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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der.

Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz

Proto-West Germanic *leuht

Old English lēoht

Middle English light

English light

Cognates

Scots licht (“light”)
Saterland Frisian Ljoacht, Lucht (“light”)
West Frisian ljocht (“light”)
Dutch licht (“light”)
German Licht (“light”)
German Low German Licht (“light”)
Limburgish Leech, Leet, Léït (“light”)
Luxembourgish Liicht (“light”)
Vilamovian łicht (“light”)
Yiddish ליכט (likht, “light”)
Danish, Norwegian Bokmål lys (“light”)
Elfdalian liuos (“light”)
Faroese, Icelandic ljós (“light”)
Norwegian Nynorsk ljos, ljus, lys (“light”)
Swedish ljus (“light”)
Latin lūx (“light”)
Russian луч (luč, “beam of light”)
Armenian լույս (luys, “light”)
Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”)
Persian (roxš).

Noun

light (countable and uncountable, plural lights)Category:English lemmas#LIGHT Category:English nouns#LIGHT Category:English uncountable nouns#LIGHT Category:English countable nouns#LIGHT Category:English countable nouns#LIGHT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#LIGHT Category:Pages with entries#LIGHT Category:Pages with 5 entries#LIGHT

(physics Category:en:Physics#LIGHT, uncountable Category:English uncountable nouns#LIGHT) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings.
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- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, […] , and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
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- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.
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- 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
  [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.
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- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  When the studio light is on, I am recording my evening show.
(by extension) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).
black light
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(by extension, less commonly) Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
- 2017, Bob Berman, Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 8-9:
  It’s everywhere. At this moment, as you sit quietly reading this book, you are awash in it. At work, it’s emanating from your electronic devices; step outside for lunch, and the sun bathes you in it. You may receive an extra dose of it when you visit your doctor, pass through security at the airport, or drive through city streets, but minuscule amounts of it are with you always. You cannot see, hear, smell, or feel it, but there is never a single second when it is not flying through your body. Too much of it will kill you, but without it you wouldn’t live a year. “Invisible light” seems like a contradiction. Like Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence,” it’s an oxymoron. We think of light, by definition, as something seen, something that enables our seeing, illuminating the darkness. Unlike dogs, who sniff in order to “get” what an object is, we depend on vision above all our other senses. We rely on light to tell us about our surroundings. But just as there are frequencies of sound audible to other animals that we cannot hear, there is a whole world of light outside our range of vision, a world that is humming with activity. Though we rarely think about this invisible world, our way of life depends on it. It’s because of invisible light that you can do things such as send a text message, use GPS to find your way to a friend’s house, listen to the radio, or microwave a frozen pizza. Invisible light shows us things we would never otherwise see, including our own skeletons and brains and the history of our universe. I was reminded of just how much we rely on invisible light, and how mysterious it remains to us, during a visit from my sister and her family. It was a lazy summer afternoon, and we were sprawled across a few couches sharing a bowl of popcorn. My niece, her shoulders crimson after a day outdoors, was chatting on her cell phone, holding up a promising finger to her mother, who was scolding her for not using sunscreen. My brother-in-law, meanwhile, was asking my opinion on an article he’d read proposing that Wi-Fi be banned in schools because of its dangers. We were all depending on invisible light (for the microwave popcorn, the cell-phone service) while being concerned that it might harm us (sunburn, mysterious Wi-Fi health threats) and confused about what to do to protect ourselves. We need it, and it surrounds us, yet we remain uneasy about living with invisible light, partly because we fear what is unknown. After all, most of us don’t know much about “all the light we cannot see.” This book aims to change that. My hope is to expose the hidden side of the spectrum, to make the invisible (at least temporarily) visible and vivid to you.
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(countable Category:English countable nouns#LIGHT) A source of illumination.
Put that light out!
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- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 1:5:
  And the light ſhineth in darkneſſe, and the darkneſſe compꝛehended it not.
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- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […] , the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
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1. A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.
  We turned off all the lights and went to sleep.
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  - 2016 August 7, Jameson Rich, “The Shirt Stays On”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 November 2022:
    The ceiling lights were off, but I knew the narrow light spilling from the lamp on my bureau would be enough for her to see the pale red marks on my chest, which had been fading for so long they had gone back to being shiny again.
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2. A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.
  To get to our house, turn right at the third light.
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(figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
Can you throw any light on this problem?
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- c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
  He shall never know / That I had any light of this from thee.
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- 1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries:
  A sudden light broke upon him and he repeated the first line with expression.
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- [1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC:
  Greatly interested in these differences—some of them so great that they led me to seek exchanges of light with Englishmen—I looked for some work that would describe and account for them with a show of completeness, and perhaps depict the process of their origin.]
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(in the plural, now rare Category:English terms with rare senses#LIGHT) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
  Now these notions are twofold, actions or habits […], which are durable lights and notions, which we may use when we will.
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- 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 164:
  "Well, there's her statement of her case, and according to her lights, it's a just one. She's got a slum-bred mind."
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A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
Picasso was one of the leading lights of the cubist movement.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “A Dream of Fair Women”, in Poems. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
  Joan of Arc, a light of ancient France
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(painting Category:en:Painting#LIGHT) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
I'm really seeing you in a different light today.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT

Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative light by many Cuban historians for years thereafter.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
- 1692–1717, Robert South, “Why Christ’s Doctrine was Rejected by the Jews”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
  Frequent consideration of a thing […] shows it in its several lights and various ways of appearance.
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- 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:
  Thy ſteddy Temper, Portius,
  Can look on Guilt, Rebellion, Fraud, and Cæſar,
  In the calm Lights of mild Philoſophy; […]
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- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
  Now if there was one thing that the animals were completely certain of, it was that they did not want Jones back. When it was put to them in this light, they had no more to say.
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A flame or something used to create fire.
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
  "There will, I expect, be many such - possibly whole cities in flames - when we consider how many folk may have dropped with lights in their hands."
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1. (slang Category:English slang#LIGHT) A cigarette lighter.
  Hey, buddy, you got a light?Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
a Bengal lightCategory:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
Hyponyms: backlight, sidelight, transom

This facade has eight south-facing lights.
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(crosswording Category:en:Crosswording#LIGHT) The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
The average length of a light on a 15×15 grid is 7 or 8.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
(informal Category:English informal terms#LIGHT) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
  The duke yet would have dark deeds darkly answered; he would never bring them to light.
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The power of perception by vision: eyesight (sightedness; vision).
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 38:10:
  My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eies, it also is gone from me.
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The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
  He seemed to find his way without his eyes; / For out o'door he went without their helps, / And, to the last, bended their light on me.
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Synonyms

(electromagnetic wave perceived by the eye): visible light
See also Thesaurus:light source

Hypernyms

(physics): electromagnetic radiation

Hyponyms

forms of illumination (sense 2)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sranan Tongo: leti
→ Gulf Arabic: ليت (lēt)
→ Farefare: laatɩ

Translations

See light/translations § Noun.

References

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Etymology 2

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#LIGHT Category:English terms derived from Middle English#LIGHT lighten, lihten, from Old English Category:English terms inherited from Old English#LIGHT Category:English terms derived from Old English#LIGHT līehtan (“to light, to shine”), from Proto-Germanic Category:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#LIGHT Category:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#LIGHT *liuhtijaną, from *leuhtą +‎ *-janą. Cognate with German leuchten (“to shine”).

