English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From lamp post
Pronunciation [ edit ] lamppost (plural lampposts
The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight.
Synonym: lightpost 2023 January 25, Tom Allett, “Sleaford restored to its 'true' identity”, in RAIL , number 975 , page 51 :"What is really good is they haven't just painted the station building, they've done all the lampposts to match as well, right down to the end of the platform.
( informal , humorous ) tall , thin person.
Synonyms: beanpole long ghost 1985 Girls to the Front , page 4:You big skinny lamppost . And you're going grey!
Translations [ edit ] pole that holds up a light
Arabic: عَمُود مِصْبَاح m ( ʕamūd miṣbāḥ ) , عَمُود إِنَارَة m ( ʕamūd ʔināra )
Moroccan Arabic: ركيزة ( rkīza )
Armenian: լապտերասյուն (hy) ( lapterasyun )
Belarusian: ліхта́рны слуп m ( lixtárny slup )
Bulgarian: лампио́н m ( lampión )
Catalan: farola f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 燈柱 ／ 灯柱 (zh) ( dēngzhù ) , 街燈 柱 ／ 街灯 柱 ( jiēdēng zhù )
Czech: kandelábr (cs) m sloup pouličního osvětlení m
Danish: lygtepæl c gadelygte (da) c
Dutch: lantaarnpaal (nl) m
Esperanto: stratlanterno
Estonian: tänavapost
Finnish: lyhtypylväs
French: réverbère (fr) m lampadaire (fr) m
Georgian: საფანრე ბოძი ( sapanre boʒi )
German: Laternenpfahl (de) m
Greek: φανοστάτης (el) m ( fanostátis )
Hungarian: lámpaoszlop (hu)
Irish: cuaille lampa m cuaille solais m
Italian: lampione (it) m
Japanese: 街灯 (ja) ( がいとう, gaitō )
Korean: 가로등(街路燈) (ko) ( garodeung )
Latvian: apgaismes stabs m
Lithuanian: žibinto stulpas m
Maori: pou rama
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lyktestolpe m
Polish: słup latarni m
Portuguese: poste de luz m combustor m
Romanian: stâlp de felinar m
Russian: фона́рь (ru) m ( fonárʹ ) , фона́рный столб m ( fonárnyj stolb )
Slovak: kandeláber m stĺp pouličného osvetlenia m
Slovene: kandelaber m
Spanish: farola (es) f farol (es) m poste de luz m
Swedish: lyktstolpe (sv) c
Thai: เสาโคม ( sǎo-koom )
Ukrainian: ліхта́р m ( lixtár ) , ліхта́рний стовп m ( lixtárnyj stovp )
Vietnamese: cột đèn
Welsh: polyn lamp m
References [ edit ] ( tall person ) : 1873 , John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary (as "lamp-post")Anagrams [ edit ]