa) — electromagnetic waves
  • Sanskrit: भाम (bhāma) — electromagnetic waves
  • Santali: ᱢᱟᱨᱥᱟᱞ (marsal) — electromagnetic waves
  • Sardinian: lughe — electromagnetic waves
  • Sardinian: luche — electromagnetic waves
  • Scots: licht — electromagnetic waves
  • Scottish Gaelic: solas — electromagnetic waves
  • Scottish Gaelic: soillse — electromagnetic waves
  • Koyraboro-Senni: gaay — electromagnetic waves
  • Serbo-Croatian: све̏тло — electromagnetic waves
  • Serbo-Croatian: свје̏тло — electromagnetic waves
  • Serbo-Croatian: све̏тло̄ст — electromagnetic waves
  • Serbo-Croatian: свје̏тло̄ст — electromagnetic waves
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȅtlo — electromagnetic waves
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjȅtlo — electromagnetic waves
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȅtlōst — electromagnetic waves
  • Serbo-Croatian: svjȅtlōst — electromagnetic waves
  • Shona: chiedza — electromagnetic waves
  • Shor: чарық (çarıq) — electromagnetic waves
  • Sicilian: luci — electromagnetic waves
  • Sinhalese: ආලෝකය (ālōkaya) — electromagnetic waves
  • Slovak: svetlo — electromagnetic waves
  • Slovene: svetlôba — electromagnetic waves
  • Lower Sorbian: swětło — electromagnetic waves
  • Sotho: lesedi — electromagnetic waves
  • Spanish: luz — electromagnetic waves
  • Sranan Tongo: leti — electromagnetic waves
  • Sumerian: nuru — electromagnetic waves
  • Sumerian: immaru — electromagnetic waves
  • Sundanese: ᮎᮠᮚ (cahaya) — electromagnetic waves
  • Swahili: mwanga — electromagnetic waves
  • Swahili: nuru — electromagnetic waves
  • Swedish: ljus — electromagnetic waves
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠅꠞ (foor) — electromagnetic waves
  • Tabasaran: акв — electromagnetic waves
  • Tabasaran: нур (nur) — electromagnetic waves
  • Tagalog: ilaw — electromagnetic waves
  • Tajik: нӯр (nür) — electromagnetic waves
  • Tajik: фуруғ (furuġ) — electromagnetic waves
  • Tamil: ஒளி (oḷi) — electromagnetic waves
  • Tarifit: tfawt — electromagnetic waves
  • Tashelhit: tifawt — electromagnetic waves
  • Tatar: якты (yaqtı) — electromagnetic waves
  • Tatar: яктылык (yaqtılıq) — electromagnetic waves
  • Telugu: కాంతి (kānti) — electromagnetic waves
  • Telugu: వెలుతురు (veluturu) — electromagnetic waves
  • Telugu: విద్యుత్ అయస్కాంత క్షేత్రము (vidyut ayaskānta kṣētramu) — electromagnetic waves
  • Tetum: naroman — electromagnetic waves
  • Thai: แสง (sɛ̌ɛng) — electromagnetic waves
  • Tibetan: འོད ('od) — electromagnetic waves
  • Tocharian B: lyūke — electromagnetic waves
  • Tocharian B: lalaukar — electromagnetic waves
  • Tok Pisin: lait — electromagnetic waves
  • Tsonga: lesedi — electromagnetic waves
  • Turkish: ışık — electromagnetic waves
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایشق (ışık) — electromagnetic waves
  • Ottoman Turkish: آیدین (aydın) — electromagnetic waves
  • Ottoman Turkish: نور (nur) — electromagnetic waves
  • Turkmen: yşyk — electromagnetic waves
  • Turkmen: ýagtylyk — electromagnetic waves
  • Tuvan: чырык (çırık) — electromagnetic waves
  • Tuyuca: bóere — electromagnetic waves
  • Ukrainian: світло́ (svitló) — electromagnetic waves
  • Urdu: رَوشْنی (rauśnī) — electromagnetic waves
  • Urdu: روشْنی (rośnī) — electromagnetic waves
  • Urdu: پْرَکَاش (prakāś) — electromagnetic waves
  • Urdu: پَرْکَاش (parkāś) — electromagnetic waves
  • Urdu: نُور (nūr) — electromagnetic waves
  • Uyghur: يورۇقلۇق (yoruqluq) — electromagnetic waves
  • Uyghur: نۇر (nur) — electromagnetic waves
  • Uzbek: yorugʻlik — electromagnetic waves
  • Uzbek: nur — electromagnetic waves
  • Uzbek: yogʻdu — electromagnetic waves
  • Venetan: łuxe — electromagnetic waves
  • Vietnamese: ánh sáng — electromagnetic waves
  • Vietnamese: ánh — electromagnetic waves
