floodlight

English

Floodlights

Etymology

From flood +‎ light

Noun

floodlight (plural floodlights)

1. A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
2. (chiefly in the plural) Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.

Hypernyms

• light

Translations

a projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood

• Danish: projektør c, projektørlys n
• Irish: teilgeoir tuilsholais m
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powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam

• Danish: fladebelysning c
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flomlys n

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• Bulgarian: прожектор m (prožektor)
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Verb

floodlight (third-person singular simple present floodlights, present participle floodlighting, simple past and past participle floodlit or floodlighted)

1. (transitive) To enlighten or illuminate with floodlight(s).

Translations

illuminate with floodlights

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flombelyse

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