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taillight

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

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noun

Meaning 1

One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rear light, taillamp

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tail lamp, rear light, rear lamp

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lamp

History

Etymology

From tail + light.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: задни светлини (zadni svetlini) — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Catalan: llum posterior — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尾燈 /尾灯 (wěidēng) — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Czech: koncové světlo — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Dutch: achterlicht — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Faroese: baklykt — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Finnish: perävalo — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • French: feu arrière — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • German: Rückleuchte — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • German: Rücklicht — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • German: Heckleuchte — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • German: Rückscheinwerfer — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Greek: πισινό φανάρι (pisinó fanári) — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Irish: cúlsolas — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Irish: solas deiridh — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Italian: fanalino di coda — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Japanese: テールライト (tēruraito) — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Japanese: テールランプ (tēruranpu) — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Japanese: 尾灯 (bitō) — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Korean: 미등 (mideung) — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Mongolian: арын гэрэл (aryn gerel) — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Polish: tylne światło — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Romanian: lampă spate — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Russian: за́дний фона́рь (zádnij fonárʹ) — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Spanish: luz trasera — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Spanish: calavera — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Swedish: baklyse — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Swedish: bakljus — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Swedish: baklykta — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Thai: ไฟท้าย (fai-táai) — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Turkish: stop lambası — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Turkish: arka lamba — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Vietnamese: đèn hậu — rear mounted lights on a vehicle
  • Welsh: golau ôl — rear mounted lights on a vehicle