LED

light-emitting diode
light-emitting diode#English

(electronics) LED (light-emitting diode)


soleil

Inherited from Middle French soleil, from Old French soleil, from Vulgar Latin *sōliculus, diminutive of Latin sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.


chandelier

From chandelle + -ier, or from Medieval Latin candelārius. Compare Catalan candeler, Italian candelaio, Spanish candelero.


feu

→ Karipúna Creole French: djife

Inherited from Old French fu, from Latin focus (“hearth”), which in Late and Vulgar Latin replaced the Classical Latin ignis (“fire”).

Tu aurais du feu ?

(uncountable, informal) lighter, something to light a cigarette with

feux tricolores

feux de signalisation

« Si le feu est vert, je passe »
« Si le feu est rouge, je m'arrête »

1999, Patrick Lemaire, Psychologie cognitive:

‘If the light is green, I go.’
‘If the light is red, I stop.’

feux de croisement

feux de route

feux de position

feux de détresse


chandelle

Haitian Creole: chandèl

→ Norman: chandelle

Inherited from Old French chandele, chandeile, chandoile, from Latin candēla (with a change of suffix to -elle, from Latin -ella). Doublet of candela.


lumière

Inherited from Middle French lumiere f, from Old French lumiere f, from Late Latin lūmināria f (“light”), neuter plural of lūmināre n (“star”) become feminine, ultimately from Latin lūmen n. Doublet of luminaire m.
Compare Occitan lumenaria f and Italian luminaria f.


ampoule

→ English: ampoule

→ Moore: ãmpulli

→ Persian: آمپول (âmpul)

→ Turkish: ampul

→ Laz: ამფული (ampuli)


luminaire

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin lūmināre, from Latin lūmen. Doublet of lumière, which was inherited.


bougie

→ Catalan: bugia

→ Dutch: bougie

→ English: bougie

→ Greek: μπουζί (bouzí)

→ Gulay: bùjì

→ Romanian: bujie

→ Spanish: bujía

→ Turkish: buji

From Bougie, the French name for the Algerian town of Béjaïa بجاية, formerly known for exporting candle wax.
Attested 1300 for "fine candle wax", and 1493 for "candle made from such wax".


lanterne

→ Danish: lanterne

→ Dutch: lantaarn

→ Norwegian: lanterne

→ Romanian: lanternă

→ Swedish: lanterna


phare

Borrowed from Latin pharus, itself from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

“La vie en rose” est une des chansons phares d'Édith Piaf.

“La vie en rose” is one of Edith Piaf's signature songs.


phare

→ Bulgarian: фар (far)

→ English: phare

→ Khmer: ហ្វារ (faa)

→ Luxembourgish: Phar

→ Macedonian: фар (far)

→ Moore: faare

→ Romanian: far

→ Russian: фара (fara)

→ Crimean Tatar: fara

→ Turkish: far

→ Vietnamese: pha

(nautical) The set of sails on the mast.


flambeau

→ Dutch: flambouw

→ Spanish: flambó


torche

Inherited from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca, from torqua, Classical Latin torques, from the verb torqueō (“to twist; to turn”).


lampe de poche

fr-noun

lampe de poche f (plural lampes de poche)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-lampe de poche.wav


quinquet

→ Catalan: quinqué

→ Polish: kinkiet

→ Spanish: quinqué

→ Russian: кинкет (kinket)

Named after pharmacist Antoine Quinquet (1745–1803).


phare antibrouillard

fr-noun

phare antibrouillard m (plural phares antibrouillard)


luciole

Envoie toutes sortes de messages / Aux inconnus et lucioles de passage

Send all sorts of messages / To passing strangers and fireflies


candélabre

Borrowed from Latin candēlābrum, from candēla (“candle”). Doublet of chandelier.


falot

fr-adj

falot (feminine falote, masculine plural falots, feminine plural falotes)

falote (feminine)
falots (masculine plural)
falotes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Italian falò, ultimately from Ancient Greek φανός (phanós).


torchère

→ Russian: торше́р (toršér)


chimiluminescence

fr-noun

chimiluminescence f (plural chimiluminescences)


mouche à feu

mouches à feu (plural)
mouche de feu (alternative Louisiana)

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-mouche à feu.wav

Possibly a calque of English firefly, but the evidence is not clear.

(Louisiana)


lampe de bureau

lampe de bureau f (plural lampes de bureau)


mouche de feu

mouches de feu (plural)
mouche à feu (alternative)


diode électroluminescente

diode électroluminescente f (plural diodes électroluminescentes)

light-emitting diode
light-emitting diode


lampe de chevet

lampe de chevet f (plural lampes de chevet)


lampe à pétrole

lampe à pétrole f (plural lampes à pétrole)