  • Vilamovian: łicht — electromagnetic waves
  • Volapük: lit — electromagnetic waves
  • Walloon: loumire — electromagnetic waves
  • Waray-Waray: lamrag — electromagnetic waves
  • Waray-Waray: suga — electromagnetic waves
  • Welsh: golau — electromagnetic waves
  • Welsh: goleuni — electromagnetic waves
  • Welsh: lleu — electromagnetic waves
  • Xhosa: isibane — electromagnetic waves
  • Yakut: сырдык (sïrdïk) — electromagnetic waves
  • Yámana: šola — electromagnetic waves
  • Yiddish: ליכט (likht) — electromagnetic waves
  • Yiddish: אור (or) — electromagnetic waves
  • Yine: katalu — electromagnetic waves
  • Yoruba: ìmọ́lẹ̀ — electromagnetic waves
  • Yucatec Maya: sáasil — electromagnetic waves
  • Záparo: kátika — electromagnetic waves
  • Zazaki: zerq — electromagnetic waves
  • Zulu: ukukhanya — electromagnetic waves
  • Zulu: isibane — electromagnetic waves
  • ǃXóõ: ǁga̰e — electromagnetic waves
  • Afrikaans: lig — source of illumination
  • Akkadian: nūrum — source of illumination
  • Arabic: نُور (nūr) — source of illumination
  • Arabic: ليت (lēt) — source of illumination
  • Arabic: ضو (ḍaww, ḍuww, ḍū) — source of illumination
  • Aragonese: luz — source of illumination
  • Armenian: լույս (luys) — source of illumination
  • Asturian: lluz — source of illumination
  • Azerbaijani: işıq — source of illumination
  • Bashkir: яҡты (yaqtı) — source of illumination
  • Bashkir: ут (ut) — source of illumination
  • Basque: argi — source of illumination
  • Bulgarian: осветле́ние (osvetlénie) — source of illumination
  • Burmese: အလင်း (a.lang:) — source of illumination
  • Catalan: llum — source of illumination
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏨᏍᏗ (atsvsdi) — source of illumination
  • Chinese Cantonese: 燈 /灯 (dang1) — source of illumination
  • Chinese: 光源 (zh-min-nan) — source of illumination
  • Chinese Mandarin: 光源 (guāngyuán) — source of illumination
  • Chinese Mandarin: 燈 /灯 (dēng) — source of illumination
  • Mwali Comorian: mwendje — source of illumination
  • Ndzwani Comorian: matra class 6 — source of illumination
  • Czech: světlo — source of illumination
  • Danish: lys — source of illumination
  • Danish: lyskilde — source of illumination
  • Dutch: licht — source of illumination
  • Esperanto: lampo — source of illumination
  • Faroese: ljós — source of illumination
  • Finnish: valo — source of illumination
  • French: lumière — source of illumination
  • Galician: luz — source of illumination
  • German: Lichtquelle — source of illumination
  • German: Licht — source of illumination
  • Greek: φως (fos) — source of illumination
  • Ancient Greek: φωστήρ (phōstḗr) — source of illumination
  • Hebrew: אוֹר (or) — source of illumination
  • Hindi: प्रकाश (prakāś) — source of illumination
  • Hindi: उजाला (ujālā) — source of illumination
  • Hindi: आलोक (ālok) — source of illumination
  • Hindi: उज्ज्वल (ujjval) — source of illumination
  • Hindi: दीप्ति (dīpti) — source of illumination
  • Hindi: ज्योति (jyoti) — source of illumination
  • Hungarian: fényforrás — source of illumination
  • Hungarian: fényszóró — source of illumination
  • Hungarian: fény — source of illumination
  • Hungarian: villany — source of illumination
  • Hungarian: lámpa — source of illumination
  • Hungarian: világítás — source of illumination
  • Icelandic: ljós — source of illumination
  • Ido: lumo — source of illumination
  • Interlingua: lumine — source of illumination
  • Irish: solas — source of illumination
  • Italian: luce — source of illumination
  • Japanese: 明かり (akari) — source of illumination
  • Japanese: 灯り (akari) — source of illumination
  • Japanese: 光源 (kōgen) — source of illumination
  • Javanese: sunar — source of illumination
  • Korean: 불 (bul) — source of illumination
