Light

Definition: Light

Light

Adjective

1. Of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C".

2. (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder".

3. Of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment; "light infantry"; "light cavalry"; "light industry"; "light weapons".

4. Not great in degree or quantity or number; "a light sentence"; "a light accent"; "casualties were light"; "light snow was falling"; "light misty rain"; "light smoke from the chimney".

5. Psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles; "a light heart".

6. Characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light".

7. Used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable".

8. Easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned; "a light diet".

9. (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light sandy soil".

10. : (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell".

11. : moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step".

12. : demanding little effort; not burdensome; "light housework"; "light exercise".

13. : of little intensity or power or force; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze".

14. : (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; "light water is ordinary water".

15. : weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep".

16. : very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses".

17. : marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious meals"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper".

18. : less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight".

19. : having little importance; "losing his job was no light matter".

20. : intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound; "light verse"; "a light comedy".

21. : silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter".

22. : having a spongy or flaky texture; well-leavened; "light pastries".

23. : designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; "light aircraft"; "a light truck".

24. : having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet".

25. : (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night".

26. : casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior".

Adverb

1. With few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light".

Noun

1. (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window".

2. Any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights".

3. A particular perspective or aspect of a situation; "although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand".

4. The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun".

5. An illuminated area; "he stepped into the light".

6. A condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light".

7. The visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark".

8. A person regarded very fondly; "the light of my life".

9. Mental understanding as an enlightening experience; "he finally saw the light"; "can you shed light on this problem?".

10. : having abundant light or illumination: "they played as long as it was light" or "as long as the lighting was good".

11. : public awareness; "it brought the scandal to light".

12. : brightness and animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye".

13. : a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul.

14. : a visual warning signal; "they saw the light of the beacon"; "there was a light at every corner".

15. : a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?".

Verb

1. Make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit".

2. Begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up".

3. To come to rest, settle: "Misfortune lighted upon him.".

4. Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter."; "Light a cigarette.".

5. Fall to somebody by assignment or lot: "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims".

6. Get off (a horse).

Date "light" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	LIGHT LIfecycle Global HyperText. A project in the CERN ECP/TP group whereby documents resulting from the software life cycle are available as hypertext. (1995-02-03). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Aerospace	Visible radiation (about 0.4 to 0.7 micron in wavelength) considered in terms of its luminous efficiency, i.e., evaluated in proportion to its ability to stimulate the sense of sight. (references)
Bible	Light the offspring of the divine command (Gen. 1:3). "All the more joyous emotions of the mind, all the pleasing sensations of the frame, all the happy hours of domestic intercourse were habitually described among the Hebrews under imagery derived from light" (1 Kings 11:36; Isa. 58:8; Esther 8:16; Ps. 97:11). Light came also naturally to typify true religion and the felicity it imparts (Ps. 119:105; Isa. 8:20; Matt. 4:16, etc.), and the glorious inheritance of the redeemed (Col. 1:12; Rev. 21:23-25). God is said to dwell in light inaccessible (1 Tim. 6:16). It frequently signifies instruction (Matt. 5:16; John 5:35). In its highest sense it is applied to Christ as the "Sun of righteousness" (Mal. 4:2; Luke 2:32; John 1:7-9). God is styled "the Father of lights" (James 1:17). It is used of angels (2 Cor. 11:14), and of John the Baptist, who was a "burning and a shining light" (John 5:35), and of all true disciples, who are styled "the light of the world" (Matt. 5:14). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Building & Civil Engineering	The portion of a window which is confined by the casement or the jambs, sill and window frame head and/or the mullion. Source: European Union. (references)
Dream Interpretation	If you dream of light, success will attend you. To dream of weird light, or if the light goes out, you will be disagreeably surprised by some undertaking resulting in nothing. To see a dim light, indicates partial success. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Food & Agriculture	Term applied to a wine low in alcohol, extract and colour but which may be well balanced. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Light Life. Othello says, "Put out the light and then put out the light." In May, 1886, Abraham Harper, a market-gardener, of Oxford, hit his wife in the face, and threatened to "put her light out," for which he was fined 5s. and costs. (Truth, May 20th, 1886.) Light Graces, holiness. Called "the candle of the Lord," the "lamp of God," as, "The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord." (Prov. xx. 27.) "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works."- Matt. v. 16. To stand in one's own light. To act in such a way as to hinder advancement. "He stands in his own light through nervous fear."- The Leisure Hour, 1886. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Medicine	The attribute of all the perceptions or sensations which are peculiar to the organ of vision and which are produced through the agency of that organ. Source: European Union. (references)
	Radiation capable of stimulating the organ of vision. Source: European Union. (references)
Multilingual Slang	Hungarian (pilács). (references)
Physics	The electromagnetic radiation in a band of frequencies that can be received by the human eye. Source: European Union. (references)
	Any radiation capable of causing a visual sensation directly. Source: European Union. (references)
	Electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye. (references)
Post & Telecom	A source of light used as a signal: as. . . a ship's blinker light (called the flagship on the light to announce she was reporting on duty). Source: European Union. (references)
Science	1. Form of radiant energy that acts upon the retina of the eye, optic nerve, etc., making sight possible. This energy is transmitted at a velocity of about 186,000 miles per second by wavelike or vibrational motion. 2. A form of radiant energy similar to this, but not acting on the normal retina, such as ultraviolet and infrared radiation. Interplay between light rays and the atmosphere cause us to see the sky as blue, and can result in such phenomena as glows, halos, arcs, flashes, and streamers. (references)
Solar	Usually the visual portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between infrared (about 8000 Angstroms or 800 nanometers(nm)) and ultraviolet (about 4,000 Angstroms or 400 nm); however, the term is sometimes used as a synonym for all electromagnetic radiation. (references)
Space	Electromagnetic radiation in the neighborhood of 1 nanometer wavelength. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
LI	English	Light Infantry	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Light

