"lamplight" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlæmplaɪt/ Forms: lamplights [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English lampe lyght, laumpe-lyth, lombe-lyȝt, equivalent to lamp + light. Compare West Frisian lampeljocht (“lamplight”), Dutch lamplicht (“lamplight”), German Lampenlicht (“lamplight”), Danish lampelys (“lamplight”), Swedish lampljus (“lamplight”), Icelandic lampaljós (“lamplight”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lampe lyght}} Middle English lampe lyght, {{m|enm|laumpe-lyth}} laumpe-lyth, {{m|enm|lombe-lyȝt}} lombe-lyȝt, {{com|en|lamp|light}} lamp + light, {{cog|fy|lampeljocht|t=lamplight}} West Frisian lampeljocht (“lamplight”), {{cog|nl|lamplicht|t=lamplight}} Dutch lamplicht (“lamplight”), {{cog|de|Lampenlicht|t=lamplight}} German Lampenlicht (“lamplight”), {{cog|da|lampelys|t=lamplight}} Danish lampelys (“lamplight”), {{cog|sv|lampljus|t=lamplight}} Swedish lampljus (“lamplight”), {{cog|is|lampaljós|t=lamplight}} Icelandic lampaljós (“lamplight”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lamplight (countable and uncountable, plural lamplights)
  1. The light emitted by a lamp. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Light sources Hypernyms: light Translations (the light emitted by a lamp): изкуствено осветление (izkustveno osvetlenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 燈光 (Chinese Mandarin), 灯光 (dēngguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), lampunvalo (Finnish), lámpafény (Hungarian), lámpavilág (Hungarian), solas lampa [masculine] (Irish), свет ла́мпы (svet lámpy) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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