Verb

light (third-person singular simple present lights, present participle lighting, simple past and past participle lit or (now uncommon) lighted or (obsolete) light)Category:English lemmas#LIGHT Category:English verbs#LIGHT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#LIGHT Category:Pages with entries#LIGHT Category:Pages with 5 entries#LIGHT

(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#LIGHT) To start (a fire).
Synonym: set

Antonyms: extinguish, put out, quench

We lit the fire to get some heat.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#LIGHT) To set fire to; to set burning.
Synonyms: ignite, kindle, conflagrate; see also Thesaurus:kindle

Antonyms: extinguish, put out, quench

She lit her last match.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
- 1627, G[eorge] H[akewill], An Apologie of the Power and Prouidence of God in the Gouernment of the World. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Iohn Lichfield and William Turner, […], →OCLC:
  if a thousand candles be all lighted from one
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(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#LIGHT) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
Synonyms: illuminate, light up; see also Thesaurus:illuminate

I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
- 19th century', Frederic Harrison, The Fortnightly Review
  One hundred years ago, to have lit this theatre as brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  The Sun has set, and Vesper, to supply / His absent beams, had lighted up the sky.
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- 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 7:
  It was lighted by a couple of windows, one of which favoured an intimate inspection of two chimney pots, and a diagonal section of the Town Hall clock.
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- 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 9:
  "Can I light you down to your cab?"
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(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#LIGHT) To become ignited; to take fire.
Synonyms: catch fire, ignite, conflagrate; see also Thesaurus:combust

This soggy match will not light.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- 1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations: Richard I and the Abbot of Boxley:
  His bishops lead him forth, and light him on.
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(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#LIGHT, pinball Category:en:Pinball#LIGHT) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
Light the extra ball by amassing 500 million points in the wizard mode.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT

Related terms

Translations

to start (a fire)

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Afrikaans: aansteek (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#LIGHT
Arabic: أَشْعَلَ (ʔašʕala)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#LIGHT, أَوْقَدَ (ʔawqada)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#LIGHT
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܲܦܹܐ (ṭāpe)Category:Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#LIGHT Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#LIGHT
Armenian: վառել (hy) (vaṙel)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#LIGHT
Basque: piztu (eu)Category:Terms with Basque translations#LIGHT, isiotuCategory:Terms with Basque translations#LIGHT
Belarusian: запа́льваць impf (zapálʹvacʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#LIGHT, запалі́ць pf (zapalícʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#LIGHT
Bulgarian: запалвам (bg) (zapalvam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT, паля (bg) (palja)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT
Burmese: မီးထွန်း (my) (mi:htwan:)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#LIGHT
Catalan: encendre (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#LIGHT
Chickasaw: ootiCategory:Terms with Chickasaw translations#LIGHT
Chinese:
Hokkien: 點火 / 点火 (tiám-hóe, tiám-hé)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#LIGHT

Mandarin: 點火 / 点火 (zh) (diǎnhuǒ)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#LIGHT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#LIGHT, 點燃 / 点燃 (zh) (diǎnrán)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#LIGHT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#LIGHT
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: upatsaCategory:Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations#LIGHT, uvuzaCategory:Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations#LIGHT (in order to cook)
Czech: zapálit (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#LIGHT
Danish: antændeCategory:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT, tænde (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT
Dutch: aansteken (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT
Esperanto: ekbruligiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#LIGHT, fajrigiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#LIGHT
Estonian: süütama (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#LIGHT, läitmaCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#LIGHT
Finnish: sytyttää (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
French: allumer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#LIGHT
Galician: prender (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#LIGHT, acender (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#LIGHT
German: anzünden (de)Category:Terms with German translations#LIGHT, anstecken (de)Category:Terms with German translations#LIGHT, anmachen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#LIGHT
Middle High German: enzündenCategory:Terms with Middle High German translations#LIGHT
Greek: ανάβω (el) (anávo)Category:Terms with Greek translations#LIGHT
Ancient Greek: ἅπτω (háptō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#LIGHT, αἴθω (aíthō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#LIGHT
Hebrew: הדליק (hidlík)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT, הצית (hitsít)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT, הבעיר (hevʾír)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT
Hindi: जलाना (hi) (jalānā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#LIGHT, प्रज्वलन (hi) (prajvalan)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#LIGHT
Hungarian: gyújt (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT, meggyújt (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT, felgyújt (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT
Icelandic: kveikja (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT
Ido: acendar (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#LIGHT
Ingrian: virittääCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#LIGHT, syttääCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#LIGHT, sytyttääCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#LIGHT
Irish: lasCategory:Terms with Irish translations#LIGHT
Italian: accendere (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#LIGHT
Japanese: 引火する (ja) (いんかする, inka-suru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#LIGHT, 点火する (ja) (てんかする, tenka-suru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#LIGHT
Khmer: អុចភ្លើង (oc pləəŋ)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#LIGHT
Korean: 불 붙이다 (bulbuchida)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT, 불 을 지르다 (bur-eul jireuda)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT, 점화(點火)하다 (jeomhwahada)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT, 인화(引火)하다 (inhwahada)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} agir vêxistinCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Northern Kurdish translations#LIGHT
Lao: ໄຕ້ (tai)Category:Terms with Lao translations#LIGHT
Latgalian: aizdegtCategory:Terms with Latgalian translations#LIGHT
Latin: accendō (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#LIGHT, incendeōCategory:Terms with Latin translations#LIGHT
Latvian: aizdedzinātCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#LIGHT, aizdegtCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#LIGHT, iedegtCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#LIGHT, uzdegtCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#LIGHT
Lithuanian: uždegtiCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#LIGHT
Malayalam: കത്തിയ്ക്കുക (kattiykkuka)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#LIGHT
Māori: raitiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#LIGHT
Mizo: hälCategory:Terms with Mizo translations#LIGHT, tialhCategory:Terms with Mizo translations#LIGHT, ṭankaiCategory:Terms with Mizo translations#LIGHT
Neapolitan: abbicciàCategory:Terms with Neapolitan translations#LIGHT
Norman: alleunmerCategory:Terms with Norman translations#LIGHT
Norwegian: tenne (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#LIGHT
Occitan: alucar (oc)Category:Terms with Occitan translations#LIGHT
Old English: ǣlanCategory:Terms with Old English translations#LIGHT
Old Galician-Portuguese: acenderCategory:Terms with Old Galician-Portuguese translations#LIGHT
Persian: افروختن (fa) (afrôxtan)Category:Terms with Persian translations#LIGHT, روشن کردن (fa) (rowšan kardan)Category:Terms with Persian translations#LIGHT, درگیرانیدن (dargirânidan)Category:Terms with Persian translations#LIGHT
Polish: rozpalić (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT, zapalić (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT
Portuguese: acender (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#LIGHT
Romanian: aprinde (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#LIGHT
Russian: зажига́ть (ru) impf (zažigátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LIGHT, заже́чь (ru) pf (zažéčʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LIGHT, разжига́ть (ru) impf (razžigátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LIGHT, разже́чь (ru) pf (razžéčʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LIGHT
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: запалитиCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHT, упалитиCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHT

