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light noun

  /laɪt/ , /lʌɪt/ , [ɫɐɪ̯ʔ]
  • (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
  • A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
 lux, lumen
  • A flame or something used to create fire.
 lumen, lux
  • (countable) A source of illumination.
 lūcerna, lūmen, lux, lumen
  • (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.
 lūmen, lūx, lux, lumen

light adjective

  /laɪt/ , /lʌɪt/ , [ɫɐɪ̯ʔ]
  • (nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
  • Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
 levis

light adjective

  /laɪt/ , /lʌɪt/ , [ɫɐɪ̯ʔ]
  • Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
 clarus, lucidus
  • Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
 lux

light verb

  /laɪt/ , /lʌɪt/ , [ɫɐɪ̯ʔ]
  • (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
 illuminare
  • (transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
 accendō, incendeō

lightness noun

  /ˈlaɪtnəs/
  • The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force.
 levitās
light bulb
ampulla electrica, globulus electricus, globus ignifer
traffic light
sēmaphorum
light year
spatium lucis annuae
let there be light
fiat lux
bring to light
patefaciō, rescisco
light up
incendō
light-fingered
fūrax, tagax
green light
viridis
half-light
lumen obscurum
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