light
Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscureHaving light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
» Will you give me a light?
Hast du Feuer?
У тебя есть зажигалка?
У вас є запальничка?
В тебе є запальничка?
Meaning
26 sensesHaving light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.
erleuchtet, hell
све́тлыйsvétlyj, я́ркийjárkij
сві́тлийsvítlyj
Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
She had light skin.
hell
бле́дныйblédnyj, све́тлыйsvétlyj
сві́тлийsvítlyj
Served with extra milk or cream.
Do you want your coffee light or black? -I like mine light.
Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
a light load ; a lighter backpack after having removed the books ; light weapons
having little importance
Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
feathers and cork are light ; oil is lighter than water
of comparatively little physical weight or density
Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
to issue light coin
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.
Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
a light aircraft ; a light tank
Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
light infantry; a troop of light horse
characterized by or emitting light
Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
if a ship is light or partially loaded ; the light draft of a vessel, or its light displacement
Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
the light locomotives ; a locomotive may be moved light
With low viscosity.
Examples
4565 sentencesWill you give me a light?
У вас є запальничка?
ruУ тебя есть зажигалка?
deHast du Feuer?
Do you have any light beer?
У Вас є світле пиво?
ruУ Вас есть светлое пиво?
deHaben Sie helles Bier?
Turn left at the first light.
Поверни наліво на першому світлофорі.
ruПоверни налево на первом светофоре.
I didn't turn off the light.
Я не вимкнув світло.
ruЯ не погасил свет.
deIch habe das Licht nicht ausgeschaltet.
All plants need water and light.
Всім рослинам потрібна вода і світло.
ruВсем растениям нужны вода и свет.
deAlle Pflanzen brauchen Wasser und Licht.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht (“luminous, bright, light,From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht (“luminous, bright, light, clear, resplendent, renowned, beautiful”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljoacht (“light”), Dutch licht, German licht.
From Middle English liȝt, lyghte, from Old English lēht, lēoht, līht, from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz or *līhtaz (“light (in weight)”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”).
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Forms
lighter, lightestSynonyms
45 synonyms- (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent:light-colored
- (of sleep) easily disturbed:wakeful
- having relatively few calories:litelow-calcalorie-free
Antonyms
17 antonymsWord family
90 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- off the lights
- turn the lights
- on the light
- the lights on
- the lights off
- lit the candle
- the light switch
- red light
- light switch
- the light is
- light was on
- traffic light