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆشنایی (roşnayî) — source of illumination
  • Northern Kurdish: ronî — source of illumination
  • Northern Kurdish: ronahî — source of illumination
  • Lao: ປະທີບ (pa thīp) — source of illumination
  • Latin: lūmen — source of illumination
  • Latin: lūcerna — source of illumination
  • Ligurian: lûxe — source of illumination
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lys — source of illumination
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ljos — source of illumination
  • Old English: lēoht — source of illumination
  • Old Prussian: likti — source of illumination
  • Iranian Persian: چِراغ (čerâġ) — source of illumination
  • Polish: światło — source of illumination
  • Portuguese: luz — source of illumination
  • Quechua: acki — source of illumination
  • Quechua: azki — source of illumination
  • Romanian: lumină — source of illumination
  • Romanian: corp de iluminat — source of illumination
  • Russian: свет (svet) — source of illumination
  • Russian: освеще́ние (osveščénije) — source of illumination
  • Scots: licht — source of illumination
  • Scottish Gaelic: solas — source of illumination
  • Scottish Gaelic: soillse — source of illumination
  • Serbo-Croatian: svetlo — source of illumination
  • Serbo-Croatian: svetlost — source of illumination
  • Serbo-Croatian: svetlina — source of illumination
  • Serbo-Croatian: luča — source of illumination
  • Slovak: osvetlenie — source of illumination
  • Slovene: luč — source of illumination
  • Sotho: lesedi — source of illumination
  • Spanish: luz — source of illumination
  • Spanish: luminaria — source of illumination
  • Spanish: iluminaria — source of illumination
  • Swahili: mwanga — source of illumination
  • Swedish: ljus — source of illumination
  • Tagalog: ilaw — source of illumination
  • Tagalog: liwanag — source of illumination
  • Tarifit: tfawt — source of illumination
  • Tausug: su — source of illumination
  • Telugu: జ్యోతి (jyōti) — source of illumination
  • Tewa: ko — source of illumination
  • Tok Pisin: lait — source of illumination
  • Turkish: ışık — source of illumination
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایشق (ışık) — source of illumination
  • Ottoman Turkish: سراج (sirac) — source of illumination
  • Ottoman Turkish: چراغ (çerağ, çirağ) — source of illumination
  • Ottoman Turkish: آیدین (aydın) — source of illumination
  • Ottoman Turkish: نور (nur) — source of illumination
  • Ukrainian: сві́тло (svítlo) — source of illumination
  • Ukrainian: осві́тлення (osvítlennja) — source of illumination
  • Urdu: رَوشْنی (rauśnī) — source of illumination
  • Urdu: روشْنی (rośnī) — source of illumination
  • Urdu: پْرَکَاش (prakāś) — source of illumination
  • Urdu: پَرْکَاش (parkāś) — source of illumination
  • Urdu: بَتّی (battī) — source of illumination
  • Venetan: lum — source of illumination
  • Vietnamese: đèn — source of illumination
  • Walloon: loumire — source of illumination
  • Walloon: lampe — source of illumination
  • Waray-Waray: suna — source of illumination
  • Waray-Waray: hayag — source of illumination
  • Welsh: golau — source of illumination
  • Welsh: goleuni — source of illumination
  • Welsh: lleu — source of illumination
  • Yakut: сырдык (sïrdïk) — source of illumination
  • Yiddish: ליכט (likht) — source of illumination
  • Zazaki: berq — source of illumination
  • Afrikaans: lig — spiritual illumination
  • Armenian: լույս (luys) — spiritual illumination
  • Basque: argi — spiritual illumination
  • Catalan: llum — spiritual illumination
  • Ngazidja Comorian: nuru — spiritual illumination
  • Danish: lys — spiritual illumination
  • Dutch: licht — spiritual illumination
  • Finnish: valo — spiritual illumination
  • Finnish: valaistus — spiritual illumination
