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A small, dim light or lamp left on overnight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- 1988, Joseph Brodsky, "Gorbunov and Gorchakov" Canto 13 in In Urania, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p. 165, Your light cannot drive off the dark from me— / not any more than night-lights by the bed / drive off my dreams.
- He put a small nightlight in the bathroom to find his way around in the dark.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: light
Light that shines at night, such as moonlight or starlight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
дежурна светлина
(dežurna svetlina)
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Chinese Mandarin:
夜燈 /夜灯
(yèdēng)
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Chinese Mandarin:
小燈 /小灯
(xiǎodēng)
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Cornish:
lugarnik
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Dutch:
nachtlicht
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Finnish:
yölamppu
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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French:
veilleuse
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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German:
Nachtlicht
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Hungarian:
éjjeli fény
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Hungarian:
éjjeli lámpa
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Italian:
luce notturna
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Japanese:
常夜灯
(jōyatō)
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Japanese:
常夜燈
(jōyatō)
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Korean:
종야등
(jong'yadeung)
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Mongolian:
шөнийн гэрэл
(šöniin gerel)
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Romanian:
lampă de veghe
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Russian:
ночни́к
(nočník)
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
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Turkish:
gece lambası
— a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
