red light

See also: redlight

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

red light (plural red lights)

1. A warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating ‘stop’.

   We ran three red lights on the way to the hospital.

2. A sign of a brothel.
   • 1978, Sting, Roxanne (song)

     Roxanne, you don't have to put on your red light.

3. (idiomatic) Denial to proceed; a ruling out of any possibility.

Derived terms

• get the red light
• red-light district
• run a red light

Translations

a warning light, especially as a traffic signal

• Catalan: llum vermell (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 紅燈／红灯 (hung⁴ dang¹), 红灯 (hung⁴ dang¹)

  Mandarin: 紅燈／红灯 (zh) (hóngdēng), 红灯 (zh) (hóngdēng)

• French: feu rouge (fr) m
• German: Rotlicht (de) n
• Hungarian: piros fény
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• Irish: solas dearg m
• Japanese: 赤信号 (ja) (あかしんごう, akashingō)
• Lao: ໄຟແດງ (fai dǣng)
• Norwegian: rødt lys n
• Russian: кра́сный свет m (krásnyj svet)
• Turkish: kırmızı ışık
• Vietnamese: đèn đỏ

See also

• green light

Anagrams

• third leg

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French

Etymology

From English red-light district.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛd lajt/

Noun

red light m (plural reds lights)

1. (Canada) red-light district

   Synonym: quartier chaud