Synonyms: abstemious (adj), clean (adj), clear (adj), diet(a) (adj), easy (adj), faint (adj), flimsy (adj), friable (adj), idle (adj), light(a) (adj), light-colored (adj), lightheaded (adj), light-headed (adj), lightsome (adj), lite (adj), loose (adj), low-cal (adj), promiscuous (adj), sandy (adj), scant(p) (adj), short (adj), sluttish (adj), swooning (adj), tripping (adj), unaccented (adj), unclouded (adj), wakeful (adj), wanton (adj), weak (adj), lightly (adv), brightness (n), brightness level (n), igniter (n), ignitor (n), illumination (n), light source (n), lighter (n), lighting (n), lightness (n), luminance (n), luminosity (n), luminousness (n), spark (n), sparkle (n), visible light (n), visible radiation (n), alight (v), dismount (v), fall (v), fire up (v), get down (v), get off (v), ignite (v), illume (v), illuminate (v), illumine (v), light up (v), perch (v), unhorse (v). (additional references)

Antonyms: heavy (adj), dark (n), extinguish (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Calefaction	Fire; set fire to, set on fire; kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light; apply the match to, apply the torch to; rekindle, relume; fan the flame, add fuel to the flame; poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire; make a bonfire of.
Cheerfulness	Adjective: cheerful; happy; cheery, cheerly; of good cheer, smiling; blithe; in spirits, in good spirits; breezy, bully, chipper; in high spirits, in high feather; happy as the day is long, happy as a king; gay as a lark; allegro; debonair; light, lightsome, light hearted; buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy, airy; janty, jaunty, canty; hedonic; riant; sprightly, sprightful; spry; spirited, spiritful; lively, animated, vivacious; brisk as a bee; sparkling, sportive; full of play, full of spirit; all alive.
Descent	Dismount, alight, light, get down; swoop; stoop; fall prostrate, precipitate oneself; let fall.
Facility	Unembarrassed, disburdened, unburdened, disencumbered, unencumbered, disembarrassed; exonerated; unloaded, unobstructed, untrammeled; unrestrained; (free); at ease, light.
Fuel	Brand, torch, fuse; wick; spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco; linstock.
Impurity	Unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute; of loose character, of easy virtue; frail, gay, riggish, incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated; no better than she should be; on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose.
Interpretation	Acception, acceptation, acceptance; light, reading, lection, construction, version.
Irresolution	Vacillating; Verb: unsteady; (changeable); unsteadfast, fickle, without ballast; capricious; volatile, frothy; light, lightsome, light-minded; giddy; fast and loose.
Opening	Embrasure, window, casement; abatjour; light; sky light, fan light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel; dormer, lantern.
Rarity	Adjective: rare, subtile, thin, fine, tenuous, compressible, flimsy, slight; light; cavernous, spongy. (hollow).
Smallness	Adjective: small, little; diminutive; (small in size); minute; fine; inconsiderable, paltry; (unimportant); faint; (weak); slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager; (insufficient); sparing; few; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway; moderate, modest; tender, subtle.
State	Tone, tenor, turn; trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character.
Unimportance	Trifling, trivial; slight, slender, light, flimsy, frothy, idle; puerile; (foolish); airy, shallow; weak; powerless; frivolous, petty, niggling; piddling, peddling; fribble, inane, ridiculous, farcical; finical, finikin; fiddle-faddle, fingle-fangle, namby-pamby, wishy-washy, milk and water.
Velocity	Lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind; cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, hydrargyrum, quicksilver; telegraph, express train; torrent.
Wit	Adjective: witty, attic; quick-witted, nimble-witted; smart; jocular, jocose, humorous; facetious, waggish, whimsical; kidding, joking, puckish; playful; merry and wise; pleasant, sprightly, light, spirituel, sparkling, epigrammatic, full of point, ben trovato; comic.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	That beautiful stage that you were gonna build for me. You were gonna light it with nothing but candles (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.Raymond: Total protonic reversal (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.) From that point on, the guys looked at me in a completely different light. (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss) But it was not the end. I felt light in me again (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Do you leave the light on after bedtime (The Green Mile; writing credit: Frank Darabont. Based on the novel by Stephen King.)
Lyrics	The calliope crashed to the ground and she was blinded by the light, (Blinded By The Light (Bruce Springsteen); performing artist: MANFRED MANN) I can see paradise by the dashboard light (Paradise By The Dashboard Light; performing artist: Meat Loaf) When its right, the light just comes shinin thru (Caught Up in You; performing artist: 38 Special) When she woke up late in the morning light (All That She Wants; performing artist: Ace Of Base) You finally see the light (Amazing; performing artist: Aerosmith)
Clever	To light a candle is to cast a shadow. (references; author: unknown) Better to light a candle, than to curse the darkness. (references; author: unknown) It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. (references; author: unknown) Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation. (references; author: unknown) The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts. (references; author: unknown)
Tongue Twisters	It's the right light with the glimmer in the mirror. (references; author: unknown) Yellow arrows frilled with reefed leaves are rarely light. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light (1974) The Light Fantastick (1974) Light (1973) The Light from the Second Story Window (1973) Red Light in the White House (1971)
Song Titles	Light My Fire (performing artist: The Doors) Light My Fire (performing artist: Jose Feliciano) Ray Of Light (performing artist: Madonna) Blinded By The Light (performing artist: Manfred Mann's Earth Band) Paradise By The Dashboard Light (performing artist: Meat Loaf)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Australian Gas Light Co.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Florida Power & Light Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Etem SA Light Metals Industry: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Global Light Telecommunications Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Central Illinois Light Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Cooking Light Five Star Recipes: The Best of 10 Years (reference) Crystalline Transmission: A Synthesis of Light (reference) Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles (reference) Scattering, Absorption, and Emission of Light by Small Particles (reference) The Mitford Years Box Set, Volumes 1-6: At Home in Mitford, A Light in the Window, These High, Green Hills, Out to Canaan, A New Song, and A Common Life (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Light (reference) Light & Life (reference) Light & Salt (reference) Light For Today (reference) Light Plane Maintenance (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Richard Avedon - Darkness and Light (reference) Light Years (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	British Light Music Classics 4 (reference) Eternal Source of Light (reference) Light That Fills the World (reference) Light & Magic (reference) This Is My Light (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Zenith Z166S Clock Radio with Sound Therapy and Night Light (reference) Eternal Light By David C. Miller (Jewel Case) (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Hamilton Beach 04160 TrueAir HEPA Air Purifier with UV Germicidal Light (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shows poster of artistically rendered landscape scene with woman standing in foreground holding a sword - white light shines down on woman with slogans: "Cancer Is Curable," "Enlist In The Women's Field Army," "American Society For The Control Of Cancer". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Seen is a "beam of light" traveling along fiber optics for photodynamic therapy for use in an operating room. Its source is a laser beam which is split at two different stages to create the proper "therapeutic wavelength". The patient has been given a photo sensitive drug containing cancer killing substances which are absorbed by cancer cells. During the surgery, the light beam is positioned at the tumor site, which then activates the drug that kills the cancer cells, thus photodynamic therapy. Credit: John Crawford (photographer).
	A blood test can detect the presence of antibodies produces by an infected patient by binding chemicals to the antibodies that fluoresce green under UV light. Credit: CDC.		M. tuberculosis is an acid-fast bacterium (AFB), and is therefore, undetectable when stained using a Gram stain technique. However, using this method, the M. tuberculosis bacteria glow yellow under ultraviolet light microscopy. Credit: CDC.