  • French: lumière — spiritual illumination
  • German: Erleuchtung — spiritual illumination
  • German: Licht — spiritual illumination
  • Greek: φως (fos) — spiritual illumination
  • Hebrew: אוֹר (or) — spiritual illumination
  • Hebrew: הֶאָרָה (he'ará) — spiritual illumination
  • Hindi: तेज (tej) — spiritual illumination
  • Hungarian: megvilágítás — spiritual illumination
  • Hungarian: fény — spiritual illumination
  • Interlingua: lumine — spiritual illumination
  • Italian: luce — spiritual illumination
  • Japanese: 光明 (kōmyō) — spiritual illumination
  • Japanese: 妙案 (myōan) — spiritual illumination
  • Javanese: pepadhang — spiritual illumination
  • Korean: 빛 (bit) — spiritual illumination
  • Northern Kurdish: ronî — spiritual illumination
  • Northern Kurdish: ronahî — spiritual illumination
  • Latin: lux — spiritual illumination
  • Latin: lumen — spiritual illumination
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lys — spiritual illumination
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ljos — spiritual illumination
  • Iranian Persian: رُوْشَنی (rowšani) — spiritual illumination
  • Polish: światło — spiritual illumination
  • Portuguese: luz — spiritual illumination
  • Romanian: lumină — spiritual illumination
  • Russian: свет (svet) — spiritual illumination
  • Scottish Gaelic: solas — spiritual illumination
  • Scottish Gaelic: soillse — spiritual illumination
  • Spanish: luz — spiritual illumination
  • Swahili: mwanga — spiritual illumination
  • Swahili: nuru — spiritual illumination
  • Swedish: ljus — spiritual illumination
  • Telugu: జ్ఞానజ్యోతి (jñānajyōti) — spiritual illumination
  • Zazaki: rosani — spiritual illumination
  • Finnish: valaistus — facts; pieces of information
  • Finnish: neuvo — facts; pieces of information
  • Finnish: johtohahmo — notable person
  • Finnish: merkkihenkilö — notable person
  • Galician: luz — notable person
  • Finnish: valo — painting: manner in which the light strikes a picture
  • Bashkir: күҙлек (küźlek) — point of view
  • Bashkir: ҡараш (qaraş) — point of view
  • Chinese Mandarin: 觀點 /观点 (guāndiǎn) — point of view
  • Finnish: valo — point of view
  • Finnish: näkökulma — point of view
  • Hebrew: אוֹר (or) — point of view
  • Hungarian: megvilágítás — point of view
  • Hungarian: szemszög — point of view
  • Hungarian: szemlélet — point of view
  • Hungarian: látásmód — point of view
  • Hungarian: fény — point of view
  • Hungarian: szín — point of view
  • Japanese: 視点 (shiten) — point of view
  • Japanese: 観点 (kanten) — point of view
  • Latin: lux — point of view
  • Latin: lumen — point of view
  • Polish: światło — point of view
  • Portuguese: visão — point of view
  • Romanian: lumină — point of view
  • Russian: свет (svet) — point of view
  • Swahili: mwanga — point of view
  • Swedish: ljus — point of view
  • Telugu: కోణము (kōṇamu) — point of view
  • Vietnamese: cách — point of view
  • Vietnamese: trạng thái — point of view
  • Aragonese: fuego — flame or something used to create fire
  • Bashkir: ут (ut) — flame or something used to create fire
  • Bulgarian: запа́лка (zapálka) — flame or something used to create fire
  • Burmese: မီး (mi:) — flame or something used to create fire
  • Catalan: flama — flame or something used to create fire
  • Catalan: metxa — flame or something used to create fire
  • Danish: flamme — flame or something used to create fire
  • Dutch: vuurtje — flame or something used to create fire
  • Finnish: tuli — flame or something used to create fire
  • Galician: luz — flame or something used to create fire
  • German: Flamme — flame or something used to create fire
  • Hebrew: אֵשׁ (ésh) — flame or something used to create fire
  • Hungarian: tűz — flame or something used to create fire
  • Hungarian: gyufa — flame or something used to create fire
