"starlight" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɑː(ɹ)laɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-starlight.wav [Southern-England] Forms: starlights [plural]
Etymology: star + light Etymology templates: {{compound|en|star|light}} star + light Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} starlight (usually uncountable, plural starlights)
  1. Light emitted from stars other than the Sun. Wikipedia link: starlight Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Light Derived forms: starlight blue, starlight problem, starlight tour, starlit Translations (light emitted from stars other than the Sun): звездна светлина (zvezdna svetlina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), celístia [feminine] (Catalan), 星光 (xīngguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), སྐར་མའི་འོད (skar ma'i 'od) (Dzongkha), stellumo (Esperanto), tähtien valo (Finnish), tähtivalo (Finnish), lumière des étoiles [feminine] (French), lumière d’étoile [feminine] (French), Sternenlicht [neuter] (German), csillagfény (Hungarian), Sternelicht [neuter] (Hunsrik), sinar bintang (Indonesian), 星の光 (hoshi no hikari) (alt: ほしのひかり) (Japanese), 星明かり (hoshiakari) (alt: ほしあかり) (Japanese), ពន្លឺផ្កាយ (pɔɔnlɨɨphkaay) (Khmer), តារារស្មី (taariəsməy) (Khmer), 별빛 (byeolbit) (Korean), lūx stēllāris [feminine] (Latin), lūx stēllārum [feminine] (Latin), soilshey rollageagh [masculine] (Manx), światło gwiazd [neuter] (Polish), luz das estrelas [feminine] (Portuguese), звёздный свет (zvjózdnyj svet) [masculine] (Russian), свет звёзд (svet zvjozd) [masculine] (Russian), แสงดาว (Thai), སྐར་མའི་འོད (skar ma'i 'od) (Tibetan), ánh sao (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "light emitted from stars other than the Sun",
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      "sense": "light emitted from stars other than the Sun",
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      "sense": "light emitted from stars other than the Sun",
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      "sense": "light emitted from stars other than the Sun",
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      "sense": "light emitted from stars other than the Sun",
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      "sense": "light emitted from stars other than the Sun",
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "light emitted from stars other than the Sun",
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      "word": "свет звёзд"
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "light emitted from stars other than the Sun",
      "word": "แสงดาว"
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    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "skar ma'i 'od",
      "sense": "light emitted from stars other than the Sun",
      "word": "སྐར་མའི་འོད"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "light emitted from stars other than the Sun",
      "word": "ánh sao"
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  ],
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