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streetlight

noun · 3 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɹiːt.laɪt/
  • General-American: /ˈstɹit.laɪt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area, usually urban.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • At night the streetlights of Paris are beautiful to see.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lightpole, street lamp

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The light produced by these lights.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: street lamp

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lamp

History

Etymology

From street + light.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: straatlig — a lamp set along a street
  • Arabic: مِصْبَاح الشَّارِع (miṣbāḥ aš-šāriʕ) — a lamp set along a street
  • Arabic: شبة (šabba) — a lamp set along a street
  • Azerbaijani: küçə işığı — a lamp set along a street
  • Belarusian: ву́лічны ліхта́р (vúličny lixtár) — a lamp set along a street
  • Belarusian: ву́лічнае асвятле́нне (vúličnaje asvjatljénnje) — a lamp set along a street
  • Bulgarian: у́лична ла́мпа (úlična lámpa) — a lamp set along a street
  • Bulgarian: у́лично осветле́ние (úlično osvetlénie) — a lamp set along a street
  • Bulgarian: лампио́н (lampión) — a lamp set along a street
  • Catalan: fanal — a lamp set along a street
  • Chinese Cantonese: 街燈 /街灯 — a lamp set along a street
  • Chinese Cantonese: 路燈 /路灯 — a lamp set along a street
  • Hakka Chinese: 路燈 /路灯 (lu-tên) — a lamp set along a street
  • Chinese: 路燈 /路灯 (zh-min-nan) — a lamp set along a street
  • Chinese Mandarin: 路燈 /路灯 (lùdēng) — a lamp set along a street
  • Chinese Mandarin: 街燈 /街灯 (jiēdēng) — a lamp set along a street
  • Czech: veřejné osvětlení — a lamp set along a street
  • Czech: pouliční lampa — a lamp set along a street
  • Danish: gadelygte — a lamp set along a street
  • Dutch: straatverlichting — a lamp set along a street
  • Dutch: straatlicht — a lamp set along a street
  • Esperanto: stratlanterno — a lamp set along a street
  • Estonian: tänavalamp — a lamp set along a street
  • Finnish: katuvalo — a lamp set along a street
  • Finnish: katuvalolamppu — a lamp set along a street
  • Finnish: katulamppu — a lamp set along a street
  • French: réverbère — a lamp set along a street
  • French: lampadaire — a lamp set along a street
  • Gagauz: sokak feneri — a lamp set along a street
  • German: Straßenbeleuchtung — a lamp set along a street
  • German: Straßenlaterne — a lamp set along a street
  • German: Straßenlampe — a lamp set along a street
  • Hungarian: utcalámpa — a lamp set along a street
  • Indonesian: lampu jalan — a lamp set along a street
  • Ingrian: fonari — a lamp set along a street
  • Irish: lampa sráide — a lamp set along a street
  • Italian: lampione — a lamp set along a street
  • Japanese: 街灯 (gaitō) — a lamp set along a street
  • Kazakh: көше шамдары (köşe şamdary) — a lamp set along a street
  • Korean: 가로등 (garodeung) — a lamp set along a street
  • Kyrgyz: көчө жарыгы (köcö jarıgı) — a lamp set along a street
  • Macedonian: у́лична све́тилка (úlična svétilka) — a lamp set along a street
  • Navajo: tłʼóóʼgóó dadiltłiʼígíí — a lamp set along a street
  • Norman: veue d'rue — a lamp set along a street
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gatelykt — a lamp set along a street
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gatebelysning — a lamp set along a street
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gatelys — a lamp set along a street
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gatelykt — a lamp set along a street
  • Ojibwe: waazakonenjiganaatig — a lamp set along a street
  • Persian: چراغ خیابان (čerâġ-e xiyâbân) — a lamp set along a street
  • Polish: latarnia — a lamp set along a street
  • Portuguese: iluminação pública — a lamp set along a street
  • Portuguese: luz da rua — a lamp set along a street
  • Portuguese: luz de rua — a lamp set along a street
  • Romanian: felinar — a lamp set along a street
  • Russian: у́личное освеще́ние (úličnoje osveščénije) — a lamp set along a street
  • Russian: у́личный фона́рь (úličnyj fonárʹ) — a lamp set along a street
  • Slovak: verejné osvetlenie — a lamp set along a street
  • Slovene: ulična svetilka — a lamp set along a street
  • Spanish: alumbrado público — a lamp set along a street
  • Spanish: farol — a lamp set along a street
  • Spanish: farola — a lamp set along a street
  • Spanish: poste lumínico — a lamp set along a street
  • Swedish: gatlykta — a lamp set along a street
  • Thai: เสาไฟ — a lamp set along a street
  • Turkish: sokak lambası — a lamp set along a street
  • Ottoman Turkish: فنار (fenar, fener) — a lamp set along a street
  • Ukrainian: ву́личне осві́тлення (vúlyčne osvítlennja) — a lamp set along a street
  • Ukrainian: ву́личний ліхта́р (vúlyčnyj lixtár) — a lamp set along a street
  • Vietnamese: đèn đường — a lamp set along a street
  • Welsh: golau stryd — a lamp set along a street
  • Welsh: lamp stryd — a lamp set along a street
  • Dutch: straatlicht — the light produced by these lights
  • Finnish: katuvalo — the light produced by these lights
  • Polish: światło latarni — the light produced by these lights
  • Portuguese: luz da rua — the light produced by these lights
  • Portuguese: luz de rua — the light produced by these lights
  • Swedish: gatljus — the light produced by these lights
  • Swedish: gatubelysning — the light produced by these lights