Latin: zapaliti (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHT, upaliti (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHT
Slovak: zapáliťCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#LIGHT, zažaťCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#LIGHT
Slovene: prižgatiCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#LIGHT
Spanish: encender (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, acender (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT (obsolete), fogarizar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT
Swedish: tända (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHT
Tagalog: liwanag (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#LIGHT, ilawanCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#LIGHT
Telugu: అంటించు (te) (aṇṭiñcu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#LIGHT
Thai: จุด (th) (jùt)Category:Terms with Thai translations#LIGHT
Tok Pisin: laitCategory:Terms with Tok Pisin translations#LIGHT, kamapimCategory:Terms with Tok Pisin translations#LIGHT
Turkish: yakmak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#LIGHT
Ukrainian: запа́лювати impf (zapáljuvaty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#LIGHT, запали́ти pf (zapalýty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#LIGHT
Venetan: inpiẑarCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#LIGHT, inpiar (vec)Category:Terms with Venetan translations#LIGHT
Vietnamese: đốt (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT, thắp (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT, châm (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT, nhóm (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT
Walloon: esprinde (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#LIGHT, aloumer (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#LIGHT, atoker (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#LIGHT
Welsh: cynnau (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#LIGHT
Yiddish: צינדן (tsindn)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#LIGHT, אָנצינדן (ontsindn)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#LIGHT
Zazaki: wekerdenCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#LIGHT, rosn kerdenCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#LIGHT
ǃXóõ: ʘʻáaCategory:Terms with ǃXóõ translations#LIGHT

to set fire to

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Catalan: encendre (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#LIGHT
Esperanto: ekbruligiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#LIGHT
Finnish: sytyttää (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
French: allumer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#LIGHT
German: anzünden (de)Category:Terms with German translations#LIGHT
Hindi: जलाना (hi) (jalānā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#LIGHT
Hungarian: meggyújt (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT
Ingrian: virittääCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#LIGHT
Italian: dare fuoco (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#LIGHT, accendere (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#LIGHT
Old English: ǣlanCategory:Terms with Old English translations#LIGHT
Persian: افروزانیدن (fa) (afruzânidan)Category:Terms with Persian translations#LIGHT
Portuguese: acender (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#LIGHT
Spanish: encender (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, acender (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT (disused)
Swahili: kuwasha (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#LIGHT
Thai: เผา (th) (pǎo)Category:Terms with Thai translations#LIGHT
Yiddish: אונטערצינדן (untertsindn)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#LIGHT

to illuminate

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Afrikaans: skynCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#LIGHT, beligCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#LIGHT
Arabic: أَضَاءَ (ʔaḍāʔa)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#LIGHT
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܗܹܪ (baher)Category:Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#LIGHT Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#LIGHT
Armenian: լուսավորել (hy) (lusavorel)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#LIGHT
Aromanian: lunjinedzCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#LIGHT
Bangi: bambolaCategory:Terms with Bangi translations#LIGHT
Basque: argituCategory:Terms with Basque translations#LIGHT, argiztatuCategory:Terms with Basque translations#LIGHT
Bulgarian: осветявам (bg) (osvetjavam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT
Catalan: encendre (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#LIGHT, il·luminar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#LIGHT
Chinese:
Mandarin: 照明 (zh) (zhàomíng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#LIGHT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#LIGHT
Czech: osvětlitCategory:Terms with Czech translations#LIGHT, osvítitCategory:Terms with Czech translations#LIGHT
Dalmatian: luminurCategory:Terms with Dalmatian translations#LIGHT
Danish: belyseCategory:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT, oplyse (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT
Dutch: lichten (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT, bijlichten (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT
Esperanto: lumigiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#LIGHT
Finnish: valaista (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
French: allumer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#LIGHT, illuminer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#LIGHT
German: beleuchten (de)Category:Terms with German translations#LIGHT, anstrahlen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#LIGHT
Greek: φωτίζω (el) (fotízo)Category:Terms with Greek translations#LIGHT
Ancient Greek: φωτίζω (phōtízō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#LIGHT
Hebrew: האיר (he) (he'ír)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT
Hindi: प्रकाश (hi) m (prakāś)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#LIGHT, उजाला (hi) m (ujālā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#LIGHT
Hungarian: világít (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT, megvilágít (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT, bevilágít (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT, (fénnyel) eláraszt (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT (poetic)
Icelandic: lýsaCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT
Ido: lumizar (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#LIGHT
Igbo: chaCategory:Terms with Igbo translations#LIGHT
Irish: lasCategory:Terms with Irish translations#LIGHT
Italian: illuminare (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#LIGHT
Japanese: 照らす (ja) (てらす, terasu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#LIGHT
Korean: 불 켜다 (bulkyeoda)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT, 밝히다 (ko) (balkida)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT, 비추다 (ko) (bichuda)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} ron kirinCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Northern Kurdish translations#LIGHT
Latin: illuminareCategory:Terms with Latin translations#LIGHT
Latvian: apgaismotCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#LIGHT, izgaismotCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#LIGHT
Ligurian: illüminòCategory:Terms with Ligurian translations#LIGHT
Lingala: bambolaCategory:Terms with Lingala translations#LIGHT
Lithuanian: apšviestiCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#LIGHT
Malayalam: പ്രകാശിയ്ക്കുക (prakāśiykkuka)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#LIGHT
Mirandese: alhumbrarCategory:Terms with Mirandese translations#LIGHT
Mizo: ènCategory:Terms with Mizo translations#LIGHT, tiëngCategory:Terms with Mizo translations#LIGHT
Norman: alleunmerCategory:Terms with Norman translations#LIGHT
Norwegian: opplyse (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#LIGHT
Old English: līehtanCategory:Terms with Old English translations#LIGHT
Persian: افروختن (fa) (afrôxtan)Category:Terms with Persian translations#LIGHT, روشن کردن (fa) (rowšan kardan)Category:Terms with Persian translations#LIGHT
Polish: oświetlić (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT, iluminowaćCategory:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT
Portuguese: iluminar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#LIGHT
Romanian: lumina (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#LIGHT, ilumina (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#LIGHT
Russian: освеща́ть (ru) impf (osveščátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LIGHT, освети́ть (ru) pf (osvetítʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LIGHT
Serbo-Croatian: osvijetliti (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHT
Slovak: svietiťCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#LIGHT
Slovene: osvetlitiCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#LIGHT
Spanish: iluminar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, aluzar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, alumbrar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT
Swedish: belysa (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHT, lysa uppCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHT
Telugu: ప్రకాశింపజేయు (te) (prakāśimpajēyu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#LIGHT
Thai: ส่อง (th) (sɔ̀ng)Category:Terms with Thai translations#LIGHT, เรือง (th) (rʉʉang)Category:Terms with Thai translations#LIGHT
Turkish: aydınlatmak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#LIGHT
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} chiếu sáng (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Vietnamese translations#LIGHT, ^{(please verify)} rọi sángCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Vietnamese translations#LIGHT , ^{(please verify)} soi sáng (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Vietnamese translations#LIGHT
Welsh: goleuo (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#LIGHT
Zazaki: rosn kerdenCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#LIGHT, rosn kerdenCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#LIGHT

to become ignited

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Bulgarian: паля се (palja se)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT
Finnish: syttyä (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
Hindi: प्रज्वलित (hi) (prajvalit)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#LIGHT
Hungarian: meggyullad (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT, felgyullad (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT

to show the way by light

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Finnish: valaista (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
French: éclairer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#LIGHT

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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Esperanto: (to light) ^{(please verify)} eklumigiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Esperanto translations#LIGHT
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: (1,2) ^{(please verify)} myendyCategory:Terms with Paraguayan Guarani translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Paraguayan Guarani translations#LIGHT
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Hindi terms#LIGHT (jalana)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Hindi translations#LIGHT
Ido: ^{(please verify)} acendar (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Ido translations#LIGHT
Indonesian: (1) ^{(please verify)} menyalakan (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Indonesian translations#LIGHT , (2) ^{(please verify)} menerangi (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Indonesian translations#LIGHT
Interlingua: (1) ^{(please verify)} accenderCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Interlingua translations#LIGHT, (2) ^{(please verify)} illuminarCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Interlingua translations#LIGHT
Romanian: (1) ^{(please verify)} aprinde (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Romanian translations#LIGHT, (2) ^{(please verify)} ilumina (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Romanian translations#LIGHT
Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} ilawCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Tagalog translations#LIGHT

Etymology 3

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#LIGHT Category:English terms derived from Middle English#LIGHT light, liht, leoht, from Old English Category:English terms inherited from Old English#LIGHT Category:English terms derived from Old English#LIGHT lēoht (“luminous, bright, light, clear, resplendent, renowned, beautiful”), from Proto-Germanic Category:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#LIGHT Category:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#LIGHT *leuhtaz (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LIGHT *lewk- (“light”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljoacht (“light”), Dutch licht, German licht.

