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A warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating stop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We ran three red lights on the way to the hospital.
Meaning relationships
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A sign of a brothel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A denial to proceed a ruling out of any possibility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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the signal to stop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: traffic light, traffic signal, stoplight
a cautionary sign of danger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: warning light
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual signal
Narrower terms: idiot light
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
ضَوْء أَحْمَر
(ḍawʔ ʔaḥmar)
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Catalan:
llum vermell
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Chinese Cantonese:
紅燈 /红灯
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Chinese Mandarin:
紅燈 /红灯
(hóngdēng)
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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French:
feu rouge
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Georgian:
წითელი შუქი
(c̣iteli šuki)
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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German:
Rotlicht
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Hungarian:
piros fény
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Irish:
solas dearg
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Japanese:
赤信号
(akashingō)
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Korean:
적신호
(jeoksinho)
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Korean:
적색신호
(jeoksaeksinho)
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Korean:
빨간불
(ppalganbul)
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Lao:
ໄຟແດງ
(fai dǣng)
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Norwegian:
rødt lys
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Russian:
кра́сный свет
(krásnyj svet)
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Shan:
ၾႆးလႅင်
(fái lěng)
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Shan:
ၽႆးလႅင်
(phái lěng)
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Spanish:
luz roja
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Swedish:
rödljus
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Thai:
ไฟแดง
(fai-dɛɛng)
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Turkish:
kırmızı ışık
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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Vietnamese:
đèn đỏ
— a warning light, especially as a traffic signal