  • Hungarian: öngyújtó — flame or something used to create fire
  • Interlingua: foco — flame or something used to create fire
  • Irish: solas — flame or something used to create fire
  • Japanese: 明かり (akari) — flame or something used to create fire
  • Japanese: 火 (hi) — flame or something used to create fire
  • Korean: 불 (bul) — flame or something used to create fire
  • Latin: lux — flame or something used to create fire
  • Latin: lumen — flame or something used to create fire
  • Manchu: ᡝᠯᡩᡝᠨ (elden) — flame or something used to create fire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flamme — flame or something used to create fire
  • Polish: ogień — flame or something used to create fire
  • Portuguese: fogo — flame or something used to create fire
  • Russian: спи́чки (spíčki) — flame or something used to create fire
  • Russian: зажига́лка (zažigálka) — flame or something used to create fire
  • Scots: licht — flame or something used to create fire
  • Spanish: fuego — flame or something used to create fire
  • Spanish: mechero — flame or something used to create fire
  • Swahili: mwanga — flame or something used to create fire
  • Telugu: అంటించు (aṇṭiñcu) — flame or something used to create fire
  • Vietnamese: lửa — flame or something used to create fire
  • Finnish: tuli — type of firework
  • Hungarian: fény — type of firework
  • Hungarian: tűz — type of firework
  • Finnish: ikkuna — window, or space for one
  • Finnish: ikkuna-aukko — window, or space for one
  • Galician: luz — window, or space for one
  • Hungarian: ablaknyílás — window, or space for one
  • Hungarian: ablak — window, or space for one
  • Japanese: 明かり取り (akaritori) — window, or space for one
  • Polish: światło — window, or space for one
  • Polish: okno — window, or space for one
  • Polish: świetlik — window, or space for one
  • Swahili: mwanga — window, or space for one
  • Telugu: కిటికి (kiṭiki) — window, or space for one
  • Finnish: sananpituus — squares reserved for the answer to a crossword
  • Finnish: päivänvalo — open view; public observation; publicity
  • Hungarian: napvilág — open view; public observation; publicity
  • Hungarian: nyilvánosság — open view; public observation; publicity
  • Finnish: valo — power of perception by vision
  • Hungarian: látás — power of perception by vision
  • Hungarian: világ — power of perception by vision
  • Danish: glimt i øjet — brightness of the eye or eyes
  • Finnish: valo — brightness of the eye or eyes
  • Hungarian: fény — brightness of the eye or eyes
  • Arabic: إِشَارَة مُرُور (ʔišārat murūr) — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Arabic: إِشَارَة ضَوْئِيَّة (ʔišāra ḍawʔiyya) — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Arabic: اشارة (išāra) — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Belarusian: святлафо́р (svjatlafór) — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Bulgarian: светофа́р (svetofár) — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Danish: lyskurv — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Finnish: valot — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • French: feu — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • German: Ampel — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Hungarian: lámpa — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Hungarian: jelzőlámpa — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Hungarian: jelzés — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Hungarian: út — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Portuguese: semáforo — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Russian: светофо́р (svetofór) — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Ukrainian: світлофо́р (svitlofór) — traffic light, or an intersection controlled by one
