light year

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪt.jɪə/
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• General-American: /ˈlaɪt.jɪɹ/
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• General-South-African: /ˈläːt.jøː/
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• Wales: /ˈlaɪt.jɜː/
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No etymology was provided for this word.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ligjaar — unit of astronomical distance
• Albanian: dritëviti — unit of astronomical distance
• Arabic: سَنَة ضَوْئِيَّة (sana ḍawʔiyya) — unit of astronomical distance
• Aragonese: año luz — unit of astronomical distance
• Armenian: լուսատարի (lusatari) — unit of astronomical distance
• Asturian: añu lluz — unit of astronomical distance
• Basque: argi-urte — unit of astronomical distance
• Belarusian: светлавы́ год (svjetlavý hod) — unit of astronomical distance
• Bengali: আলোক বর্ষ (alōk borśo) — unit of astronomical distance
• Breton: bloavezh-gouloù — unit of astronomical distance
• Bulgarian: светли́нна годи́на (svetlínna godína) — unit of astronomical distance
• Burmese: အလင်းနှစ် (a.lang:hnac) — unit of astronomical distance
• Catalan: any llum — unit of astronomical distance
• Chinese Cantonese: 光年 (gwong1 nin4) — unit of astronomical distance
• Chinese: 光年 (kng-nî) — unit of astronomical distance
• Chinese Mandarin: 光年 (guāngnián) — unit of astronomical distance
• Czech: světelný rok — unit of astronomical distance
• Danish: lysår — unit of astronomical distance
• Dutch: lichtjaar — unit of astronomical distance
• Esperanto: lumjaro — unit of astronomical distance
• Estonian: valgusaasta — unit of astronomical distance
• Faroese: ljósár — unit of astronomical distance
• Finnish: valovuosi — unit of astronomical distance
• French: année-lumière — unit of astronomical distance
• Galician: ano luz — unit of astronomical distance
• Georgian: სინათლის წელიწადი (sinatlis c̣elic̣adi) — unit of astronomical distance
• German: Lichtjahr — unit of astronomical distance
• Greek: έτος φωτός (étos fotós) — unit of astronomical distance
• Gujarati: પ્રકાશવર્ષ (prakāśvarṣ) — unit of astronomical distance
• Hebrew: שנת אור — unit of astronomical distance
• Hindi: प्रकाशवर्ष (prakāśvarṣ) — unit of astronomical distance
• Hungarian: fényév — unit of astronomical distance
• Icelandic: ljósár — unit of astronomical distance
• Ido: lumyaro — unit of astronomical distance
• Indonesian: tahun cahaya — unit of astronomical distance
• Irish: solasbhliain — unit of astronomical distance
• Italian: anno luce — unit of astronomical distance
• Japanese: 光年 (kōnen) — unit of astronomical distance
• Kannada: ಜ್ಯೋತಿರ್ವರ್ಷ (jyōtirvarṣa) — unit of astronomical distance
• Kazakh: жарық жылы (jaryq jyly) — unit of astronomical distance
• Korean: 광년 (gwangnyeon) — unit of astronomical distance
• Northern Kurdish: saletîrêj — unit of astronomical distance
• Kyrgyz: жарык жылы (jarık jılı) — unit of astronomical distance
• Lao: ປີແສງ (pī sǣng) — unit of astronomical distance
• Latin: spatium lucis annuae — unit of astronomical distance
• Latvian: gaismas gads — unit of astronomical distance
• Limburgish: Leechjaor — unit of astronomical distance
• Lithuanian: šviẽsmetis — unit of astronomical distance
• Luxembourgish: Liichtjoer — unit of astronomical distance
• Macedonian: светлосна година (svetlosna godina) — unit of astronomical distance
• Malay: tahun cahaya — unit of astronomical distance
• Maltese: sena dawl — unit of astronomical distance
• Mongolian: гэрлийн жил (gerliin žil) — unit of astronomical distance
• Norwegian Bokmål: lysår — unit of astronomical distance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lysår — unit of astronomical distance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ljosår — unit of astronomical distance
• Oromo: wagga iffa — unit of astronomical distance
• Persian: سال نوری (sâl-e nuri) — unit of astronomical distance
• Polish: rok świetlny — unit of astronomical distance
• Portuguese: ano-luz — unit of astronomical distance
• Quechua: achkiy wata — unit of astronomical distance
• Romanian: an-lumină — unit of astronomical distance
• Russian: светово́й год (svetovój god) — unit of astronomical distance
• Serbo-Croatian: свјетлосна година — unit of astronomical distance
• Serbo-Croatian: светлосна година — unit of astronomical distance
• Serbo-Croatian: svjetlosna godina — unit of astronomical distance
• Serbo-Croatian: svetlosna godina — unit of astronomical distance
• Sicilian: annu luci — unit of astronomical distance
• Slovak: svetelný rok — unit of astronomical distance
• Slovene: svetlòbno léto — unit of astronomical distance
• Lower Sorbian: swětłowe lěto — unit of astronomical distance
• Spanish: año luz — unit of astronomical distance
• Swahili: mwaka wa nuru — unit of astronomical distance
• Swedish: ljusår — unit of astronomical distance
• Tagalog: sinag-taon — unit of astronomical distance
• Tajik: соли нур (sol-i nur) — unit of astronomical distance
• Tamil: ஒளியாண்டு (oḷiyāṇṭu) — unit of astronomical distance
• Telugu: కాంతిసంవత్సరము (kāntisaṁvatsaramu) — unit of astronomical distance
• Thai: ปีแสง (bpii-sɛ̌ɛng) — unit of astronomical distance
• Tibetan: འོད་ལོ ('od lo) — unit of astronomical distance
• Turkish: ışık yılı — unit of astronomical distance
• Turkmen: ýagtylyk ýyly — unit of astronomical distance
• Ukrainian: світлови́й рік (svitlovýj rik) — unit of astronomical distance
• Urdu: نوری سال (norī sāl) — unit of astronomical distance
• Uzbek: yorugʻlik yili — unit of astronomical distance
• Vietnamese: năm ánh sáng — unit of astronomical distance
• Welsh: blwyddyn golau — unit of astronomical distance
• Chinese Mandarin: 遙遙領先 /遥遥领先 (yáoyáolǐngxiān) — a very long way
• Faroese: ljósár — a very long way
• Finnish: valovuosi — a very long way
• Hungarian: fényévek — a very long way
• Italian: anni luce — a very long way
• Slovene: svetlòbno léto — a very long way
• Swedish: ljusår — a very long way