Meaning

2 senses

  1. A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy.

  2. A real-world toy, prop, or device fashioned after the fictional lightsaber.

    Lichtschwert, Laserschwert

    светово́й мечsvetovój meč, светоша́шкаsvetošáška

    світлови́й мечsvitlovýj meč

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The lightsaber needs to be green.

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  2. Mary bought Tom a new lightsaber for his birthday.

    ruКо дню рождения Тома Мэри купила ему световой меч. — Karok

    deMaria hat Tom zum Geburtstag ein neues Lichtschwert gekauft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

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Origin

From light + saber; coined by American filmmaker and philanthropist George Lucas for the S

From light + saber; coined by American filmmaker and philanthropist George Lucas for the Star Wars film franchise. First mentioned in the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope) which was released on May 25, 1977.

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Forms

plural: lightsabers

See also

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