"limelight" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Englisch]

IPA: ˈlaɪmlaɪt Audio: En-us-limelight.ogg Forms: the limelight [singular], the limelights [plural]
  1. das Rampenlicht; der Mittelpunkt des Interesses Tags: figurative
    Sense id: de-limelight-en-noun-1
  2. das Drummondsche Licht, Kalklicht
    Sense id: de-limelight-en-noun-2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: footlights, spotlight, stage Hypernyms: stage lighting Translations (das Drummondsche Licht, Kalklicht): Drummondsche Licht [neuter] (Deutsch), Kalklicht (Deutsch) Translations (das Rampenlicht; übertragen: der Mittelpunkt des Interesses): Rampenlicht (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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