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lightsaber

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪtˌseɪ.bə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈlaɪtˌseɪ.bɚ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A real-world toy, prop, or device fashioned after the fictional lightsaber.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From light + saber; coined by American filmmaker and philanthropist George Lucas for the Star Wars film franchise. First mentioned in the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope) which was released on May 25, 1977.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَيْف الضَّوْءِ (sayf aḍ-ḍawʔi) — a fictional type of sword
  • Bulgarian: лазерен меч (lazeren meč) — a fictional type of sword
  • Bulgarian: светлинен меч (svetlinen meč) — a fictional type of sword
  • Catalan: espasa de llum — a fictional type of sword
  • Catalan: sabre làser — a fictional type of sword
  • Chinese Mandarin: 光劍 /光剑 (guāngjiàn) — a fictional type of sword
  • Czech: světelný meč — a fictional type of sword
  • Danish: lyssværd — a fictional type of sword
  • Danish: lasersværd — a fictional type of sword
  • Dutch: lichtzwaard — a fictional type of sword
  • Dutch: lichtsabel — a fictional type of sword
  • Esperanto: lumglavo — a fictional type of sword
  • Estonian: valgusmõõk — a fictional type of sword
  • Faroese: geislasvørð — a fictional type of sword
  • Finnish: valosapeli — a fictional type of sword
  • Finnish: valomiekka — a fictional type of sword
  • Finnish: lasermiekka — a fictional type of sword
  • Finnish: lasersapeli — a fictional type of sword
  • French: sabre laser — a fictional type of sword
  • French: sabre-laser — a fictional type of sword
  • French: sabrolaser — a fictional type of sword
  • Galician: espada de luz — a fictional type of sword
  • Galician: sabre láser — a fictional type of sword
  • Galician: sabre de luz — a fictional type of sword
  • German: Lichtschwert — a fictional type of sword
  • German: Laserschwert — a fictional type of sword
  • Greek: φωτόσπαθο (fotóspatho) — a fictional type of sword
  • Hebrew: חֶרֶב אוֹר (khérev 'or) — a fictional type of sword
  • Hungarian: fénykard — a fictional type of sword
  • Hungarian: lézerkard — a fictional type of sword
  • Icelandic: geislasverð — a fictional type of sword
  • Italian: spada laser — a fictional type of sword
  • Japanese: ライトセーバー (raitosēbā) — a fictional type of sword
  • Japanese: 光の剣 (hikari no ken) — a fictional type of sword
  • Korean: 광선검 (gwangseon'geom) — a fictional type of sword
  • Korean: 라이트세이버 (raiteuseibeo) — a fictional type of sword
  • Korean: 광검 (gwanggeom) — a fictional type of sword
  • Latin: gladius lūcidus — a fictional type of sword
  • Latvian: gaismas zobens — a fictional type of sword
  • Malay: pedang cahaya — a fictional type of sword
  • Navajo: bééshdíín — a fictional type of sword
  • Norwegian: lyssabel — a fictional type of sword
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lasersverd — a fictional type of sword
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lasersverd — a fictional type of sword
  • Persian: شمشیر نوری (šamšir nuri) — a fictional type of sword
  • Polish: miecz świetlny — a fictional type of sword
  • Portuguese: sabre de luz — a fictional type of sword
  • Romanian: sabie laser — a fictional type of sword
  • Russian: светово́й меч (svetovój meč) — a fictional type of sword
  • Russian: светоша́шка (svetošáška) — a fictional type of sword
  • Sanskrit: रोचसः असि (rócasaḥ así) — a fictional type of sword
  • Serbo-Croatian: све̏тлоснӣ ма̏ч — a fictional type of sword
  • Serbo-Croatian: светлосна са̏бља — a fictional type of sword
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȅtlosnī mȁč — a fictional type of sword
  • Serbo-Croatian: svetlosna sȁblja — a fictional type of sword
  • Slovak: svetelný meč — a fictional type of sword
  • Spanish: sable de luz — a fictional type of sword
  • Spanish: sable láser — a fictional type of sword
  • Spanish: espada de luz — a fictional type of sword
  • Spanish: espada láser — a fictional type of sword
  • Swedish: ljussabel — a fictional type of sword
  • Swedish: ljussvärd — a fictional type of sword
  • Swedish: lasersvärd — a fictional type of sword
  • Thai: กระบี่แสง (grà-bìi sɛ̌ɛng) — a fictional type of sword
  • Thai: ดาบเลเซอร์ (dàap lee-səə) — a fictional type of sword
  • Thai: ไลท์เซเบอร์ (lai-see-bəə) — a fictional type of sword
  • Turkish: ışın kılıcı — a fictional type of sword
  • Ukrainian: світлови́й меч (svitlovýj meč) — a fictional type of sword
  • Vietnamese: kiếm ánh sáng — a fictional type of sword
  • Yiddish: ליכטסייבער (likhtseyber) — a fictional type of sword
  • Yiddish: ליכטשווערד (likhtshverd) — a fictional type of sword