backlit

English

Etymology

From back +‎ lit.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbækˌlɪt/

Verb

backlit

1. simple past and past participle of backlight

Adjective

backlit (comparative more backlit, superlative most backlit)

1. Lit or illuminated from behind.

   a backlit computer keyboard

   Antonym: frontlit

Derived terms

• nonbacklit

Translations

illuminated from behind

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 背光的 (bèiguāng de)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: taustavalaistu
• French: rétro-éclairé (fr), éclairé par derrière
• Italian: illuminato dal di dietro
• Polish: podświetlany
• Portuguese: retroiluminado
• Spanish: retroiluminado (es)

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• bisklit

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic بشكليت (bašklīt), alternative form of بشكليطة (bišklīṭa), from a Romance language.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [bɛʃk.lɪt], [βɛʃk.lɪt]
• Syllabification: back‧lit
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

backlit f (plural backlitat, Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵛⴽⵍⵉⵜ)

1. bicycle

Inflection

Inflection of backlit

	singular	plural
free state	backlit	backlitat
annexed state	—	—

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)