Adjective

light (comparative lighter, superlative lightest)Category:English lemmas#LIGHT Category:English adjectives#LIGHT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#LIGHT Category:Pages with entries#LIGHT Category:Pages with 5 entries#LIGHT

Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
- 2023 March 22, Philip Haigh, “Five configuration stages to boost Manchester rail capacity”, in RAIL, number 979, page 31:
  Historic England explained the listing: "The station's unique design employs a high level of sophistication and innovation through its use of conoid shells supported on a cruck-like frame, which not only create a dramatic aesthetic form, but endow the building with a light and spacious interior."
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
She had light skin.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
  'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the Sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
(of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
I like my coffee light.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT

Synonyms

(having light): bright, lightful
(pale in colour): pale
(coffee: served with extra milk or cream): white, with milk, with cream

Related terms

Translations

having light

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Afrikaans: lig (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#LIGHT, helder (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#LIGHT
Arabic: مُنِير (munīr)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#LIGHT
Bashkir: яҡты (yaqtı)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#LIGHT
Belarusian: све́тлы (be) (svjétly)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#LIGHT
Bengali: রওশন (bn) (roōśon)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#LIGHT
Bulgarian: све́тъл (bg) (svétǎl)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT
Chinese:
Mandarin: 明亮的 (zh) (míngliàng de)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#LIGHT, 光明的 (zh) (guāngmíng de)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#LIGHT
Czech: světlý (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#LIGHT
Danish: lys (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT, belystCategory:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT, oplyst (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT
Dutch: licht (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT, helder (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT, lichtend (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT, lichtgevend (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT, lichtend (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT
Esperanto: lumaCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#LIGHT
Finnish: valoisa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
French: lumineux (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#LIGHT, lumineuse (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#LIGHT
Galician: claro (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#LIGHT, luminoso (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#LIGHT
Georgian: ნათელი (nateli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#LIGHT
German: erleuchtet (de)Category:Terms with German translations#LIGHT, hell (de)Category:Terms with German translations#LIGHT
Greek: φωτεινός (el) (foteinós)Category:Terms with Greek translations#LIGHT
Hebrew: מואר m (mu`ár)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT, מוארת f (mu`éret)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT
Hindi: उज्ज्वलित (hi) (ujjvalit)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#LIGHT
Hungarian: világos (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT, fényes (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT
Icelandic: bjart nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT, bjartur (is) mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT, björt fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT
Japanese: 明るい (ja) (あかるい, akarui)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#LIGHT
Kaitag: ша́ла (šála)Category:Terms with Kaitag translations#LIGHT
Khmer: ពន្លឺ (km) (pʊənlɨɨ)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#LIGHT
Korean: 밝다 (ko) (bakda)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕوناک (runak)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#LIGHT

Northern Kurdish: ron (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#LIGHT, geş (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#LIGHT
Latin: clārus (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#LIGHT, lūcidusCategory:Terms with Latin translations#LIGHT
Latvian: gaišsCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#LIGHT
Lithuanian: šviesusCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#LIGHT
Macedonian: светол (svetol)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#LIGHT
Mizo: ëngCategory:Terms with Mizo translations#LIGHT
Norwegian: lyst (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#LIGHT, opplyst (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#LIGHT, belystCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#LIGHT
Old Prussian: lāuksCategory:Terms with Old Prussian translations#LIGHT
Persian: روشن (fa) (rowšan)Category:Terms with Persian translations#LIGHT
Polish: widny (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT, jasny (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT, świetlny (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT, świetlisty (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT
Portuguese: iluminado (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#LIGHT
Quechua: achikCategory:Terms with Quechua translations#LIGHT
Russian: све́тлый (ru) (svétlyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LIGHT, я́ркий (ru) (járkij)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LIGHT
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: светаоCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHT, свијетаоCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHT

Latin: svetao (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHT, svijetao (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHT
Slovak: svetlýCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#LIGHT
Slovene: svetel (sl)Category:Terms with Slovene translations#LIGHT
Spanish: luminoso (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, claro (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, lumínico (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT
Swahili: mwanga (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#LIGHT
Swedish: belyst (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHT, ljus (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHT
Tajik: равшан (ravšan‍)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#LIGHT
Telugu: కాంతి వంతము (kānti vantamu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#LIGHT
Thai: สว่าง (th) (sà-wàang)Category:Terms with Thai translations#LIGHT
Ukrainian: сві́тлий (uk) (svítlyj)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#LIGHT
Vietnamese: sáng (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT, sáng sủa (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT
Welsh: golau (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#LIGHT
Yiddish: ליכטיק (likhtik)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#LIGHT

pale in colour

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Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} lig (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Afrikaans translations#LIGHT, (pale face) ^{(please verify)} bleek gesigCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Afrikaans translations#LIGHT , (light complexion, pale skin) ^{(please verify)} blas velCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Afrikaans translations#LIGHT
Arabic: فَاتِح (fātiḥ)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#LIGHT
Armenian: բաց (hy) (bacʻ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#LIGHT
Bulgarian: светъл (bg) (svetǎl)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT
Catalan: clar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#LIGHT
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浅色 (zh) (qiǎnsè)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#LIGHT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#LIGHT
Czech: světlý (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#LIGHT
Danish: lys (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT, bleg (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT
Dutch: licht (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT
Finnish: vaalea (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
French: clair (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#LIGHT, pâle (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#LIGHT
Galician: claro (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#LIGHT, pálido (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#LIGHT
German: hell (de)Category:Terms with German translations#LIGHT
Greek: αχνός (el) (achnós)Category:Terms with Greek translations#LIGHT, ανοιχτός (el) (anoichtós)Category:Terms with Greek translations#LIGHT
Hebrew: בהיר (he) m (bahír)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT, בהירה f (behirá)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT
Hindi: हलका (hi) (halkā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#LIGHT, गोरा (hi) m (gorā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#LIGHT, गोरी (hi) f (gorī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#LIGHT
Hungarian: világos (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT, halvány (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT, halovány (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT (literary/figurative), fakó (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT
Icelandic: fölur (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT, ljós (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT
Ido: klara (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#LIGHT, desobskuraCategory:Terms with Ido translations#LIGHT
Irish: geal-Category:Terms with Irish translations#LIGHT, bán-Category:Terms with Irish translations#LIGHT, éadromCategory:Terms with Irish translations#LIGHT
Italian: ^{(please verify)} chiaro (it) m or fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Italian translations#LIGHT chiara
Korean: 창백(蒼白)하다 (ko) (changbaekhada)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT, 옅다 (ko) (yeotda)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT, 밝다 (ko) (bakda)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کاڵ (ckb) (kall)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#LIGHT

Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} geş (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Northern Kurdish translations#LIGHT, ^{(please verify)} (rengê) vebiyeCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Northern Kurdish translations#LIGHT
Latvian: gaišsCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#LIGHT
Ligurian: ciæoCategory:Terms with Ligurian translations#LIGHT
Lithuanian: šviesusCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#LIGHT
Mizo: ëngCategory:Terms with Mizo translations#LIGHT
Norwegian: lys (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#LIGHT, blek (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#LIGHT
Occitan: clar (oc)Category:Terms with Occitan translations#LIGHT
Polish: jasny (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT
Portuguese: clara (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#LIGHT, claro (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#LIGHT
Romansh: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) clerCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#LIGHT, (Sursilvan) clarCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#LIGHT
Russian: бле́дный (ru) m (blédnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LIGHT, све́тлый (ru) (svétlyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LIGHT
Slovene: svetel (sl)Category:Terms with Slovene translations#LIGHT
Spanish: claro (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, pálido (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, blanquecino (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, blanquinosoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, blanquizcoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, desblanquecidoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, blancuzco (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, desblanquiñadoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, albarizo (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, blancazoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, musha fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT (noun, woman of light-colored eyes, Peru)
Swahili: mwanga (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#LIGHT
Swedish: blek (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHT, ljus (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHT
Telugu: పాలిపోవు (te) (pālipōvu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#LIGHT
Thai: อ่อน (th) (ɔ̀ɔn)Category:Terms with Thai translations#LIGHT
Turkish: soluk (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#LIGHT, açık (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#LIGHT
Ukrainian: сві́тлий (uk) (svítlyj)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#LIGHT
Vietnamese: nhạt (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT
Volapük: klilik (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#LIGHT, paelik (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#LIGHT
Welsh: golau (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#LIGHT

coffee: served with extra milk or cream

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Catalan: tallat (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#LIGHT
Danish: med mælkCategory:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT, med flødeCategory:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT
Dutch: (only as idiom 'koffie verkeerd') verkeerd (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT
Finnish: maidolla (literally “with milk”)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT, maito-Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT (compounded: maitokahvi)
French: ^{(please verify)} au laitCategory:Terms with French translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of French translations#LIGHT
Galician: claro (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#LIGHT
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} með (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Icelandic translations#LIGHT ^{(please verify)} mjólk (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Icelandic translations#LIGHT, ^{(please verify)} hvítt (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Icelandic translations#LIGHT , ljóst n (both ^{(please verify)} hvítur (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Icelandic translations#LIGHT and ^{(please verify)} ljós (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Icelandic translations#LIGHT are always neuter because the word "coffie" is neuter)
Latvian: balta (lv) fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#LIGHT
Portuguese: pingado (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#LIGHT
Spanish: con lecheCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT
Swahili: mwanga (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#LIGHT
Swedish: med grädde (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHT, med mjölk (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHT
Telugu: లైట్ (laiṭ)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#LIGHT
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} nhẹ (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Vietnamese translations#LIGHT, (extra milk) ^{(please verify)} nhiều sữaCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Vietnamese translations#LIGHT , (extra cream) ^{(please verify)} nhiều kemCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Vietnamese translations#LIGHT

Etymology 4

Cognates

Cognate with Dutch licht (“light (not heavy)”), German leicht (“light (not heavy)”), Luxembourgish liicht (“lightweight”), Vilamovian łajcht (“easy”), Yiddish לײַכט (laykht, “light (of low weight)”), Danish let (“light (not heavy)”), Faroese lættur (“light (of weight); easy (to do)”), Icelandic léttur (“light (not weighing much); easy”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk lett (“light (not heavy); easy”), Swedish lätt (“light; of low weight”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (leihts, “light (in weight)”); also Irish léim (“jump, leap; obstacle to be jumped; chasm, promontory”), Scottish Gaelic leum, lèim (“bound, frisk, leap; jump”), Welsh llai (“smaller; fewer, less”), Latin levis (“light (not heavy)”), Greek ελαφρός (elafrós, “lightweight; slight, thin, weak”), Albanian lehtë (“lightweight; easy”), Lithuanian lengvas (“light (not heavy); easy”), Belarusian лёгкі (ljóhki, “light (not heavy); easy”), Bulgarian and Macedonian лек (lek, “light (not heavy)”), Czech lehký (“light (of low weight); easy”), Polish lekki, lętki (“light (having little physical weight); easy (not demanding much effort; not difficult)”), Russian лёгкий (ljóxkij, “lightweight; easy”), Serbo-Croatian ла̏к, ла̏ган, lȁk, lȁgan (“easy; light (not heavy)”), Slovak ľahký (“light (of low weight); easy”), Slovene lahek (“light (of low weight); easy”), Ukrainian легки́й (lehkýj, “lightweight”), Armenian լանջ (lanǰ), լանջք (lanǰkʻ, “breast; mountain slope”), Persian (lâġar, “lithe; skinny; slender; thin”), Tocharian B lankᵤtse (“light (not heavy)”), Sanskrit लघु (laghu), रघु (raghu, “easy, light, not heavy or difficult”).

Adjective

light (comparative lighter, superlative lightest)Category:English lemmas#LIGHT Category:English adjectives#LIGHT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#LIGHT Category:Pages with entries#LIGHT Category:Pages with 5 entries#LIGHT

Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
a light load ; a lighter backpack after having removed the books ; light weapons
Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
- 1712 September 1 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, August 21, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 463; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
  These weights did not exert their natural gravity […] insomuch that I could not guess which was light or heavy whilst I held them in my hand.
  The spelling has been modernized.
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Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
feathers and cork are light ; oil is lighter than waterCategory:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
to issue light coinCategory:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.
1. Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
2. Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
  a light aircraft ; a light tankCategory:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
3. (military Category:en:Military#LIGHT) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
  light infantry; a troop of light horseCategory:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
4. (nautical Category:en:Nautical#LIGHT, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
  if a ship is light or partially loaded ; the light draft of a vessel, or its light displacementCategory:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
5. (rail transport Category:en:Rail transportation#LIGHT, of a locomotive or consist of locomotives) Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
  the light locomotives ; a locomotive may be moved lightCategory:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
  - 1951 January, R. A. H. Weight, “A Railway Recorder in Essex and Hertfordshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 44:
    On that August Thursday afternoon, there was little freight traffic; a large "K3" Mogul went down with a short, fast goods, and a W.D. 2-8-0 proceeded northward light.
    Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
6. With low viscosity.
(cooking Category:en:Cooking#LIGHT) Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
a light bread ; sponge cake is a light cakeCategory:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
This light beer still gets you drunk if you have enough of it.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
a light drizzle//a light rain was falling//a light snow set inCategory:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
Gentle; having little force or momentum.
This artist clearly had a light, flowing touch.
Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
Easy to endure or perform.
light duties around the houseCategory:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
- 1697, Virgil, “Palamon and Arcite”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
I made some light comment, and we moved on.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
  He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider.
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
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(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#LIGHT) Unchaste, wanton.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  Long after lay he musing at her mood, / Much grieu'd to thinke that gentle Dame so light, / For whose defence he was to shed his blood.
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
  So do not you; for you are a light girl.
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
  A light wife doth make a heavy husband.
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Marriage and Single Life”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
  Unmarried men are best friends, best masters […] but not always best subjects, for they are light to run away.
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
Fast; nimble.
(dated Category:English dated terms#LIGHT) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
a light, vain person; a light mind
- 1633, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious:
  There is no greater argument of a light and inconsiderate person than profanely to scoff at religion.
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
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Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
Ogden Nash was a writer of light verse.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
  Seneca can not be too heavy, nor Plautus too light.
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
- 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Old News:
  specimens of New England humour laboriously light and lamentably mirthful
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Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
  Are his wits safe? Is he not light of brain?
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
Easily interrupted by stimulation.
light sleep; light anesthesia
Cheerful.
- 1980, “ア・グッド・デイ [A Good Day]”, Yoko Narahashi (lyrics), Yukihide Takekawa (music), performed by Godiego:
  I wish you a good day, and you'll find a way
  To make your spirits light & gay
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT

Synonyms

(of little weight): unheavy
(lightly-built): lightweight
(low in fat, calories, etc): lite, lo-cal (low in calories), low-alcohol (low in alcohol)
(having little force or momentum): soft, gentle, delicate
(that moves fast): rapid, nimble
(having little value or significance): inconsequential, trivial, unimportant

