backlight

English

Etymology

From back + light

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæk.laɪt/

Noun

Wikipedia backlight (plural backlights)

1. A spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind.
2. A light attached to an LCD display.
3. The rear window of a motor car.

Translations

A spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind

A light attached to an LCD display

• French: rétroéclairage (fr) m

The rear window of a motor car

• French: lunette arrière (fr) f

Verb

backlight (third-person singular simple present backlights, present participle backlighting, simple past and past participle backlighted or backlit)

1. To illuminate something from behind.
   • 2007 June 2, James R. Oestreich, “Strange, Faraway Fantasies of Hell and Paradise”, New York Times:

     It offers few subtleties, but those can be effective, as when the chorus is backlighted in the rear of the auditorium to produce an ominous play of shadows onstage.

Translations

To illuminate something from behind

• French: éclairer par derrière (fr) m, rétro-éclairer (fr) m
• Italian: illuminare dal di dietro (it) m

• Spanish: retroiluminar (es)