  • Afrikaans: aansteek — to start (a fire)
  • Arabic: أَشْعَلَ (ʔašʕala) — to start (a fire)
  • Arabic: أَوْقَدَ (ʔawqada) — to start (a fire)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܲܦܹܐ (ṭāpe) — to start (a fire)
  • Armenian: վառել (vaṙel) — to start (a fire)
  • Basque: piztu — to start (a fire)
  • Basque: isiotu — to start (a fire)
  • Belarusian: запа́льваць (zapálʹvacʹ) — to start (a fire)
  • Belarusian: запалі́ць (zapalícʹ) — to start (a fire)
  • Bulgarian: запалвам (zapalvam) — to start (a fire)
  • Bulgarian: паля (palja) — to start (a fire)
  • Burmese: မီးထွန်း (mi:htwan:) — to start (a fire)
  • Catalan: encendre — to start (a fire)
  • Chickasaw: ooti — to start (a fire)
  • Chinese: 點火 /点火 (tiám-hóe, tiám-hé) — to start (a fire)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 點火 /点火 (diǎnhuǒ) — to start (a fire)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 點燃 /点燃 (diǎnrán) — to start (a fire)
  • Ngazidja Comorian: upatsa — to start (a fire)
  • Ngazidja Comorian: uvuza — to start (a fire)
  • Czech: zapálit — to start (a fire)
  • Danish: antænde — to start (a fire)
  • Danish: tænde — to start (a fire)
  • Dutch: aansteken — to start (a fire)
  • Esperanto: ekbruligi — to start (a fire)
  • Esperanto: fajrigi — to start (a fire)
  • Estonian: süütama — to start (a fire)
  • Estonian: läitma — to start (a fire)
  • Finnish: sytyttää — to start (a fire)
  • French: allumer — to start (a fire)
  • Galician: prender — to start (a fire)
  • Galician: acender — to start (a fire)
  • German: anzünden — to start (a fire)
  • German: anstecken — to start (a fire)
  • German: anmachen — to start (a fire)
  • Middle High German: enzünden — to start (a fire)
  • Greek: ανάβω (anávo) — to start (a fire)
  • Ancient Greek: ἅπτω (háptō) — to start (a fire)
  • Ancient Greek: αἴθω (aíthō) — to start (a fire)
  • Hebrew: הדליק (hidlík) — to start (a fire)
  • Hebrew: הצית (hitsít) — to start (a fire)
  • Hebrew: הבעיר (hevʾír) — to start (a fire)
  • Hindi: जलाना (jalānā) — to start (a fire)
  • Hindi: प्रज्वलन (prajvalan) — to start (a fire)
  • Hungarian: gyújt — to start (a fire)
  • Hungarian: meggyújt — to start (a fire)
  • Hungarian: felgyújt — to start (a fire)
  • Icelandic: kveikja — to start (a fire)
  • Ido: acendar — to start (a fire)
  • Ingrian: virittää — to start (a fire)
  • Ingrian: syttää — to start (a fire)
  • Ingrian: sytyttää — to start (a fire)
  • Irish: las — to start (a fire)
  • Italian: accendere — to start (a fire)
  • Japanese: 引火する (inka-suru) — to start (a fire)
  • Japanese: 点火する (tenka-suru) — to start (a fire)
  • Khmer: អុចភ្លើង (oc pləəŋ) — to start (a fire)
  • Korean: 불붙이다 (bulbuchida) — to start (a fire)
  • Korean: 불을 지르다 (bur-eul jireuda) — to start (a fire)
  • Korean: 점화(點火)하다 (jeomhwahada) — to start (a fire)
  • Korean: 인화(引火)하다 (inhwahada) — to start (a fire)
  • Northern Kurdish: agir vêxistin — to start (a fire)
  • Lao: ໄຕ້ (tai) — to start (a fire)
  • Latgalian: aizdegt — to start (a fire)
  • Latin: accendō — to start (a fire)
  • Latin: incendeō — to start (a fire)
  • Latvian: aizdedzināt — to start (a fire)
  • Latvian: aizdegt — to start (a fire)
  • Latvian: iedegt — to start (a fire)
  • Latvian: uzdegt — to start (a fire)
  • Lithuanian: uždegti — to start (a fire)
  • Malayalam: കത്തിയ്ക്കുക (kattiykkuka) — to start (a fire)
  • Māori: raiti — to start (a fire)
  • Mizo: häl — to start (a fire)
  • Mizo: tialh — to start (a fire)
  • Mizo: ṭankai — to start (a fire)
  • Neapolitan: abbiccià — to start (a fire)
  • Norman: alleunmer — to start (a fire)
  • Norwegian: tenne — to start (a fire)
  • Occitan: alucar — to start (a fire)
  • Old English: ǣlan — to start (a fire)
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: acender — to start (a fire)