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “of little weight”): heavy, weighty, burdensome
(antonym(s) of “lightly-built”): cumbersome, heavyweight, massive
(antonym(s) of “low in fat, calories, etc”): calorific (high in calories), fatty (high in fat), strong (high in alcohol)
(antonym(s) of “having little force or momentum”): forceful, heavy, strong
(antonym(s) of “having little value or significance”): crucial, important, weighty

Derived terms

Translations

of low weight

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Abkhaz: алас (alas)Category:Terms with Abkhaz translations#LIGHT
Ahom: 𑜉𑜨𑜧 (mow)Category:Terms with Ahom translations#LIGHT
Arabic: خَفِيف (ḵafīf)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#LIGHT
Moroccan Arabic: خفيف (ḵfīf)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#LIGHT

South Levantine Arabic: خفيف (ḵafīf)Category:Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations#LIGHT
Aragonese: lixeroCategory:Terms with Aragonese translations#LIGHT
Armenian: թեթև (hy) (tʻetʻew)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#LIGHT
Aromanian: lishorCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#LIGHT, licshorCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#LIGHT, ljiushorCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#LIGHT
Assamese: পাতল (patol)Category:Terms with Assamese translations#LIGHT
Asturian: llivianuCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#LIGHT
Avar: тӏадагьаб (tʼadahab)Category:Terms with Avar translations#LIGHT
Azerbaijani: yüngül (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#LIGHT
Belarusian: лёгкі (be) (ljóhki)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#LIGHT
Breton: skañv (br)Category:Terms with Breton translations#LIGHT
Bulgarian: лек (bg) (lek)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT
Catalan: lleuger (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#LIGHT
Cebuano: gaanCategory:Terms with Cebuano translations#LIGHT
Central Bikol: magianCategory:Terms with Central Bikol translations#LIGHT
Chechen: дай (daj)Category:Terms with Chechen translations#LIGHT
Chepang: खुय्‍ङःमैCategory:Terms with Chepang translations#LIGHT
Chinese:
Cantonese: 輕 / 轻 (heng¹)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#LIGHT

Mandarin: 輕 / 轻 (zh) (qīng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#LIGHT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#LIGHT
Chinook Jargon: wik-tʰilCategory:Terms with Chinook Jargon translations#LIGHT
Cornish: skavCategory:Terms with Cornish translations#LIGHT
Czech: lehký (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#LIGHT
Danish: let (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT
Dutch: licht (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT
Esperanto: malpeza (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#LIGHT, leĝeraCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#LIGHT
Evenki: энимкун (əņimkun)Category:Terms with Evenki translations#LIGHT
Faroese: lætturCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#LIGHT
Finnish: kevyt (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
French: léger (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#LIGHT
Friulian: lizêrCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#LIGHT
Galician: liviánCategory:Terms with Galician translations#LIGHT, lixeiro (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#LIGHT
Georgian: მსუბუქი (ka) (msubuki)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#LIGHT, მჩატე (mčaṭe)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#LIGHT
German: leicht (de)Category:Terms with German translations#LIGHT
Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (leihts)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#LIGHT
Greek: αβαρής (el) (avarís)Category:Terms with Greek translations#LIGHT, ελαφρός (el) (elafrós)Category:Terms with Greek translations#LIGHT, ελαφρύς (el) (elafrýs)Category:Terms with Greek translations#LIGHT
Ancient Greek: ἐλαφρός (elaphrós)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#LIGHT, κοῦφος (koûphos)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#LIGHT, ἀβαρής (abarḗs)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#LIGHT
Hawaiian: māmāCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#LIGHT
Hebrew: קל (he) m (kál)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT, קלה (he) f (kaláh)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT
Hindi: हलका (hi) (halkā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#LIGHT
Hmong:
White Hmong: sibCategory:Terms with White Hmong translations#LIGHT
Hungarian: könnyű (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT
Icelandic: léttur (is) mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT, létt f or nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT
Ido: lejera (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#LIGHT
Ilocano: nalag-anCategory:Terms with Ilocano translations#LIGHT
Indonesian: ringan (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#LIGHT
Ingush: дай (daj)Category:Terms with Ingush translations#LIGHT, атта (atta)Category:Terms with Ingush translations#LIGHT
Isan: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Isan#LIGHT
Italian: leggero (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#LIGHT
Iu Mien: hengCategory:Terms with Iu Mien translations#LIGHT
Japanese: 軽い (ja) (かるい, karui)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#LIGHT
Javanese: ènthèng (jv)Category:Terms with Javanese translations#LIGHT
Kabuverdianu: lébiCategory:Terms with Kabuverdianu translations#LIGHT
Kaitag: кук (kuk)Category:Terms with Kaitag translations#LIGHT
Kazakh: жеңіл (jeñıl)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#LIGHT
Khmer: ស្រាល (km) (sraal)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#LIGHT
Korean: 가볍다 (ko) (gabyeopda)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT, 경량(輕量)의 (gyeongnyan-g'ui)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سووک (sûk)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#LIGHT

Northern Kurdish: sivik (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#LIGHT
Ladin: lesierCategory:Terms with Ladin translations#LIGHT
Lao: ຍ່ອງ (nyǭng)Category:Terms with Lao translations#LIGHT, ເບົາ (bao)Category:Terms with Lao translations#LIGHT
Latin: levis (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#LIGHT
Latvian: vieglsCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#LIGHT
Lezgi: кьезил (q̇ezil)Category:Terms with Lezgi translations#LIGHT
Lithuanian: lengvas (lt)Category:Terms with Lithuanian translations#LIGHT
Lombard: leggerCategory:Terms with Lombard translations#LIGHT
Lü: ᦢᧁ (ḃaw)Category:Terms with Lü translations#LIGHT
Macedonian: лесен (lesen)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#LIGHT
Malay: ringan (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#LIGHT
Maltese: ħafif (mt)Category:Terms with Maltese translations#LIGHT
Māori: māmāCategory:Terms with Māori translations#LIGHT
Mizo: zängCategory:Terms with Mizo translations#LIGHT
Mongolian: хөнгөн (mn) (xöngön)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#LIGHT
Muong: nhẽlCategory:Terms with Muong translations#LIGHT
Nanai: хэню (henju)Category:Terms with Nanai translations#LIGHT
Norman: ligiCategory:Terms with Norman translations#LIGHT
Norwegian: lett (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#LIGHT
Nuosu: ꀁꇖ (ix ly)Category:Terms with Nuosu translations#LIGHT
Occitan: leugièr (oc)Category:Terms with Occitan translations#LIGHT
Old Church Slavonic: льгъкъ (lĭgŭkŭ)Category:Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations#LIGHT
Old Prussian: lāngus mCategory:Terms with Old Prussian translations#LIGHT
Old Tupi: bebuîCategory:Terms with Old Tupi translations#LIGHT
Ossetian: рог (rog)Category:Terms with Ossetian translations#LIGHT
Pacoh: nghialCategory:Terms with Pacoh translations#LIGHT
Papiamentu: lihéCategory:Terms with Papiamentu translations#LIGHT
Persian: سَبُک (fa) (sabok)Category:Terms with Persian translations#LIGHT
Polish: lekki (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT
Portuguese: leve (pt) m or fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#LIGHT
Quechua: chhallaCategory:Terms with Quechua translations#LIGHT
Rarotongan: māmāCategory:Terms with Rarotongan translations#LIGHT
Romanian: ușor (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#LIGHT
Romansh: levCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#LIGHT, ligerCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#LIGHT
Russian: лёгкий (ru) (ljóxkij)Category:Terms with Russian translations#LIGHT
Rwanda-Rundi: huhwaCategory:Terms with Rwanda-Rundi translations#LIGHT
Samoan: māmāCategory:Terms with Samoan translations#LIGHT
Sanskrit: लघु (sa) (laghu)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#LIGHT
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лакCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHT

