lightness

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• /ˈlaɪtnəs/
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From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English līhtnes, lȳhtnys (“enlightening, illumination”), from Proto-West Germanic *liuhtinassī; equivalent to light (“to make bright, illuminate”, verb) + -ness (suffix forming nouns). Cognate with Old High German liuhtnissi (“illumination, enlightening”).

From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English *lēohtnes (“lightness”) (compare Old English lēohtmōdnes (“lightness”, literally “light-moodedness”), līhtingnes (“lightness, alleviation”)); equivalent to light (“not heavy”, adjective) + -ness (suffix forming nouns). Cognate with Middle Low German luchtnisse, lüchtnisse (“lightness, frivolity, joyfulness”).

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: осветеност (osvetenost) — the condition of being illuminated
• Finnish: valoisuus — the condition of being illuminated
• French: luminosité — the condition of being illuminated
• Georgian: განათებულობა (ganatebuloba) — the condition of being illuminated
• Portuguese: claridade — the condition of being illuminated
• Portuguese: luminosidade — the condition of being illuminated
• Russian: освещённость (osveščónnostʹ) — the condition of being illuminated
• Serbo-Croatian: osvijetljenost — the condition of being illuminated
• Volapük: klil — the condition of being illuminated
• Bulgarian: светлост (svetlost) — the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
• Finnish: vaaleus — the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
• French: clarté — the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
• Spanish: luminosidad — the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
• Spanish: claridad — the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
• Arabic: خِفَّة (ḵiffa) — the state of having little weight
• Bulgarian: лекота (lekota) — the state of having little weight
• Catalan: lleugeresa — the state of having little weight
• Finnish: keveys — the state of having little weight
• French: légèreté — the state of having little weight
• Georgian: სიმსუბუქე (simsubuke) — the state of having little weight
• Italian: leggerezza — the state of having little weight
• Kyrgyz: жеңилдик (jeŋildik) — the state of having little weight
• Latin: levitās — the state of having little weight
• Russian: лёгкость (ljóxkostʹ) — the state of having little weight
• Serbo-Croatian: lakoća — the state of having little weight
• Spanish: liviandad — the state of having little weight
• Turkish: hafiflik — the state of having little weight
• Welsh: ysgafnder — the state of having little weight
• Bulgarian: пъргавост (pǎrgavost) — Agility of movement
• Bulgarian: подвижност (podvižnost) — Agility of movement
• Esperanto: leĝereco — Agility of movement
• Esperanto: frivoleco — levity, frivolity; inconsistency