Phrase guide

oil lamp

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a liquid fuel source, especially lamp oil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Meronym: lampwick

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kerosene lamp, kerosine lamp

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lamp

Narrower terms: safety lamp, Davy lamp

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِصْبَاح زَيْتِيّ (miṣbāḥ zaytiyy) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Azerbaijani: çıraq — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Basque: kriseilu — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Belarusian: кагане́ц (kahanjéc) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Belarusian: але́йная ла́мпа (aljéjnaja lámpa) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Belarusian: але́йная ля́мпа (aljéjnaja ljámpa) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Bulgarian: ма́слена ла́мпа (máslena lámpa) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Bulgarian: свети́лник (svetílnik) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Catalan: gresol — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Catalan: llàntia — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Catalan: llumenera — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Chakma: 𑄌𑄘𑄨 (cādi) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Chinese Cantonese: 油燈 /油灯 — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Chinese Mandarin: 油燈 /油灯 (yóudēng) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Chinese Mandarin: 燈盞 /灯盏 (dēngzhǎn) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Czech: olejová lampa — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Danish: olielampe — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Dutch: olielamp — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Esperanto: oleolampo — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Esperanto: petrololampo — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Estonian: õlilamp — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Finnish: öljylamppu — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Finnish: öljytuikku — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • French: lampe à huile — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Georgian: ლამპარი (lamṗari) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • German: Öllampe — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Greek: λυχνάρι (lychnári) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Greek: λουσέρνα (lousérna) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Hebrew: עֲשָׁשִׁית (ashashít) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Hungarian: olajlámpa — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Hungarian: petróleumlámpa — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Italian: lucerna — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Italian: lampada ad olio — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Japanese: 石油ランプ (sekiyu ranpu) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Japanese: オイルランプ (oiru ranpu) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Kazakh: май шам (mai şam) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Korean: 호롱 (horong) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Korean: 등잔 (deungjan) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Korean: 석유 램프 (seogyu raempeu) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Latin: lucerna — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Latvian: eļļas lampa — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Lithuanian: aliejinė lempa — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Macedonian: све́тало (svétalo) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Macedonian: ви́дело (vídelo) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Macedonian: ка́ндило (kándilo) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oljelampe — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oljelampe — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kole — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Persian: چراغ موشی (čerâġ-e muši) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Polish: kaganek — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Portuguese: lampião — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Portuguese: candeeiro — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Romanian: candelă — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Russian: копти́лка (koptílka) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Russian: ма́сляная ла́мпа (másljanaja lámpa) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Russian: кагане́ц (kaganéc) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Serbo-Croatian: уља̀ница — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Serbo-Croatian: uljànica — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Slovak: olejová lampa — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Slovene: oljenka — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Spanish: candil — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Spanish: lámpara de aceite — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Swedish: oljelampa — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Tajik: чароғи равғанӣ (čaroġ-i ravġani) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Turkish: kandil — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Turkish: yağ kandili — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Ottoman Turkish: قندیل (kandil) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Ottoman Turkish: سراج (sirac) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Ottoman Turkish: لامپه (lampa) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Ottoman Turkish: مصباح (mısbah) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Ukrainian: кагане́ць (kahanécʹ) — a simple vessel used to produce light
  • Ukrainian: олі́йна ла́мпа (olíjna lámpa) — a simple vessel used to produce light