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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-nightlight.ogg Forms: nightlights [plural]
Etymology: From night + light. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|night|light}} night + light Head templates: {{en-noun}} nightlight (plural nightlights)
  1. a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight Categories (topical): Light sources, Night Translations (a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight): дежурна светлина (dežurna svetlina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 夜燈 (Chinese Mandarin), 夜灯 (yèdēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 小燈 (Chinese Mandarin), 小灯 (xiǎodēng) (Chinese Mandarin), nachtlicht [neuter] (Dutch), yölamppu (Finnish), veilleuse [feminine] (French), Nachtlicht [neuter] (German), éjjeli fény (Hungarian), éjjeli lámpa (Hungarian), luce notturna [feminine] (Italian), 常夜灯 (jōyatō) (alt: じょうやとう) (Japanese), 常夜燈 (jōyatō) (alt: じょうやとう) (Japanese), 종야등 (jong'yadeung) (alt: 終夜燈) (Korean), шөнийн гэрэл (šöniin gerel) (Mongolian), lampă de veghe [feminine] (Romanian), ночни́к (nočník) [masculine] (Russian), gece lambası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-nightlight-en-noun-dcKnvIqa Disambiguation of Light sources: 72 28 Disambiguation of Night: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight': 96 4
  2. light that shines at night such as moonlight, starlight, etc. Categories (topical): Night
    Sense id: en-nightlight-en-noun-Bs~s6cFl Disambiguation of Night: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: night light Hypernyms: light

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ночни́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a small, dim light or lamp left on overnight",
      "word": "gece lambası"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nightlight"
}

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