  • Persian: افروختن (afrôxtan) — to start (a fire)
  • Persian: روشن کردن (rowšan kardan) — to start (a fire)
  • Persian: درگیرانیدن (dargirânidan) — to start (a fire)
  • Polish: rozpalić — to start (a fire)
  • Polish: zapalić — to start (a fire)
  • Portuguese: acender — to start (a fire)
  • Romanian: aprinde — to start (a fire)
  • Russian: зажига́ть (zažigátʹ) — to start (a fire)
  • Russian: заже́чь (zažéčʹ) — to start (a fire)
  • Russian: разжига́ть (razžigátʹ) — to start (a fire)
  • Russian: разже́чь (razžéčʹ) — to start (a fire)
  • Serbo-Croatian: запалити — to start (a fire)
  • Serbo-Croatian: упалити — to start (a fire)
  • Serbo-Croatian: zapaliti — to start (a fire)
  • Serbo-Croatian: upaliti — to start (a fire)
  • Slovak: zapáliť — to start (a fire)
  • Slovak: zažať — to start (a fire)
  • Slovene: prižgati — to start (a fire)
  • Spanish: encender — to start (a fire)
  • Spanish: acender — to start (a fire)
  • Spanish: fogarizar — to start (a fire)
  • Swedish: tända — to start (a fire)
  • Tagalog: liwanag — to start (a fire)
  • Tagalog: ilawan — to start (a fire)
  • Telugu: అంటించు (aṇṭiñcu) — to start (a fire)
  • Thai: จุด (jùt) — to start (a fire)
  • Tok Pisin: lait — to start (a fire)
  • Tok Pisin: kamapim — to start (a fire)
  • Turkish: yakmak — to start (a fire)
  • Ukrainian: запа́лювати (zapáljuvaty) — to start (a fire)
  • Ukrainian: запали́ти (zapalýty) — to start (a fire)
  • Venetan: inpiẑar — to start (a fire)
  • Venetan: inpiar — to start (a fire)
  • Vietnamese: đốt — to start (a fire)
  • Vietnamese: thắp — to start (a fire)
  • Vietnamese: châm — to start (a fire)
  • Vietnamese: nhóm — to start (a fire)
  • Walloon: esprinde — to start (a fire)
  • Walloon: aloumer — to start (a fire)
  • Walloon: atoker — to start (a fire)
  • Welsh: cynnau — to start (a fire)
  • Yiddish: צינדן (tsindn) — to start (a fire)
  • Yiddish: אָנצינדן (ontsindn) — to start (a fire)
  • Zazaki: wekerden — to start (a fire)
  • Zazaki: rosn kerden — to start (a fire)
  • ǃXóõ: ʘʻáa — to start (a fire)
  • Catalan: encendre — to set fire to
  • Esperanto: ekbruligi — to set fire to
  • Finnish: sytyttää — to set fire to
  • French: allumer — to set fire to
  • German: anzünden — to set fire to
  • Hindi: जलाना (jalānā) — to set fire to
  • Hungarian: meggyújt — to set fire to
  • Ingrian: virittää — to set fire to
  • Italian: dare fuoco — to set fire to
  • Italian: accendere — to set fire to
  • Old English: ǣlan — to set fire to
  • Persian: افروزانیدن (afruzânidan) — to set fire to
  • Portuguese: acender — to set fire to
  • Spanish: encender — to set fire to
  • Spanish: acender (disused) — to set fire to
  • Swahili: kuwasha — to set fire to
  • Thai: เผา (pǎo) — to set fire to
  • Yiddish: אונטערצינדן (untertsindn) — to set fire to
  • Afrikaans: skyn — to illuminate
  • Afrikaans: belig — to illuminate
  • Arabic: أَضَاءَ (ʔaḍāʔa) — to illuminate
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܗܹܪ (baher) — to illuminate
  • Armenian: լուսավորել (lusavorel) — to illuminate
  • Aromanian: lunjinedz — to illuminate
  • Bangi: bambola — to illuminate
  • Basque: argitu — to illuminate
  • Basque: argiztatu — to illuminate
  • Bulgarian: осветявам (osvetjavam) — to illuminate
  • Catalan: encendre — to illuminate
  • Catalan: il·luminar — to illuminate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 照明 (zhàomíng) — to illuminate
  • Czech: osvětlit — to illuminate
  • Czech: osvítit — to illuminate
  • Dalmatian: luminur — to illuminate
  • Danish: belyse — to illuminate
  • Danish: oplyse — to illuminate
  • Dutch: lichten — to illuminate
  • Dutch: bijlichten — to illuminate
  • Esperanto: lumigi — to illuminate
  • Finnish: valaista — to illuminate
  • French: allumer — to illuminate
