"light year" meaning in English

See light year in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪt.jɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlaɪt.jɪɹ/ [General-American], /ˈläːt.jøː/ [General-South-African], /ˈlaɪt.jɜː/ (note: Wales, other regions) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-light year.wav Forms: light years [plural]
enPR: lītyîr [General-American] Head templates: {{en-noun}} light year (plural light years)
  1. (astronomy) A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (10¹⁶ metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances. Wikidata QID: Q531 Categories (topical): Astronomy, Units of measure Synonyms: lightyear, light-year Derived forms: gigalightyear, Gly, kilolightyear, kly, Kly, ly, megalightyear, Mly Translations (astronomical distance): ligjaar (Afrikaans), dritëviti (Albanian), سَنَة ضَوْئِيَّة (sana ḍawʔiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), año luz [masculine] (Aragonese), լուսատարի (lusatari) (Armenian), añu lluz [masculine] (Asturian), argi-urte (Basque), светлавы́ год (svjetlavý hod) [masculine] (Belarusian), আলোক বর্ষ (alōk borśo) (Bengali), bloavezh-gouloù (Breton), светлинна годи́на (svetlinna godína) [feminine] (Bulgarian), အလင်းနှစ် (a.lang:hnac) (Burmese), any llum [masculine] (Catalan), 光年 (kng-nî) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 光年 (gwong¹ nin⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 光年 (guāngnián) (Chinese Mandarin), světelný rok [masculine] (Czech), lysår (Danish), lichtjaar [neuter] (Dutch), lumjaro (Esperanto), valgusaasta (Estonian), ljósár [neuter] (Faroese), valovuosi (Finnish), année-lumière [feminine] (French), ano luz [masculine] (Galician), სინათლის წელიწადი (sinatlis c̣elic̣adi) (Georgian), Lichtjahr [neuter] (German), έτος φωτός (étos fotós) [neuter] (Greek), પ્રકાશવર્ષ (prakāśvarṣ) (Gujarati), שנת אור [feminine] (Hebrew), प्रकाश-वर्ष (prakāś-varṣ) (Hindi), fényév (Hungarian), ljósár (Icelandic), lumyaro (Ido), tahun cahaya (Indonesian), solasbhliain [feminine] (Irish), anno luce [masculine] (Italian), 光年 (kōnen) (alt: こうねん) (Japanese), ಜ್ಯೋತಿರ್ವರ್ಷ (jyōtirvarṣa) (Kannada), жарық жылы (jaryq jyly) (Kazakh), 광년 (gwangnyeon) (alt: 光年) (Korean), жарык жылы (jarık jılı) (Kyrgyz), ປີແສງ (pī sǣng) (Lao), spatium lucis annuae [neuter] (Latin), gaismas gads (Latvian), Leechjaor [neuter] (Limburgish), šviẽsmetis [masculine] (Lithuanian), swětłowe lěto [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), Liichtjoer [neuter] (Luxembourgish), светлосна година (svetlosna godina) [feminine] (Macedonian), tahun cahaya (Malay), sena dawl [feminine] (Maltese), гэрлийн жил (gerliin žil) (Mongolian), saletîrêj (Northern Kurdish), lysår [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), lysår [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ljosår [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wagga iffa (Oromo), سال نوری (sâl-e nuri) (Persian), rok świetlny (Polish), ano-luz [masculine] (Portuguese), achkiy wata (Quechua), an-lumină (Romanian), светово́й год (svetovój god) [masculine] (Russian), свјетлосна година [Cyrillic, Ijekavian, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), светлосна година [Cyrillic, Ekavian, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), svjetlosna godina [Ijekavian, Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), svetlosna godina [Ekavian, Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), annu luci [masculine] (Sicilian), svetelný rok [masculine] (Slovak), svetlòbno léto [neuter] (Slovene), año luz [masculine] (Spanish), mwaka wa nuru (Swahili), ljusår [neuter] (Swedish), sinag-taon (Tagalog), соли нур (sol-i nur) (Tajik), ஒளியாண்டு (oḷiyāṇṭu) (Tamil), కాంతిసంవత్సరము (kāntisaṁvatsaramu) (Telugu), ปีแสง (bpii-sɛ̌ɛng) (Thai), འོད་ལོ ('od lo) (Tibetan), ışık yılı (Turkish), ýagtylyk ýyly (Turkmen), світлови́й рік (svitlovýj rik) [masculine] (Ukrainian), نوری سال (norī sāl) (Urdu), yorugʻlik yili (Uzbek), năm ánh sáng (Vietnamese), blwyddyn golau (Welsh)
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  2. (only in plural, figurative, informal) A very long way. Tags: figuratively, informal, plural Translations (a very long way): ljósár [neuter] (Faroese), valovuosi (Finnish), fényévek [plural] (Hungarian), anni luce [masculine, plural] (Italian), svetlòbno léto [neuter] (Slovene), ljusår [neuter] (Swedish)
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  3. (only in plural, figurative, informal) A very long time. Tags: figuratively, informal, plural Categories (topical): Light
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      "word": "astronomical unit"
    },
    {
      "word": "AU"
    },
    {
      "word": "parsec"
    },
    {
      "word": "pc"
    },
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      "word": "psc"
    }
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        "English terms with quotations",
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          "text": "We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.",
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        }
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        "A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (10¹⁶ metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances."