	Terra First Light Images. Credit: NASA.		Fireworks of Star Formation Light Up a Galaxy. Credit: NASA.
	Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula. Credit: NASA.		Pictures taken in infrared and visible light by the Hubble telescope recount a vivid story of ... Credit: NASA.
	The Egg Nebula, also known as CRL 2688, is shown on the left as it appears in visible light ... Credit: NASA.		First direct look, in visible light, at a lone neutron star (RX J185635-3754). (Produced with the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2, Hubble Space Telescope.). Credit: NASA.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Arpeggiated guitar with solo guitar and light strings in background.		Light pizzicato and ambient sounds creating a pleasant mood.
	Typical Latin-style bass and light percussion with guitar solo.		Digital piano arpeggios with light digital water drops in background.
	Jamaican-influenced example using synthesized flute, light percussion, guitar, and piano.		Light synthesized piece featuring lots of reverb on eh keyboards.
	Light almost floating ambient texture featuring a busy synthesized melody.		A single electric guitar note with light distortion.
	Brief swishing sound from star wars light saber .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Francis Bacon	God's first creature, which was light.
Henry David Thoreau	Let nothing come between you and the light.
John Gay	Shadow owes its birth to light.
John Heywood	Many hands make light work.
John Milton	Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?
Michelangelo	I live and love in God's peculiar light.
Norman O. Brown	Love without attachment is light.
Robert Burton	I light my candle from their torches.
Thomas p Kempis	Love makes everything that is heavy light.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	And thus much may suffice to shew, that as far as we have any light from history, we have reason to conclude, that all peaceful beginnings of government have been laid in the consent of the people. (Second Treatise of Government)
US Declaration of Independence	1776	Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Armament (guns, machine guns, light machine guns, bombdropping apparatus, torpedo-dropping apparatus, synchronisation apparatus, aiming apparatus). (reference)
Brown v. Board of Education	1954	We must consider public education in the light of its full development and its present place in American life throughout [347 U.S. 483, 493] the Nation. (reference)
John F. Kennedy	1961	The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it--and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. (reference)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	1963	This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1945)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	In no other light could you have been more to me than a common acquaintance
Faces in the Fire	Carroll, Lewis	The pictures, with their ruddy light, Are changed to dust and ashes white, And I am left alone with night
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	Light flashed up in the room upon the instant, and the curtains of his bed were drawn
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	The sensitive clergyman shrunk, with nervous dread, from the light missile
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Were this not so it would be superior to intelligence, and the beast would be in possession of a purer light than man.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	At last, after a bend of the road, I spied a little cottage with a light in the window
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Ay, gentle cousin, were it light enough
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	It rode hard and light.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	That he discovered two staples upon one side, which was all of boards, without any passage for light.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	This was not the light in which I hoed them
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Perhaps you need a hallway light. (references)
		Eat a light meal before treatment. (references)
		Light infections may be asymptomatic. (references)
Business		Sales in light commercial vehicles in 1999 was 5642 vehicles. (references)
		The variety of light industrial and consumer goods increased. (references)
		Sales prospects may exist for foreign light commercial vehicles. (references)
Civil Liberties	Macedonia	The parliament building suffered light damage. (references)
	Ukraine	The police arrested several hundred demonstrators, many of whom later were acquitted or given light sentences. (references)
	Tanzania	Even the government-owned newspaper regularly reports events that portray the Government in an unflattering light. (references)
Economic History	Djibouti	Light industries simply do not exist in Djibouti. (references)
	Mexico	General Motors operates a light truck assembly plant in Silao. (references)
	India	In this light, the current volume of organized retailing is small. (references)
Human Rights	Nicaragua	However, the judge gave them a light sentence. (references)
	Morocco	If the infraction is minor and not contested, the judge may order the defendant released or impose a light sentence. (references)
	Israel and the occupied territories	The IDF had fired two flechette tank shells, and one armor-piercing tank round at the tent after hearing distant light gunfire. (references)
Minorities	Romania	The victims appealed to the European Court of Justice, arguing that the sentences were too light at 2 to 6 years. (references)
	Cyprus	A previously unknown Greek Cypriot nationalist organization claimed responsibility for an arson attack on a mosque in the south in August 1999. Damage was light. (references)
Political Economy	CHILE	The automobile and light truck industry is the subject of trade-related investment measures. (references)
Political Rights	Belarus	This was a particular concern in light of the total domination of voting commissions, which were charged with conducting the election, by regime supporters. (references)
Trade	Qatar	Some may be activated in light of Qatar's WTO membership. (references)
	Kenya	There is relatively light trading in commercial paper, and there now exists a secondary market in government paper. (references)
Travel	Philippines	Light entertainment is not unusual. (references)
	Philippines	Light suits and dresses are appropriate for women. (references)
	Chad	Light weight suits are appropriate throughout the year. (references)
Women	Honduras	The penalties for rape are relatively light, ranging from 3 to 9 years' imprisonment. (references)
	Seychelles	The few cases that reach a prosecutor often were dismissed, or, if a case reached court, the perpetrator usually was given only a light sentence. (references)
	Morocco	The law is more lenient toward men with respect to crimes committed against their wives; for example, a light sentence may be accorded a man who murders his wife after catching her in the act of adultery. (references)
Worker Rights	United Arab Emirates	The boys are often underfed and subjected to crash diets to make them as light as possible. (references)
	Indonesia	Nevertheless, enforcement of minimum wage and other labor regulations remains inadequate, and sanctions are light. (references)
	Nicaragua	The Ministry of Family reports that out of 600 children in the Traffic Light Plan, 498 (or 83 percent) returned to school. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	LEONINE, adj. Unlike a menagerie lion. Leonine verses are those in which a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at the end, as in this famous passage from Bella Peeler Silcox: The electric light invades the dunnest deep of Hades. Cries Pluto, 'twixt his snores: "O tempora! O mores!" It should be explained that Mrs. Silcox does not undertake to teach pronunciation of the Greek and Latin tongues. Leonine verses are so called in honor of a poet named Leo, whom prosodists appear to find a pleasure in believing to have been the first to discover that a rhyming couplet could be run into a single line.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	Selfishness is a topic that must be taken seriously if mankind is to cast off the animalistic legacy of his evolutionary past, and progress to a world in which our better angels are freed to share their glowing light with a peaceful world.
Jodie Foster	I like dramas. I've always liked dramas. And I'm a pretty light person. I don't consider myself a very dramatic person. But I do like doing that onscreen.
Julie Andrews	Mostly, I just got up and said that I was thrilled and honored to have been nominated, but in the light of the way I felt and in order to support my company, I felt I couldn't accept it.
Mark Shields	Bob, contrary to the defensiveness of some church leaders, Archbishop Flynn was crystal clear and emphatic. He praised the media for bringing this scandal, this crisis in the Church to public light and forcing the Church to act upon it.
