highlighter

English

Green, blue, yellow and orange highlighters

Etymology

From highlight +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.laɪt.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.laɪt.ɚ/, [ˈhaɪ.laɪɾ.ɚ]

• Audio (US):

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Noun

highlighter (plural highlighters)

1. A marker pen used to highlight text.
2. A cosmetic product that reflects light, used to emphasize the contours of the face etc.
3. That which highlights or emphasizes something.
   • 2012, Samir Chopra, Brave New Pitch:

     The IPL was supposed to be a symbol of an ever-more influential, dynamic and prosperous India, a highlighter of its organizational skills and wealth.

   • 2011, Dani Cavallaro, The Fairy Tale and Anime, page 147:

     At the same time, art rooted in nature is eminently ephemeral, as human life itself is, and fairy lore again operates as a highlighter of this essential condition through its own distinctive world picture […]

Descendants

• → Greek: υπογραμμιστής (ypogrammistís) (calque)
• → Japanese: ハイライター (hairaitā)
• → Korean: 하이라이터 (hairaiteo)

Translations

pen for highlighting

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܩܫܝܵܢܵܐ m (maqšyānā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熒光筆 / 荧光笔 (zh) (yíngguāngbǐ)

• Czech: zvýrazňovač m
• Dutch: markeerstift (nl) m
• Finnish: korostuskynä
• French: surligneur (fr)
• German: Textmarker (de) m, Marker (de) m, Markierstift m
• Greek: υπογραμμιστής m (ypogrammistís)
• Hebrew: מַרְקֶר (he) m (márqer), מַדְגֵּשׁ (he) m (madgésh)
• Hungarian: szövegkiemelő (hu)
• Italian: evidenziatore m
• Japanese: 蛍光ペン (ja) (けいこうペン, keikō pen)
• Korean: 형광펜 (hyeonggwangpen)
• Luxembourgish: Marqueur m, Markéierstëft m
• Macedonian: надвлекувач (mk) m (nadvlekuvač)
• Maori: pene miramira
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: тодруулагч (mn) (todruulagč)

• Norman: mèrtcheux leunminneux m
• Polish: zakreślacz (pl) m
• Portuguese: caneta marca-texto f, marcatexto m
• Russian: хайла́йтер (ru) m (xajlájtɛr), флома́стер (ru) m (flomáster), ма́ркер (ru) m (márker), текстовыдели́тель (ru) m (tekstovydelítelʹ)
• Slovak: zvýrazňovač m
• Spanish: resaltador (es) m, subrayador m, fosforito (es) m, marcador fluorescente m
• Swedish: överstrykningspenna (sv) c
• Turkish: fosforlu kalem
• Welsh: aroleuydd m, amlygydd m

cosmetic product

• Japanese: ハイライター (hairaitā)
• Korean: 하이라이터 (hairaiteo)
• Polish: rozświetlacz m, iluminator (pl) m
• Russian: маркер (ru) m (marker)
• Turkish: aydınlatıcı (tr)

Further reading

• highlighter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia