skylight

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Etymology

From sky + light.

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Noun

skylight (plural skylights)

1. A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.
2. Diffuse sky radiation—solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere

Translations

opening in the roof

• Armenian: երդիկ (hy) (erdik)
• Catalan: claraboia (ca), lluerna (ca)
• Danish: tagvindue (da)
• Dutch: zonnedak (nl) n
• French: fenêtre de toit (fr) f, lucarne (fr), vasistas (fr) m, vélux (fr) m
• German: Dachluke (de) f, Dachfenster (de) n, Dachflächenfenster (de) n
• Irish: spéirléas (ga) m
• Italian: lucernario (it) m

• Portuguese: clarabóia (pt)
• Romanian: lucarnă (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: leòsan-adhair (gd) m
• Serbian: svetlarnik m
• Spanish: tragaluz (es) m
• Swedish: takfönster (sv)
• Turkish: aydınlık (tr)
• Volapük: nufalitöp (vo)