Rush Limbaugh	When Governor Bush said that there was a warning light on the dashboard of the economy, the Democrats flipped out.
Sylvia Browne	You can mentally do that. You can say tonight when I go to bed, may the white light of the holy spirit surround me, and may I want her out of my dream, because I want her to quit riding me all the time.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	When I was first honored with a call into the service of my country, then on the eve of an arduous struggle for its liberties, the light in which I contemplated my duty required that I should renounce every pecuniary compensation.
James Monroe	1817-1825	A few prominent facts will place this great interest in a just light before you.
Warren G. Harding	1921-1923	All the penalties will not be light, nor evenly distributed.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	In both the executive and the legislative branches we must make arrangements which will permit us to formulate the Government program in that light.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	So let there be light and reason in our relations.
Richard Nixon	1969-1974	Only a few short weeks ago, we shared the glory of man's first sight of the world as God sees it, as a single sphere reflecting light in the darkness.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	One of the most pressing problems to come to light in the past four years has been improper hazardous waste disposal.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Last September, I signed an Executive Order on the family requiring that every department and agency review its activities in light of seven standards designed to promote and not harm the family.
George Bush	1989-1993	We've got to step forward when there's trouble, lend a hand, be what I call a point of light to a stranger in need.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Our founders saw themselves in the light of posterity.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Light" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 63.39% of the time. "Light" is used about 13,579 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	63.39%	8,607	1,119
Adjective (general or positive)	27.62%	3,751	2,590
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	7.92%	1,075	6,995
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.93%	127	28,395
Noun (proper)	0.08%	11	106,044
Adverb (general)	0.05%	7	133,076
Total	100.00%	13,579	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "light" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Light	Last name	7,000	1,847
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "light".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Urias	N/A	N/A	The Lord is my light or fire
Abednego	N/A	Biblical	Servant of light
Abner	N/A	Biblical	Father of light
Areli	N/A	Biblical	The light or vision of God
Ariel	N/A	Biblical	Light or lion of God
Arpad	N/A	Biblical	The light of redemption
Artaxerxes	N/A	Biblical	The silence of light
Iri	N/A	Biblical	Light
Jahaleel	N/A	Biblical	Light of God
Jair	N/A	Biblical	My light
Jair	N/A	Biblical	Who diffuses light
Jairus	N/A	Biblical	My light
Jairus	N/A	Biblical	Who diffuses light
Kallai	N/A	Biblical	Light
Lucifer	N/A	Biblical	Bringing light
Nagge	N/A	Biblical	Light
Neri	N/A	Biblical	My light
Neriah	N/A	Biblical	Light
Shedeur	N/A	Biblical	Field of light
Shedeur	N/A	Biblical	Light of the Almighty
Shenir	N/A	Biblical	Light that sleeps
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "light": a faint gleam of light ♦ a light breaks in upon one ♦ a stream of light ♦ aberrance of light ♦ accidental light ♦ ad on the light fantastic toe ♦ aeronautical ground light ♦ aeronautical light ♦ aircraft light ♦ amber light ♦ Anchor light ♦ approach light ♦ approach light beacon ♦ arc light ♦ artificial light ♦ as light as feather ♦ as light as thistledown ♦ Auld light ♦ automatic light control ♦ baby spot light ♦ back light ♦ back scattered light ♦ Barnegat Light ♦ Batement light ♦ be light ♦ be light sleeper ♦ beacon light ♦ beam of light ♦ bengal light ♦ BioSonic Sound and Light Repatterning ♦ blinking light ♦ blue light ♦ border light ♦ borrowed light ♦ boundary light ♦ Bracket light ♦ brake light ♦ branch light ♦ bring to light ♦ bringing light ♦ Bubble of light technique ♦ Bude light ♦ by the light of ♦ Calcium light ♦ Caml Light ♦ capacitor discharge light ♦ Carbon light ♦ catch light ♦ Catoptric light ♦ Chakra healing light energy implantations ♦ channel light ♦ christmas tree light ♦ circling guidance light ♦ city of Light ♦ Cockshut light ♦ coherent light ♦ colored flashing light ♦ Colored Light MindBody Healing ♦ coloured flashing light ♦ come to light ♦ contact light ♦ corpuscular theory of light ♦ courtesy light ♦ dash light ♦ dead light ♦ Decomposition of light ♦ Depolarization of light ♦ diffuse light ♦ diffused light ♦ digital light processing ♦ digital light processing projector ♦ digital light processor technology ♦ dim light ♦ dioptric light ♦ divine light ♦ Drummond light ♦ Dry light ♦ Dutch light ♦ earth light ♦ electric light ♦ Electrical light ♦ elevated light ♦ Elmo's light ♦ emanate light ♦ emit light ♦ entrance light ♦ eternal light ♦ fairy light ♦ Fan light ♦ fast to light ♦ fastness to light ♦ Finsen light ♦ first light ♦ fishing light ♦ fixed and flashing light ♦ Fixed light ♦ Flash light ♦ Flashing light ♦ flashing warning light ♦ Floating light ♦ Floor light. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "light": light-absorbing, light-action, light-activated, light-admitting, light-air, light-aircraft, light-alloy, light-amplifying, light-and-bitter, light-and-power, light-anti-aircraft, light-armed, light-as-a-feather, light-as-air, light-atom, light-based, light-bath, Light-bearers, light-bearing, light-beige, light-blue, light-blues, Light-boat, light-bodied, light-boned, light-bottomed, light-box, light-boxes, light-brackets, light-brained, Light-bringer, light-brown, light-bulb, light-but, light-catching, Light-Chain, light-collecting, light-colored, light-colored, light-coloured, light-comedy, light-controlled, light-cord, light-cruiser, light-cured, light-curve, light-curves, light-dark, light-days, light-demanding, light-detecting, light-driven, light-duty, light-emission, light-emitting, light-emitting, light-emitting diode, light-emitting resistor, light-engine, light-engineering, light-face, light-faced, light-fantastic, light-fast, light-filled, light-filter, light-fingered, light-fingered pickpocket, light-fittings, light-flashing, light-flex, light-flight, light-fly, light-flyweight, light-food, Light-foot, light-footed, light-footedness, light-framed, light-gathering, light-gemmed, light-giving, light-grasp, light-green, light-greens, light-grey, light-gun, light-haired, light-handed, light-handedly, light-harvesting, light-head, light-headed, light-headedly, Light-headedness, Light-hearted, light-heartedly, Light-heartedness, light-heavy, light-heavy weight, light-heavyweight, light-heavyweights, light-heavywight, Light-heeled, light-hold, light-holding, Light-horseman, light-hours, light-houses, light-hungry, light-induced, light-industrial, Light-legged, light-like, light-load, light-lock, light-loving, light-lozenges, light-mahogany, light-manufacturing, light-metal, light-meter, light-microscopy, light-middle, light-middleweight, light-middleweights, light-minded, light-mindedly, light-mindedness, light-minutes, light-of-love, light-o'love, light-o'-love, light-opera, light-out, light-panels, light-particles, light-path, light-pen, light-pipe, light-plus-colour, light-proof, light-railway, light-rays, light-reflecting, light-reflective, light-resistant, light-rock, light-sabres, light-saddle, light-scattering, light-seconds, light-seeming, light-sensitive, light-sensitivity, light-shaded, light-shades, light-shafted, Light-ship, light-show, light-shows, light-shunning, light-skinned, light-socket, light-soil, light-soiled, light-some, light-source, light-spectrum, light-speed, light-spirited, light-stand, light-starred, light-stepping, light-streams, light-stressed, Light-struck, light-switch, light-switches, light-swollen, light-tailed, light-textured, light-tight, light-time, light-to-electric, light-to-medium, light-transmissive, light-treated, light-up, light-use, light-valve, light-water, light-water-cooled, light-weapon, light-weather, light-weeks, light-weight, light-weight process, light-well, light-wells, light-welter, light-welters, light-welterweight, light-wight, Light-winged, Light-year, light-years.
	Ending with "light": faster-than-light, feather-light, lamp-light, low-light, night-light, red-light, roof-light, tail-light, traffic-light, ultra-light.
	Containing "light": electric-light bulb, milli-light-second, Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase, red-light district, river-light-sky, torch-light procession.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "light"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		swak (faint, weak), lig, helder (bright, clear, distinct, obvious, plain), aan die brand steek (kindle), belig (demonstrate, exhibit, expose, illuminate). (various references)