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        [
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          "astronomy"
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          "ly"
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          "light",
          "light"
        ],
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          "Julian year",
          "Julian year"
        ]
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        "(astronomy) A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (10¹⁶ metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances."
      ],
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      ],
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        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
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        "Q531"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The marathon runner in the lead is light years ahead of the one at the back.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A very long way."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(only in plural, figurative, informal) A very long way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Some of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions were light years ahead of their time.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A very long time."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(only in plural, figurative, informal) A very long time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪt.jɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lītyîr",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪt.jɪɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈläːt.jøː/",
      "tags": [
        "General-South-African"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪt.jɜː/",
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    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lightyear"
    },
    {
      "word": "light-year"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "ligjaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "dritëviti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sana ḍawʔiyya",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سَنَة ضَوْئِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "año luz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "lusatari",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "լուսատարի"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "añu lluz"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "argi-urte"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "svjetlavý hod",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "светлавы́ год"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "alōk borśo",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "আলোক বর্ষ"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "bloavezh-gouloù"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svetlinna godína",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "светлинна годи́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.lang:hnac",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "အလင်းနှစ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "any llum"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gwong¹ nin⁴",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "光年"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "kng-nî",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "光年"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guāngnián",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "光年"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "světelný rok"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "lysår"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lichtjaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "lumjaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "valgusaasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ljósár"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "valovuosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "année-lumière"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ano luz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sinatlis c̣elic̣adi",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "სინათლის წელიწადი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lichtjahr"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "étos fotós",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "έτος φωτός"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "prakāśvarṣ",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "પ્રકાશવર્ષ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שנת אור"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "prakāś-varṣ",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "प्रकाश-वर्ष"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "fényév"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "ljósár"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "lumyaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "tahun cahaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "solasbhliain"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anno luce"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうねん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōnen",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "光年"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "jyōtirvarṣa",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "ಜ್ಯೋತಿರ್ವರ್ಷ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jaryq jyly",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "жарық жылы"
    },
    {
      "alt": "光年",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwangnyeon",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "광년"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "saletîrêj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jarık jılı",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "жарык жылы"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pī sǣng",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "ປີແສງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spatium lucis annuae"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "gaismas gads"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Leechjaor"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šviẽsmetis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Liichtjoer"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svetlosna godina",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "светлосна година"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "tahun cahaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sena dawl"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "gerliin žil",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "гэрлийн жил"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lysår"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lysår"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ljosår"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "wagga iffa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sâl-e nuri",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "سال نوری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "rok świetlny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ano-luz"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "achkiy wata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "an-lumină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svetovój god",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "светово́й год"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ijekavian",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свјетлосна година"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ekavian",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "светлосна година"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "Ijekavian",
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "svjetlosna godina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "Ekavian",
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "svetlosna godina"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "annu luci"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svetelný rok"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "svetlòbno léto"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "swětłowe lěto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "año luz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "mwaka wa nuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ljusår"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "sinag-taon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sol-i nur",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "соли нур"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "oḷiyāṇṭu",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "ஒளியாண்டு"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kāntisaṁvatsaramu",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "కాంతిసంవత్సరము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpii-sɛ̌ɛng",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "ปีแสง"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "'od lo",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "འོད་ལོ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "ışık yılı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "ýagtylyk ýyly"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svitlovýj rik",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "світлови́й рік"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "norī sāl",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "نوری سال"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "yorugʻlik yili"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "năm ánh sáng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "astronomical distance",
      "word": "blwyddyn golau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a very long way",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ljósár"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a very long way",
      "word": "valovuosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a very long way",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "fényévek"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a very long way",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "anni luce"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a very long way",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "svetlòbno léto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a very long way",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ljusår"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:light year"
  ],
  "word": "light year"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.