"neon sign" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: neon signs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} neon sign (plural neon signs)
  1. An illuminated sign constructed from fluorescent lights in the form of bent glass tubes; the different colours being obtained by adding different noble gases to the neon. Categories (topical): Light sources, Neon, Signs Translations (an illuminated sign constructed from fluorescent lights): 霓虹燈招牌 (Chinese Mandarin), 霓虹灯招牌 (níhóngdēng zhāopái) (Chinese Mandarin), valomainos (Finnish), neonreklám (Hungarian), fényreklám (Hungarian), neón [masculine] (Spanish), neonskylt [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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