Albanian		lehtë (airily, easily, easy, facile, faintly, lightly, readily, slightly), dritë (illumination, shine). (various references)

Arabic		‏تافه (banal, commonplace, contemptible, crummy, fade, fiddling, flat, foolish, footling, fractional, frivolous, frothy, good for nothing, inane, inconsiderable, insignificant, junk, lilliputian, little, lowbrow, measly, minute, naught, negligible, niggling, nonsensical, nugatory, null, paltry, pedestrian, petty, piddling, pimping, piteous, pitiable, platitudinous, pointless, puny, ridiculous, run of the mill, silly, slight, slim, small time, smelly, stupid, trifle, trifling, trite, trivial, trumpery, two a penny, two bit, twopenny-halfpenny, unimportant, unsavory, unsavoury, unworthy, vain, valueless, vapid, vile, worthless), ‏أشعل (burn, enkindle, fan the flame, fire, ignite, inflame, kindle, light up, lit, rekindle, switch on, torch, turn on), ‏أضاء (brighten, burn, enlighten, illuminate, illumine, lighten, shine, torch), ‏أحرق (blaze, burn, burnt, char, deflagrate, fire, incinerate, kiln, parch, scald, sear, singe, sizzle, smart, sting), ‏أنار (brighten, burn, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, lighten), ‏إضاءة (floodlight, illumination, lightening, lighting, lightness), ‏الشيء الخفيف (feathers), ‏الأضواء, ‏خفيف (agile, brisk, easy-moving, light footed, lively, nimble, quick, sprightly, spry, swift), ‏ضوء (day, illumination, lighting), ‏ضوء النهار (daylight), ‏ضياء النهار, ‏داعر (bawdy, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, mean, naughty, obscene, obscenity, pornographic, raffish, salacious, scarlet, sensual, wanton), ‏ترجل (alight, dismount, drop, get off), ‏فاتح (approach, conqueror), ‏وضح (accentuate, clarify, clear up, define, elucidate, explain, illuminate, illustrate, lighten, puzzle out, ravel out, represent, spell, state), ‏ولعة, ‏لطيف (affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, bland, charming, civil, civilized, complaisance, complaisant, courteous, courtly, decent, delicate, fair, fair-spoken, fine, friendly, genial, gentle, good natured, gracious, handsome, kind, kindly, mild, nice, pet, pleasant, polite, poppet, pretty, refreshing, smooth, soft, suave, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, urbane), ‏لمبة, ‏نبراس (cresset, lamp), ‏نار (fire, flame, flare, heat), ‏نافذة (overture, window), ‏هين (cheap, cushy, easy, effortless, facile, handy, royal, soft), ‏مرح (airiness, airy, be merry, blithe, breezy, bright, buoyancy, buoyant, cheerful, cheerfulness, cheering, chirpy, exult, facetious, festive, fresh, frisk, frisky, frolic, frolicsome, fun, gaiety, gay, glee, gleeful, have fun, hilarious, hilarity, jaunty, jocose, jocosity, jocund, jolly, jovial, joviality, joy, joyful, joyfulness, joyous, kittenish, lark, lightsome, lively, make merry, merriment, merry, merry making, mirth, mirthful, perkiness, perky, playful, playfulness, playing, rejoice, rollick, romp, sportive, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, vivacity, what fun, winsome), ‏مصباح كهربائي (electric lamp), ‏منارة (beacon, highlight, lighthouse, minaret), ‏فاسق (bawdy, debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, don juan, fornicator, immoral, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, licentious, lubricious, miscreant, obscene, philanderer, profligate, punk, raffish, rakish, scab, scarlet, slippery, unchaste, uninhibited, wanton), ‏طائش (bad, careless, flighty, foolhardy, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, hasty, heedless, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, libertine, light minded, light-headed, lunatic, mad, madcap, muddle-headed, popinjay, random, rash, rattle-brained, reckless, scatter-brain, scatter-brained, scatty, stray, stunned, thoughtless, unadvised, unwise). (various references)

