"lightsaber" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /laɪt.ˈseɪ.bə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /laɪt.ˈseɪ.bɚ/ [Canada, General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lightsaber.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lightsabers [plural]
Etymology: From light + saber; coined by American filmmaker (born 1944) George Lucas for the Star Wars film franchise. First mentioned in the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope) which was released on 25 May, 1977. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|light|saber}} light + saber, {{coined|en|Q38222|nocap=1|nocat=1}} coined by American filmmaker (born 1944) George Lucas Head templates: {{en-noun}} lightsaber (plural lightsabers)
  1. (science fiction) A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Swords Translations (a fictional type of sword): سَيْف الضَّوْءِ (sayf aḍ-ḍawʔi) [masculine] (Arabic), лазерен меч (lazeren meč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), светлинен меч (svetlinen meč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), espasa de llum [feminine] (Catalan), sabre làser [masculine] (Catalan), 光劍 (Chinese Mandarin), 光剑 (guāngjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), světelný meč [masculine] (Czech), lyssværd [neuter] (Danish), lasersværd [neuter] (Danish), lichtzwaard [neuter] (Dutch), lichtsabel [masculine] (Dutch), lumglavo (Esperanto), valgusmõõk (Estonian), geislasvørð [neuter] (Faroese), valosapeli (Finnish), valomiekka (Finnish), lasermiekka (Finnish), lasersapeli (Finnish), sabre laser [masculine] (French), sabre-laser [masculine] (French), sabrolaser [masculine] (French), espada de luz [feminine] (Galician), sabre láser [masculine] (Galician), sabre de luz [masculine] (Galician), Lichtschwert [neuter] (German), Laserschwert [neuter] (German), φωτόσπαθο (fotóspatho) [neuter] (Greek), חֶרֶב אוֹר (khérev 'or) [feminine] (Hebrew), fénykard (Hungarian), lézerkard (Hungarian), geislasverð [neuter] (Icelandic), spada laser [feminine] (Italian), ライトセーバー (raitosēbā) (Japanese), 光の剣 (hikari no ken) (alt: ひかりのけん) (Japanese), 광선검 (gwangseon'geom) (Korean), 라이트세이버 (raiteuseibeo) (Korean), 광검 (gwanggeom) (Korean), gladius lūcidus [masculine] (Latin), gaismas zobens [masculine] (Latvian), pedang cahaya (Malay), bééshdíín (Navajo), lyssabel [masculine] (Norwegian), lasersverd (Norwegian Bokmål), lasersverd (Norwegian Nynorsk), شمشیر نوری (šamšir nuri) (Persian), miecz świetlny [masculine] (Polish), sabre de luz [masculine] (Portuguese), sabie laser [feminine] (Romanian), светово́й меч (svetovój meč) [masculine] (Russian), रोचसः असि (rócasaḥ así) (Sanskrit), све̏тлоснӣ ма̏ч [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), светлосна са̏бља [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), svȅtlosnī mȁč [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), svetlosna sȁblja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), svetelný meč [masculine] (Slovak), sable de luz [masculine] (Spanish), sable láser [masculine] (Spanish), espada de luz [feminine] (Spanish), espada láser [feminine] (Spanish), ljussabel [common-gender] (Swedish), ljussvärd [neuter] (Swedish), lasersvärd [neuter] (Swedish), กระบี่แสง (grà-bìi sɛ̌ɛng) (Thai), ดาบเลเซอร์ (dàap lee-səə) (Thai), ไลท์เซเบอร์ (lai-see-bəə) (Thai), ışın kılıcı (Turkish), світлови́й меч (svitlovýj meč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ליכטסייבער (likhtseyber) [feminine] (Yiddish), ליכטשווערד (likhtshverd) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-lightsaber-en-noun--9F8s1v6 Disambiguation of Swords: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 36 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction Disambiguation of 'a fictional type of sword': 60 40
  2. A real-world toy, prop, or device fashioned after the fictional lightsaber.
    Sense id: en-lightsaber-en-noun-qJbmRRKI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: light saber, lightsabre (english: Britain and elsewhere outside the US)

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          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
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          "roman": "fotóspatho",
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          "word": "φωτόσπαθο"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khérev 'or",
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          "word": "fénykard"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
          "word": "lézerkard"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
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          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
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          "roman": "raitosēbā",
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          "word": "ライトセーバー"
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          "alt": "ひかりのけん",
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          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
          "word": "光の剣"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gwangseon'geom",
          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
          "word": "광선검"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "raiteuseibeo",
          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
          "word": "라이트세이버"
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          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
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          "word": "gladius lūcidus"
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          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
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          "word": "gaismas zobens"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
          "word": "pedang cahaya"
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          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
          "word": "bééshdíín"
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          "lang": "Persian",
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          "word": "miecz świetlny"
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          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
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          "word": "svetlosna sȁblja"
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          "word": "svetelný meč"
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          "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
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      "word": "חֶרֶב אוֹר"
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      "word": "ライトセーバー"
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      "word": "光の剣"
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      "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
      "word": "광선검"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "raiteuseibeo",
      "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
      "word": "라이트세이버"
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      "word": "pedang cahaya"
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      "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
      "word": "bééshdíín"
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      "word": "lyssabel"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "šamšir nuri",
      "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
      "word": "شمشیر نوری"
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      "word": "miecz świetlny"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "светово́й меч"
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      "word": "रोचसः असि"
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      "word": "све̏тлоснӣ ма̏ч"
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    {
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "th",
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      "word": "กระบี่แสง"
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    {
      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "dàap lee-səə",
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      "word": "ดาบเลเซอร์"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lai-see-bəə",
      "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
      "word": "ไลท์เซเบอร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
      "word": "ışın kılıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svitlovýj meč",
      "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "світлови́й меч"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "likhtseyber",
      "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ליכטסייבער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "likhtshverd",
      "sense": "a fictional type of sword",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ליכטשווערד"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Star Wars"
  ],
  "word": "lightsaber"
}

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