Latin: lak (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#LIGHT
Shan: မဝ် (shn) (mǎo)Category:Terms with Shan translations#LIGHT
Sicilian: liggeru (scn)Category:Terms with Sicilian translations#LIGHT
Slovak: ľahkýCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#LIGHT
Slovene: láhek (sl)Category:Terms with Slovene translations#LIGHT
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: lažkiCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#LIGHT
Spanish: ligero (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, liviano (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT (formal)
Swahili: epesiCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#LIGHT
Swedish: lätt (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHT
Tagalog: magaanCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#LIGHT
Tahitian: māmāCategory:Terms with Tahitian translations#LIGHT
Tày: bâuCategory:Terms with Tày translations#LIGHT, bauCategory:Terms with Tày translations#LIGHT, nẩưCategory:Terms with Tày translations#LIGHT
Telugu: తేలిక (te) (tēlika)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#LIGHT
Thai: เบา (th) (bao)Category:Terms with Thai translations#LIGHT
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Northern Thai#LIGHT
Tibetan: ཡང་པོ (yang po)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#LIGHT
Tocharian B: lankᵤtseCategory:Terms with Tocharian B translations#LIGHT
Turkish: yeğni (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#LIGHT, hafif (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#LIGHT
Ottoman Turkish: خفیف (hafif)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#LIGHT
Tuvan: чиик (çiik)Category:Terms with Tuvan translations#LIGHT
Ukrainian: ле́гкий (léhkyj)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#LIGHT
Uzbek: yengil (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#LIGHT
Venetan: lesiéroCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#LIGHT, ƚixièroCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#LIGHT, lixieroCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#LIGHT, liđier (vec)Category:Terms with Venetan translations#LIGHT
Vietnamese: nhẹ (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT, nhẹ nhàng (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT
Welsh: ysgafn (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#LIGHT
Yakut: чэпчэки (čepčeki)Category:Terms with Yakut translations#LIGHT
Yiddish: לײַכט (laykht)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#LIGHT
Zazaki: senıkCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#LIGHT
Zhuang: mbaeuCategory:Terms with Zhuang translations#LIGHT

lightly-built

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Finnish: kevyt (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT, kevytrakenteinenCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
French: léger (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#LIGHT
Hebrew: קל (he) m (kál)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT
Hungarian: könnyű (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT
Norman: ligiCategory:Terms with Norman translations#LIGHT
Polish: lekki (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT
Swahili: mwanga (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#LIGHT
Telugu: తేలికైన నిర్మాణము (tēlikaina nirmāṇamu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#LIGHT
Vietnamese: nhẹ (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT, (indicates speed due to lightness) nhanh nhẹn (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT

having little force or momentum

easy to endure or perform

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Bulgarian: лесен (bg) (lesen)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT
Esperanto: leĝeraCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#LIGHT
Finnish: kevyt (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
Hungarian: könnyű (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT
Yiddish: לײַכט (laykht)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#LIGHT

low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.

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Catalan: lleuger (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#LIGHT, light (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#LIGHT
Czech: dietníCategory:Terms with Czech translations#LIGHT
Danish: kalorieletCategory:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT
Dutch: licht (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT
Finnish: (in compounds) kevyt- (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
French: léger (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#LIGHT
German: leicht (de)Category:Terms with German translations#LIGHT
Hawaiian: māmāCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#LIGHT
Hebrew: דיאטתי m (diatéti)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT, דיאטתית f (diatétit)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT, קל (he) m (kál)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT, קלה (he) f (kaláh)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#LIGHT
Hungarian: könnyű (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT (low-calorie or easily digestable foods), könnyed (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT (low-calorie or easily digestable foods), light (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT (in marketing), lájtosCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT (slang)
Icelandic: fitulítill mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT, fituskertur mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT, fitusnauður mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#LIGHT
Italian: ^{(please verify)} leggero (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Italian translations#LIGHT, ^{(please verify)} leggera (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Italian translations#LIGHT
Korean: (prefix) 저(低)하다 (jeohada)Category:Terms with Korean translations#LIGHT
Norman: ligiCategory:Terms with Norman translations#LIGHT
Norwegian: lett (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#LIGHT-
Persian: سبک (fa) (sabok)Category:Terms with Persian translations#LIGHT
Polish: lekki (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT, lekkostrawny (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT
Portuguese: light (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#LIGHT, leve (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#LIGHT
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: lažkiCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#LIGHT
Spanish: ligero (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, light (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT
Swahili: mwanga (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#LIGHT
Swedish: lätt (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#LIGHT-
Turkish: hafif (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#LIGHT
Vietnamese: (low in alcohol) nhẹ (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT
Welsh: ysgafn (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#LIGHT

of little significance

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Bulgarian: незначителен (bg) (neznačitelen)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT
Danish: banalCategory:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT, triviel (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#LIGHT
Dutch: onbelangrijk (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT, triviaal (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#LIGHT
Finnish: kevyt (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
French: léger (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#LIGHT, sans importanceCategory:Terms with French translations#LIGHT
Hungarian: apró (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT, kis (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT
Norwegian: banal (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#LIGHT, enkel (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#LIGHT
Polish: błahy (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#LIGHT
Portuguese: banal (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#LIGHT
Swahili: mwanga (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#LIGHT
Telugu: స్వల్ప సంకేతం (svalpa saṅkētaṁ)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#LIGHT
Vietnamese: tầm thường (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#LIGHT
Welsh: disylw (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#LIGHT, dibwys (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#LIGHT, ysgafn (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#LIGHT

of a locomotive: travelling with no carriages

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unchaste, wanton

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Finnish: kevytmielinen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT

not heavily armed

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Finnish: kevyt (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
Hungarian: könnyű (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#LIGHT

not encumbered; unembarrassed

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Finnish: huoleton (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT, kevytmielinen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT

easily influenced by trifling considerations

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Bulgarian: лекомислен (bg) (lekomislen)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT
Finnish: pinnallinen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT

lacking dignity or solemnity

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Bulgarian: несериозен (bg) (neseriozen)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT
Finnish: kevytmielinen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT
Spanish: ligero (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT, liviano (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#LIGHT

not quite sound or normal

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Finnish: sekaisin (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT

not of the legal weight

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Finnish: kevyt (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT

easily interrupted

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Finnish: kevyt (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT

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Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} vevúi (gn)Category:Terms with Paraguayan Guarani translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Paraguayan Guarani translations#LIGHT
Ido: ^{(please verify)} lejera (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Ido translations#LIGHT
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} ringan (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Indonesian translations#LIGHT
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} leveCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Interlingua translations#LIGHT, ^{(please verify)} legierCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Interlingua translations#LIGHT
Javanese: ^{(please verify)} entengCategory:Terms with Javanese translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Javanese translations#LIGHT
Lithuanian: (1) ^{(please verify)} lengvas (lt) mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Lithuanian translations#LIGHT, (2) ^{(please verify)} šviesus mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Lithuanian translations#LIGHT
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} ușor (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Romanian translations#LIGHT, ^{(please verify)} ușoară (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#LIGHT Category:Requests for review of Romanian translations#LIGHT

Adverb

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light (L333822)

light (comparative lighter, superlative lightest)Category:English lemmas#LIGHT Category:English adverbs#LIGHT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#LIGHT Category:Pages with entries#LIGHT Category:Pages with 5 entries#LIGHT

Carrying little.
I prefer to travel light.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT

Derived terms

travel light

Related terms

Translations

carrying little

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Bulgarian: леко (bg) (leko)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT
Finnish: kevyesti (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT

Noun

light (plural lights)Category:English lemmas#LIGHT Category:English nouns#LIGHT Category:English countable nouns#LIGHT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#LIGHT Category:Pages with entries#LIGHT Category:Pages with 5 entries#LIGHT

(curling Category:en:Curling#LIGHT) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
See lights (“lungs”).
(Australia Category:Australian English#LIGHT, uncountable Category:English uncountable nouns#LIGHT) A low-alcohol lager.
- 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 117:
  We crossed to the pub on the corner of Carlisle Street and I ordered two schooners of old for him and one of light for me.
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(military Category:en:Military#LIGHT, historical Category:English terms with historical senses#LIGHT) A member of the light cavalry.