Basque		semaforoan (at the light), piztu (light to, set on fire to), bonbila (light bulb, lightbulb). (various references)

Bavarian		häis (bright, clear). (various references)

Bulgarian		безгрижен (airy, carefree, careless, devil may care, easygoing, happy go lucky, light hearted, lightsome, nonchalant, rollicking, slaphappy, unbending), добре осветен, замаян (dizzy, giddy, groggy, light-headed, poppied, punch-drunk, rocky, silly, woozy), запалвам се (catch fire, enthuse, fire, ignite, inflame, kindle, warm), запалвам (enthuse, fire, have a smoke, ignite, kick over, kindle, light up, start, start up, turn on, warm), евтин (brummagem, cheap, cheesy, dime, gaudy, halfpenny, hand-me-down, inexpensive, jitney, meretricious, sleazy, tawdry, tinsel, trumpery, two bit, twopence colored, twopence coloured, twopenny, twopenny-halfpenny, uncostly), лекомислен (airy, airy fairy, dizzy, empty headed, fast, featherbrained, flip, flippant, foolish, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, harum scarum, idle, inconstant, light minded, light-headed, scatter-brained, superficial, trivial, unreflecting, unthinking), леко (cheap, easy, gently, lightly, soft), лек (airy, bland, cool, cure, cushy, easy, expedite, facile, fairy, flimsy, gentle, gossamer, gossamery, gradual, lambent, lenient, lightsome, lightweight, medicine, mild, mobile, potty, quiet, remedy, skyey, slick, slight, snap, soft, subtle, tenuous, unsound, unsubstantial), лампа (lamp), маловажен (footling, futile, immaterial, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, last, minor, nugatory, peddling, pettifogging, petty, puerile, side, small time, trifling, two-by-four, unimportant), бял свят, малък (bijou, little, measurable, paltry, piccolo, pocket, remote, slight, slim, small, tiddly, toy, venial, young), блясък (blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, dash, eclat, effulgence, fire, flash, glamor, glamour, glance, glint, glitter, glory, gloss, glossiness, heraldry, illumination, irradiation, lambency, luminance, luminosity, luster, lustre, pageantry, polish, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, resplendency, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), прозорец (casement, sash, window), празен (airy, airy fairy, bare, barren, blank, empty, hollow, idle, inane, loose, piffling, pithless, purposeless, sounding, superficial, uncharged, unsubstantial, untenanted, vacant, vacuous, vain, void, yeasty), попадам случайно (light upon), подклаждам (fan, foment, refresh, spur on), подвижен (adjustable, adjusting, agile, airy, ambulatory, detachable, drop, flexible, floating, limber, lissome, lithe, live, lively, mobile, movable, moveable, moving, nimble, nippy, ready, removable, resilient, shifting, sliding, traveling, travelling, versatile), паля (fire, ignite, strike, switch on, turn on, turn over), падам (attach, come down, crash, descend, drop, drop off, fall, fall off, fall out, go down, hang, land, lapse, prang, ring down, roll off, set, settle, settle down, slip down, topple, tumble, tumble down), плавен (easy, flowing, fluent, fluid, graceful, liquid, tripping), пивък (mellow, palatable, smooth, suave), бухнал (fuzzy), видело, светя (burn, glisten, glow, hallow, irradiate, lamp, shine), светлина (glow, lamp, shine), светило (luminary), слаб (defective, dim, effeminate, faint, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flat, flimsy, impotent, irretentive, lame, lean, limp, liny, low, meager, meagre, mean, mild, nerveless, off, pale, poor, puny, queasy, rickety, scanty, scrannel, sick, sinewless, slack, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, slow, sluggish, small, soft, spare, spineless, tender, tenuous, thin, thready, unable, washy, watery, weak, weakish, weakly), рохкав (loose, spongy), ронлив (cracky, flaky, friable, loose, powdery, pulverulent, short), фар (beacon, headlight, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, sea mark), който е вътре, кацвам (alight, land, perch, set down, sit), знаменитост (celebrity, lion, name, notability, notoriety, personality, prominence, star, worthy), влязъл, светъл (auspicious, bright, cheerful, cheery, clear, fair, fair haired, fine, liquid, lucent, lucid, pale, relucent, rosy, unshadowed, vivid, white), осветявам пътя на, осветявам (expose, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, lamp, lighten, shine on, spotlight, strike on), осветлявам (enlighten, irradiate), осветление (illumination, lighting), огънче, огън (blaze, fire, flame, flush, flushing, ingle), неударен (short, stressless, unaccented, unstressed, weak), несериозен (easy, fly-by-night, futile, half-baked, pococurante, superficial), неморален (blackguardly, immoral, loose, wrong), натъквам се (come upon, light upon, run across), весел (airy, blithe, blithesome, boisterous, bright, buoyant, canty, cheery, chirp, chirpy, colorful, colourful, coltish, convivial, daft, debonair, exhilarated, festal, gamesome, gay, genial, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, good humoured, good-humored, high, humorous, jaunty, jocular, jocund, joky, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, light hearted, lightsome, lively, mellow, merry, mirthful, peppy, perky, rackety, roistering, rollicking, rorty, rosy, saucy, slaphappy, sparkish, sportive, sporty, sprightly, swinging, upbeat, winsome). (various references)

