"brake light" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brake lights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brake light (plural brake lights)
  1. (transport, automotive) A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking. Categories (topical): Automotive, Transport Translations (light on the rear of a vehicle): pidurituli (Estonian), jarruvalo (Finnish), Bremslicht (German), féklámpa (Hungarian), stop [Latin-America, masculine] (Spanish), estop [Latin-America, masculine] (Spanish), luz de estop [South-America, feminine] (Spanish), luz de freno [feminine] (Spanish), bromslykta [common-gender] (Swedish), fren lambası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-brake_light-en-noun-hNXoX0VN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 52 48 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles Disambiguation of 'light on the rear of a vehicle': 63 37
  2. (transport, automotive) A light on a vehicle's instrument panel indicating a failure or malfunction of the vehicle's brake system. Categories (topical): Automotive, Transport Synonyms: stop lamp
    Sense id: en-brake_light-en-noun-lM0j07zA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 52 48 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

Inflected forms

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