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skylight

noun · 5 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈskaɪˌlaɪt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S K AY1 L AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oculus

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Diffuse sky radiation—solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A hole in the upper part of a lava tube, yielding a view of the lava within.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences, volcanology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A region of flat, thin ice allowing a submarine to surface.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a window in a roof to admit daylight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fanlight

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: window

History

Etymology

From sky + light.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: երդիկ (erdik) — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Bulgarian: тавански прозорец (tavanski prozorec) — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Catalan: claraboia — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Catalan: lluerna — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天窗 (tiānchuāng) — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Danish: tagvindue — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Dutch: zonnedak — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Dutch: koepel — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Finnish: kattoikkuna — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Finnish: kattokupu — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Finnish: kattovalokupu — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Finnish: valoaukko — window dome or opening in the roof
  • French: fenêtre de toit — window dome or opening in the roof
  • French: lucarne — window dome or opening in the roof
  • French: vélux — window dome or opening in the roof
  • French: verrière — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Galician: bufarda — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Galician: claraboia — window dome or opening in the roof
  • German: Dachluke — window dome or opening in the roof
  • German: Dachfenster — window dome or opening in the roof
  • German: Dachflächenfenster — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Hebrew: צֹהַר (tsohar) — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Hungarian: tetőablak — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Irish: spéirléas — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Irish: forléas — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Irish: fuinneog dhín — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Italian: lucernario — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Japanese: 天窓 (tenmado) — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Korean: 채광창 (chaegwangchang) — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Norwegian Bokmål: takvindu — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Polish: świetlik — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Portuguese: claraboia — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Romanian: lucarnă — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Romanian: luminator — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Russian: светово́й люк (svetovój ljuk) — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Scottish Gaelic: leòsan-adhair — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Serbo-Croatian: svetlarnik — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Serbo-Croatian: krovni ptozor — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Spanish: tragaluz — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Spanish: claraboya — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Spanish: celaje — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Swedish: ljusöppning — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Swedish: takfönster — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Swedish: taklucka — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Tagalog: luneto — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Turkish: aydınlık — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Ugaritic: 𐎜𐎗𐎁𐎚 (ủrbt) — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Volapük: nufalitöp — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Welsh: ffenestr do — window dome or opening in the roof
  • Finnish: auringon hajasäteily — solar radiation
  • Finnish: laavatunnelin aukko — hole in a lava tube
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