Catalan		llum, lleuger, encendre (kindle). (various references)

Chinese		光 (bright, ray). (various references)

Croatian		laku. (various references)

Czech		lampa (lamp), lehký (easy, effortless, lightish, small, thin), prázdný (bare, blank, clean, disused, empty, hollow, inane, meaningless, unoccupied, vacant, vacuous, vapid, void, windy), chytit (capture, catch, catch fire, clutch, field, get, grasp, ignite, pick up, seize, take, take a fire, take fire), jemný (bland, dainty, delicate, fine, gentle, graceful, gracious, milky, nice, silken, silky, soft, suave, subtle, superfine, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, wispy), kyprý (fluffy, loose, plump, voluptuous), mírný (balmy, benign, easygoing, equable, genial, gentle, lamblike, lenient, meek, mild, moderate, placid, quiet, reasonable, slow, sober, soft, tame, temperate, unruffled), blond (blond, fair), osvìtlit (clarify, elucidate, illuminate, light up), zapálit (blow in, electrify, enkindle, fire, ignite, kindle, set fire, set fire to, set on fire), sestoupit (come down, descend, dismount, get down, go down), slabý (bad, decrepit, delicate, faint, fainting, feeble, fragile, frail, low, slack, tenuous, wan, watery, weak, weakly, weak-minded, weary), snadný (easy, effortless, facile, painless, unlabored, unlaboured), svìtlý (blond, blonde, white), svìtlo (highlight, lamp, starlight), zábavný (amusing, delectable, entertaining, humorous, pleasant, sporting), objasnìní (clarification, clearing, elucidation, enlightenment, explanation). (various references)

Danish		lys (bright, candela, candle, candlepower, clear), let (bright, easy, facile), tænde (kindle), svag (faint, weak), oplyse (illuminate). (various references)

Dutch		licht (bright, clear, easy, facile, faint, insubstantial, lightly, shallow, superficial, weak, weakly), doen ontbranden (kindle), aansteken (communicate, illuminate, infect, kindle, switch, turn on), aanmaken (achieve, act, carry out, do, fabricate, kindle, make, manufacture, perform, prepare). (various references)

Esperanto		lumo. (various references)

Estonian		valgusfoori (traffic light). (various references)

Faeroese		ljósur (bright, clear, serene, untroubled), ljós (candela, candle, candlepower), lýsa (define, describe, determine, illuminate, shine), lættur (easy, facile), veikur (faint, fuse, weak, wick), kasta ljós á (illuminate), birta ljós (illuminate). (various references)

Farsi		اتش (Fire), ضعیف (Anemic, Atonic, Infirm, Languid, Lean, Puny, Pusillanimous, Rickety, Sappy, Shaky, Slack, Slender, Weak), خفیف (Low, Small), خل (Crackpot, Halfbaked, Nut, Offbeat, Queer, Screwy), اهسته (Gentle, Gradual, Indistinct, Languid, Low, Slow), اندک (Lean, Little, Low, Margin, Modicum, Paucity, Pinch, Scant, Scantling, Scarce, Scrimp, Scruple, Skimpy, Slight, Whit), اتش فرار, برق چشم , اتش زنه (Punk, Silex), سبک وزن (Lightweight), اسان (Easy, Easygoing, Eath, Straightforward), اشکارکردن (Air, Announce, Bare, Disclose, Display, Quarry, Reveal, Unbonnet, Uncover, Unfold, Unhood), روشناءی (Ray), بی غم وغصه , بی عفت (Bawdy, Immodest, Unchaste), بچه زاءیدن , اتش گرفتن (Ignite, Inflame, Spunk), کبریت (Lighter, Match), مشتعل شدن (Burn, Flame, Ignite, Low), هوسباز (Capricious), هوس امیز, نور (Glory), چابک (Adroit, Agile, Brisk, Clever, Handy, Lissome, Nimble, Perky, Quick, Rapid, Speedy, Spry, Swift), چراغ (Lamp), زدن (Abaction, Amputate, Attain, Beat, Bop, Bruise, Clout, Cut, Haze, Imprint, Inject, Koran, Lam, Lodge, Mallet, Nail, Play, Poke, Pop, Shoot, Slap, Slat, Smite, Snip, Strike, Stroke, Whack), کم (Infrequent, Junior, Little, Low, Marginal, Rare, Remote, Scant, Scanty, Scarce, Scrimpy, Skimp, Slender, Slight, Small), زودگذر (Ephemeral, Fleet, Frail, Glancing, Glint, Memnetary, Perishable, Shadowy, Temporary, Transient, Transitory), لحاظ (Perspective, Phase, Viewpoint), وضوح (Clarity, Lucidity, Speciosity), وارسته (Pious), تابان (Agleam, Aglow, Bright, Brilliant, Hot, Luminous, Perfervid, Shiner), سهل الهضم , سرگرم کننده غیرجدی , فروغ (Blaze, Shine), کم قیمت (Nominal). (various references)

Finnish		valo (lighting), vaalea (blond, bright, clear, fair, fair-haired, pale), kevyt (lively). (various references)

French		lumière (lighting), léger (lightly, lightweight), feu (traffic light), clair (limpid), faible (limp, little), allumer (light up). (various references)

French Canadian		feu. (various references)

Frisian		ljocht (bright, clear), licht, opstekke (kindle), oansette (kindle), ferljochtsje (illuminate). (various references)

