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• /ˈlaɪ.tn̩/
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• [ˈlaɪʔn̩]
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From Middle English lightnen, equivalent to light + -en.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English -en English lighten From light + -en.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: осветявам (osvetjavam) — to make brighter or clearer
• Finnish: valaista — to make brighter or clearer
• Finnish: kirkastaa — to make brighter or clearer
• Ido: lumizar — to make brighter or clearer
• Russian: осветля́ть (osvetljátʹ) — to make brighter or clearer
• Russian: осветли́ть (osvetlítʹ) — to make brighter or clearer
• Spanish: aclarar — to make brighter or clearer
• Welsh: goleuo — to make brighter or clearer
• Bulgarian: просветлявам (prosvetljavam) — to become brighter or clearer
• Finnish: valaistua — to become brighter or clearer
• Finnish: kirkastua — to become brighter or clearer
• Ido: lumar — to become brighter or clearer
• Ido: lejereskar — to become brighter or clearer
• Russian: светле́ть (svetlétʹ) — to become brighter or clearer
• Russian: посветле́ть (posvetlétʹ) — to become brighter or clearer
• Spanish: aclararse — to become brighter or clearer
• Arabic: بَرَقَ (baraqa) — to flash lightning, to give off lightning
• Arabic: أَبْرَقَ (ʔabraqa) — to flash lightning, to give off lightning
• Bulgarian: святкам (svjatkam) — to flash lightning, to give off lightning
• Danish: lyne — to flash lightning, to give off lightning
• German: blitzen — to flash lightning, to give off lightning
• Hungarian: villámlik — to flash lightning, to give off lightning
• Aromanian: lishuredz — to alleviate
• Bulgarian: облекчавам (oblekčavam) — to alleviate
• Catalan: alleujar — to alleviate
• Catalan: alleugerir — to alleviate
• Dutch: verlichten — to alleviate
• Finnish: keventää — to alleviate
• French: alléger — to alleviate
• Galician: aliviar — to alleviate
• Galician: alixeirar — to alleviate
• Gallurese: alliciricà — to alleviate
• German: erleichtern — to alleviate
• Ancient Greek: κουφίζω (kouphízō) — to alleviate
• Hebrew: הֵקֵל (heqél) — to alleviate
• Ido: alejar — to alleviate
• Ido: lejerigar — to alleviate
• Italian: alleggerire — to alleviate
• Korean: 덜어주다 (deoreojuda) — to alleviate
• Polish: odciążać — to alleviate
• Polish: odciążyć — to alleviate
• Portuguese: aliviar — to alleviate
• Romanian: ușura — to alleviate
• Russian: облегча́ть (oblexčátʹ) — to alleviate
• Russian: обле́гчить (obléxčitʹ) — to alleviate
• Campidanese Sardinian: allebiai — to alleviate
• Campidanese Sardinian: allixerai — to alleviate
• Sardinian: allezerire — to alleviate
• Sardinian: disaggraviare — to alleviate
• Sardinian: illepiare — to alleviate
• Sassarese: allizarigà — to alleviate
• Sassarese: alliziriggà — to alleviate
• Spanish: aliviar — to alleviate
• Swedish: lätta — to alleviate
• Turkish: hafifletmek — to alleviate
• Aromanian: lishuredz — to make light in weight
• Asturian: allixerar — to make light in weight
• Catalan: alleugerir — to make light in weight
• Finnish: keventää — to make light in weight
• Galician: alixeirar — to make light in weight
• Ancient Greek: κουφίζω (kouphízō) — to make light in weight
• Hebrew: הֵקֵל (heqél) — to make light in weight
• Ido: alejar — to make light in weight
• Ido: lejerigar — to make light in weight
• Māori: whakamāmā — to make light in weight
• Polish: odciążać — to make light in weight
• Polish: odciążyć — to make light in weight
• Portuguese: aligeirar — to make light in weight
• Portuguese: aliviar — to make light in weight
• Romanian: ușura — to make light in weight
• Spanish: aligerar — to make light in weight
• Swedish: lätta — to make light in weight
• Bulgarian: смекчавам (smekčavam) — to make less serious
• Finnish: keventää — to make less serious
• Hebrew: הֵקֵל (heqél) — to make less serious
• Ido: gayigar — to make less serious
• Ido: klarigar — to make less serious
• Portuguese: aligeirar — to make less serious
• Russian: смягча́ть (smjaxčátʹ) — to make less serious
• Russian: смягчи́ть (smjaxčítʹ) — to make less serious
• Swedish: lätta — to make less serious
• Catalan: alleugerir-se — to become light in weight
• Finnish: keventyä — to become light in weight
• Finnish: kevetä — to become light in weight
• Ido: lejereskar — to become light in weight
• Spanish: aligerarse — to become light in weight
• Swedish: lätta — to become light in weight
• Ottoman Turkish: خفیفلنمك (hafiflenmek) — to become light in weight
• Welsh: ysgafnhau — to become light in weight
• Finnish: keventyä — to become less serious
• Ido: gayeskar — to become less serious
• Ido: klareskar — to become less serious
• Swedish: lätta — to become less serious