Verb

light (third-person singular simple present lights, present participle lighting, simple past and past participle lighted)Category:English lemmas#LIGHT Category:English verbs#LIGHT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#LIGHT Category:Pages with entries#LIGHT Category:Pages with 5 entries#LIGHT

(nautical Category:en:Nautical#LIGHT) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  His mailèd habergeon she did undight, / And from his head his heavy burgonet did light.
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(by extension) To leave; to depart.

Derived terms

Translations

to unload a ship

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to ease of a burden

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Bulgarian: облекчавам (bg) (oblekčavam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#LIGHT
Finnish: keventää (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#LIGHT

Etymology 5

Verb

light (third-person singular simple present lights, present participle lighting, simple past and past participle lit or lighted or (obsolete) light)Category:English lemmas#LIGHT Category:English verbs#LIGHT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#LIGHT Category:Pages with entries#LIGHT Category:Pages with 5 entries#LIGHT

To find by chance.
I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.Category:English terms with usage examples#LIGHT
To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- 1903 July, Jack London, “Into the Primitive”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 34:
  "Sacredam!" he cried, when his eyes lit upon Buck. "Dat one dam bully dog! Eh? How moch?"
  Category:English terms with quotations#LIGHT
(archaic Category:English terms with archaic senses#LIGHT) To alight; to land or come down.
She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.
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- 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, pages 356–357:
  [W]e knew not what Courſe to take, but the Creatures [wolves] reſolv'd us ſoon, for they gather'd about us preſently, in Hopes of Prey, […] I drew my little Troop in among thoſe Trees, and placing our ſelves in a Line, behind one long Tree, I advis'd them all to light, and keeping that Tree before us, for a Breaſt-Work, to ſtand in a Triangle, or three Fronts, encloſing our Horſes in the Center.
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- 1769, Benjamin Blayney (Ed.), King James Bible (Genesis 24:64)
  And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
- 1885, Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman:
  Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a few feet before settling down.
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- 1957, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), The Cat in the Hat
  And our fish came down, too. He fell into a pot! He said, "Do I like this? Oh, no! I do not. This is not a good game," Said our fish as he lit.
- 1977 December 31, Lisa Nussbaum, “Jacqui Mac: Bringing Her Dreams Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 10:
  One cannot help but notice a teasingly elusive air about her, as if she were a butterfly that refused to light and fluttered just out of reach of its would-be captor.
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Synonyms

(find by chance): chance upon, come upon, find, happen upon, hit upon
(alight): alight, land

Derived terms

Translations

Category:English irregular verbs#LIGHT Category:en:Energy#LIGHT Category:en:Light sources#LIGHT

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Category:French terms borrowed from English#LIGHT Category:French terms derived from English#LIGHT light.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lajt/Category:French 1-syllable words#LIGHT Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation#LIGHT
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
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Adjective

light (invariable)Category:French lemmas#LIGHT Category:French adjectives#LIGHT Category:French entries with incorrect language header#LIGHT Category:Pages with entries#LIGHT Category:Pages with 5 entries#LIGHT

light, slight
(of food) diet, low-fat, fat-free, light

Middle English

Alternative forms

lighte, lyght, lyghte, liȝt, liȝte, lyȝt, lyȝte, lijȝt, liȝht, lyȝht, lyȝhte, liȝth, lyȝth, ligt, lygtte, ligth, liht, lihte, lyht, lyhte, lith, lithe, lyth, lythe, litht, lite, lyte, lit, lytte, lichte, lict, licth, liste, leoht, leocht, loht

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der.

Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz

Proto-West Germanic *leuht

Old English lēoht

Middle English light

Pronunciation

Noun

lightCategory:Middle English lemmas#LIGHT Category:Middle English nouns#LIGHT Category:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#LIGHT Category:Pages with entries#LIGHT Category:Pages with 5 entries#LIGHT (plural lightes)

The radiation which allows for vision by brightening objects and colours.
Illumination in general, or any source thereof.
The metaphorical clarity resulting from philosophical or religious ideals such as truth, wisdom, righteousness, etc.
Mental or spiritual acuity; the presence of life in a living being.
(chemistry Category:enm:Chemistry#LIGHT) The property of lustre; how shiny a substance is.
(religion Category:enm:Religion#LIGHT) Heavenly radiance; glory
(architecture Category:enm:Architecture#LIGHT) an opening in a wall allowing for the transmission of light; a window.
The sense of sight.
The state of being easily seen.

Descendants

English: light
Geordie: leet
Scots: licht
Yola: lhygt, ligt

References

“light, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 April 2018.

Category:enm:Light#LIGHT Category:enm:Light sources#LIGHT Category:enm:Vision#LIGHT

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Category:Portuguese terms borrowed from English#LIGHT Category:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English#LIGHT Category:Portuguese terms derived from English#LIGHT light. Doublet of leve, léu, and ligeiroCategory:Portuguese doublets#LIGHT.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaj.t͡ʃi/ [ˈlaɪ̯.t͡ʃi], (careful pronunciation) /ˈlajt/ [ˈlaɪ̯t]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#LIGHTCategory:Portuguese 1-syllable words#LIGHTCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#LIGHT
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaj.te/ [ˈlaɪ̯.te], (careful pronunciation) /ˈlajt/ [ˈlaɪ̯t]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#LIGHT Category:Portuguese 1-syllable words#LIGHT Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#LIGHT

Adjective

light (invariable)Category:Portuguese lemmas#LIGHT Category:Portuguese adjectives#LIGHT Category:Portuguese indeclinable adjectives#LIGHT Category:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#LIGHT Category:Pages with entries#LIGHT Category:Pages with 5 entries#LIGHT

(of food) light (low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt or other undesirable substances)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Category:Spanish terms borrowed from English#LIGHT Category:Spanish unadapted borrowings from English#LIGHT Category:Spanish terms derived from English#LIGHT light.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlait/ [ˈlai̯t̪]Category:Spanish 1-syllable words#LIGHT Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#LIGHT
Rhymes: -ait Category:Rhymes:Spanish/ait#LIGHT Category:Rhymes:Spanish/ait/1 syllable#LIGHT

IPA^(key): /ˈlai/ [ˈlai̯] (colloquial)Category:Spanish 1-syllable words#LIGHT Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#LIGHT
Rhymes: -ai Category:Rhymes:Spanish/ai#LIGHT Category:Rhymes:Spanish/ai/1 syllable#LIGHT

Adjective

light (invariable)Category:Spanish lemmas#LIGHT Category:Spanish adjectives#LIGHT Category:Spanish indeclinable adjectives#LIGHT Category:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#LIGHT Category:Pages with entries#LIGHT Category:Pages with 5 entries#LIGHT

light (low in fat, calories, salt, alcohol, etc.)
(of cigarettes) light (low in tar, nicotine and other noxious chemicals)
(by extension) Lacking substance or seriousness; lite

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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