limelight

English

From lime + light.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈlaɪm.laɪt/

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Noun

limelight (plural limelights)

1. A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime.
2. (by extension) Attention, notice, a starring or central role, present fame.

Derived terms

• in the limelight

Translations

type of stage lighting

Czech: svitlo rampy (cs) n. Dutch: kalklicht (nl) n. French: feux de la rampe (fr) German: Rampenlicht (de) n.

Italian: lucci della rabata (it) pl., luci della ribalta (it) Japanese: フットライト (ja) (futtoraito), ライムライト (ja) (raimuraito), きゃっこう (ja) (kyakkō) Russian: свет рампы (ru) (svet rámpy) Spanish: luz serena (es) f., luz de candilejas (es) f.

attention or notice

Albanian: qendër e vëmendjes (sq) Chinese: Mandarin: 聚光燈 (zh), 聚光灯 (zh) (jùguāngdēng) Dutch: spotlicht (nl) n.

German: Rampenlicht (de) n. Greek: δημοσιότητα (el) (dimosiótita) Russian: центр внимания (ru) (centr vnimánija) m.