lamppost

See also: lamp-post

English

Alternative forms

• lamp post

Etymology

From lamp +‎ post.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊst

Noun

lamppost (plural lampposts)

1. The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight.

   Synonym: lightpost

2. (informal, humorous) A tall, thin person.

   Synonyms: beanpole, long ghost

   • 1985, Vladimir Kornilov, Girls to the Front (page 4)

     You big skinny lamppost. And you're going grey!

Translations

pole that holds up a light

• Arabic: عَمُود مِصْبَاح m (ʕamūd miṣbāḥ)

  Moroccan Arabic: ركيزة (rkīza)

• Bulgarian: лампион m (lampion)
• Catalan: farola f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燈柱／灯柱 (zh) (dēngzhù), 灯柱 (zh) (dēngzhù), 街燈柱／街灯柱, 街灯柱 (jiēdēngzhù)

• Danish: lygtepæl c, gadelygte (da) c
• Dutch: lantaarnpaal (nl) m
• Esperanto: stratlanterno
• Finnish: lyhtypylväs
• French: réverbère (fr) m, lampadaire (fr)
• German: Laternenpfahl (de) m
• Greek: φανοστάτης (el) m (fanostátis)
• Irish: cuaille lampa m, cuaille solais m
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• Italian: lampione (it) m
• Japanese: 街灯 (ja) (がいとう, gaitō)
• Maori: pou rama
• Norwegian: lyktestolpe
• Portuguese: poste de luz m, combustor m
• Russian: фона́рь (ru) m (fonárʹ), фона́рный столб m (fonárnyj stolb)
• Spanish: farola (es) f, farol (es) m, poste de luz m
• Swedish: lyktstolpe (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: ліхта́р m (lixtár)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: polyn lamp m

References

• (tall person): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary (as "lamp-post")

Anagrams

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