  • French: illuminer — to illuminate
  • German: beleuchten — to illuminate
  • German: anstrahlen — to illuminate
  • Greek: φωτίζω (fotízo) — to illuminate
  • Ancient Greek: φωτίζω (phōtízō) — to illuminate
  • Hebrew: האיר (he'ír) — to illuminate
  • Hindi: प्रकाश (prakāś) — to illuminate
  • Hindi: उजाला (ujālā) — to illuminate
  • Hungarian: világít — to illuminate
  • Hungarian: megvilágít — to illuminate
  • Hungarian: bevilágít — to illuminate
  • Hungarian: (fénnyel) eláraszt — to illuminate
  • Icelandic: lýsa — to illuminate
  • Ido: lumizar — to illuminate
  • Igbo: cha — to illuminate
  • Irish: las — to illuminate
  • Italian: illuminare — to illuminate
  • Japanese: 照らす (terasu) — to illuminate
  • Korean: 불켜다 (bulkyeoda) — to illuminate
  • Korean: 밝히다 (balkida) — to illuminate
  • Korean: 비추다 (bichuda) — to illuminate
  • Northern Kurdish: ron kirin — to illuminate
  • Latin: illuminare — to illuminate
  • Latvian: apgaismot — to illuminate
  • Latvian: izgaismot — to illuminate
  • Ligurian: illüminò — to illuminate
  • Lingala: bambola — to illuminate
  • Lithuanian: apšviesti — to illuminate
  • Malayalam: പ്രകാശിയ്ക്കുക (prakāśiykkuka) — to illuminate
  • Mirandese: alhumbrar — to illuminate
  • Mizo: èn — to illuminate
  • Mizo: tiëng — to illuminate
  • Norman: alleunmer — to illuminate
  • Norwegian: opplyse — to illuminate
  • Old English: līehtan — to illuminate
  • Persian: افروختن (afrôxtan) — to illuminate
  • Persian: روشن کردن (rowšan kardan) — to illuminate
  • Polish: oświetlić — to illuminate
  • Polish: iluminować — to illuminate
  • Portuguese: iluminar — to illuminate
  • Romanian: lumina — to illuminate
  • Romanian: ilumina — to illuminate
  • Russian: освеща́ть (osveščátʹ) — to illuminate
  • Russian: освети́ть (osvetítʹ) — to illuminate
  • Serbo-Croatian: osvijetliti — to illuminate
  • Slovak: svietiť — to illuminate
  • Slovene: osvetliti — to illuminate
  • Spanish: iluminar — to illuminate
  • Spanish: aluzar — to illuminate
  • Spanish: alumbrar — to illuminate
  • Swedish: belysa — to illuminate
  • Swedish: lysa upp — to illuminate
  • Telugu: ప్రకాశింపజేయు (prakāśimpajēyu) — to illuminate
  • Thai: ส่อง (sɔ̀ng) — to illuminate
  • Thai: เรือง (rʉʉang) — to illuminate
  • Turkish: aydınlatmak — to illuminate
  • Vietnamese: chiếu sáng — to illuminate
  • Vietnamese: rọi sáng — to illuminate
  • Vietnamese: soi sáng — to illuminate
  • Welsh: goleuo — to illuminate
  • Zazaki: rosn kerden — to illuminate
  • Bulgarian: паля се (palja se) — to become ignited
  • Finnish: syttyä — to become ignited
  • Hindi: प्रज्वलित (prajvalit) — to become ignited
  • Hungarian: meggyullad — to become ignited
  • Hungarian: felgyullad — to become ignited
  • Finnish: valaista — to show the way by light
  • French: éclairer — to show the way by light
  • Finnish: purkaa — to unload a ship
  • Finnish: keventää — to unload a ship
  • Italian: allegiare — to unload a ship
  • Italian: allibare — to unload a ship
  • Norwegian: losse — to unload a ship
  • Swahili: mwanga — to unload a ship
  • Bulgarian: облекчавам (oblekčavam) — to ease of a burden
  • Finnish: keventää — to ease of a burden
  • Bulgarian: натъквам се (natǎkvam se) — to find by chance
  • Danish: snuble over — to find by chance
  • Finnish: löytää sattumalta — to find by chance
  • Finnish: törmätä — to find by chance
  • Ido: trovar — to find by chance
  • Swahili: mwanga — to find by chance
  • Vietnamese: tình cờ gặp — to find by chance
  • Bulgarian: слизам (slizam) — alight
  • Danish: lande — alight
  • Finnish: päätyä — alight
  • Finnish: laskeutua — alight
  • Finnish: pudota — alight
  • Irish: tuirling — alight
  • Swahili: mwanga — alight
  • Vietnamese: xuống — alight
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