adj
Meaning 1
extremely light, having minimal weight
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: simile
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
light as a feather
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: lehký jako pírko — extremely light, having minimal weight
- Czech: lehký jako peříčko — extremely light, having minimal weight
- Finnish: höyhenenkevyt — extremely light, having minimal weight
- Finnish: untuvankevyt — extremely light, having minimal weight
- French: léger comme une plume — extremely light, having minimal weight
- French: léger comme l'air — extremely light, having minimal weight
- German: federleicht — extremely light, having minimal weight
- Hungarian: pehelykönnyű — extremely light, having minimal weight
- Hungarian: könnyű, mint a pehely — extremely light, having minimal weight
- Pannonian Rusyn: лєгки як пирє (ljehki jak pirje) — extremely light, having minimal weight
- Portuguese: leve como uma pena — extremely light, having minimal weight
- Russian: лёгкий, как пёрышко (ljóxkij, kak pjóryško) — extremely light, having minimal weight
- Swedish: lätt som en fjäder — extremely light, having minimal weight