German		licht (bright, candela, candle, candlepower, clear, genius, lamp, sparse, thin), leicht (easily, easy, effortless, effortlessly, facile, facilely, gentle, gossamerly, lighthearted, lightly, lightweight, loose, lower-level, mild, mildly, minor, nimbly, petty, readily, simple, slight, slightly, smooth, softly, sprightly, thinly, unsubstantial), hell (blond, bright, brightly, brilliantly, broad, clear, fair, flaming, great, high pitched, intelligent, light-colored, lucid, pale, pure, ringing, sheer, smart, stark, utter, vivid), zünden (burn, catch, catch fire, catch light, detonate, fire, firing, flash on, ignite, kindle, kindle enthusiasm, let off, set alight, set off, strike, take fire, to ignite), schwach (brittle, dim, dimly, docile, dull, faint, faintly, feckless, feeble, feebly, flimsily, flimsy, fragile, frail, impotent, infirm, infirmly, lame, languid, low, obscurely, poor, sinewed, slack, slender, slight, slightly, soft, thinly, uncertain, unsound, weak, weakly, wishy washy), schein (apparent, appearance, bank note, banknote, bank-note, bill, certificate, gleam, glimmer, glint, glow, license, note, pretense, sham, shine, ticket), erhellen (clear, elucidate, illuminate, irradiate, light up, lighten, shed light on), entzünden (fire, ignite, ignition, inflame, kindle, spark, strike, to ignite), beleuchten (illuminate, illumine, light up). (various references)

Greek		φωτίζω (illuminate, illumine, lighten, lit, shed light on), φως (visible radiation). (various references)

Guarani		vevúi. (various references)

Haitian Creole		limyè. (various references)

Hawaiian		lehtë (easy, facile), dritë. (various references)

Hebrew		אור (daylight). (various references)

Hungarian		lámpa (headlight, lamp, lantern), fény (blaze, clarity, glaze, gloss, luster, lustre, Lustrum, pageantry, polish, pomp, refulgence, revolving light, shine, splendor, splendour, state), könnyen (biddable, easily, easy, effortlessly, evanescent, gullible, lightly, pliableness, pliancy, queasy, readily, skittish, to prick, to trip, tractable, with ease), tiszta (blank, by the merest chance, chaste, clean, clear, distinct, fine, franchised, hygienic, legible, limpid, neat, net, open and shut, pellucid, perspicuous, platonic, proof spirit, pure, saintly, sheer, sinless, sky clear, tabula rasa, transparent), ablaknyílás, csillogó (coruscating, glimmering, glistening, glittering, lustrous, Orient, resplendent, shining, shiny, spangly, starry), enyhe (benign, bland, clement, easy, faint, genial, gentle, lenient, mild, slight, soft), világos (as clear as daylight, as easy as falling off a log, bright, broad, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, distinct, explicit, it is clear that, lager, legible, lightning-like, lucid, luminous, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, self-evident, simple, that is easy to see, transparent, white), fényforrás (illuminant), gyenge (anaemic, anemic, crazy, decrepit, Dickey, dicky, dim, extenuate, faint, feckless, feeble, flabby, flimsy, fragile, frail, impotent, inferior, infirm, low, meagre, mild, nerveless, palsied, reedy, scrannel, semi-invalid, sickly, slack, slender, slight, small voice, soft, weak, weakly), halvány (blanch, bloodless, dim, distant, faint, pale, pallid, sickly, vague, wan, white), láng (blaze, flame), üresen (blankly, emptily, empty, expressionlessly, inanely, vacantly), tűz (firing, kick, pyro, snap, stuck, to bill, to pin, to prick, to stick, to stitch, to zap), világosság (brilliance, brilliancy, clarity, clearness, crispness, distinctness, lighting, limpidity, lucidity, neatness, perspicuity), léha (dissolute, flighty, frivolous, lewd, loose fish, raffish, ribald, vacuous), meggyújt (ignite, inflame, kindle, lit, to ignite, to inflame, to kindle, to light, to prime), megvilágítás (aspect, bad light, exposition, illuminance, illumination, irradiation, lighting), nem hangsúlyos, szőke (blond, blonde, fair), szelíd (benign, biddable, bland, gentle, lenient, meek, milky, placid, quiet, subdued, sweet, sweet-tempered, tame), könnyedén (airily, at ease, easily, facilely, hand over hand, jauntily, lightly, offhandedly, off-handedly, readily, trippingly, with ease). (various references)

Icelandic		ljós, veikur (faint, ill, sick, unwell, weak). (various references)

Indonesian		terang (distinct, obvious, unmistakeable), sinar (beam, glow, radiance, ray), memarakkan (brighten up), enteng (easy, lightly, mild), cahaya (brilliance, efflugence, radiance, ray), anggal (insignificant, lighty loaded, slack). (various references)

Irish		las, solas, geal (blank, bright, clear, white), éadrom. (various references)

Italian		luce (glare, opening, span, window), leggero (agile, faint, fickle, flippant, mild, nimble, shallow, slight, soft, thin, thoughtless, weak), lampada (lamp), illuminare (enlighten, illuminate, illumine, light up, lighten), accendere (burn, enkindle, illuminate, kindle, put on, switch, switch on, turn, turn on). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		軽い (minor, non-serious), 灯 , 淡い (faint, fleeting, pale). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かろやか (easy, minor, non-serious), みがる (agile, carefree, casual, nimble), けい (about, approximately, beheading, group, incline, knight, lean, lineage, lord, penalty, plan, punishment, sentence, state minister, strong, system, ten quadrillion, thorn, thousand billion, time, toward, whip), けいい (complications, details, easy, honour, how it started, how things got this way, particulars, position, respect, sequence of events, simple, whole story), けいかい (admonition, casual, nimble, rhythmical, vigilance, warning), あわい (faint, fleeting, pale), あかり (a light, brightness, lamplight), あっさりした (easy, openhearted, simple), こうこうたる (brilliant, dazzling), かるめ, ともしび, かるい (minor, non-serious), たやすい (easy, simple), でんき (appliances, biography, electric, electrical machinery, electricity, life story, romance), うすで (of thin make, shallow, slight wound, thin), うすくち, ひ (blaze, consort, cost, day, expense, faulty-, fire, flame, hail, ice, negation, no, non-, princess, proportion, ratio, rook, spoon, sun, sunlight, sunshine, the noes, wicked person), ひかり, ライト (right, right field, right fielder), ランプ (headlight, lamp, ramp), フワフワ (airy), たんぱく (candid, egg white, frank, indifferent, ingenuous, plain, protein, simple), たんたん (disinterested, level, peaceful, plain, vigilant hostility), かるやか (easy, minor, non-serious). (various references)

Korean		불빛 (lights). (various references)

Lombard		lus, gnecch (faint, weak). (various references)

Malay		lemah (faint, weak), enteng. (various references)

Manx		sollys (bright, brilliant, clear, lamp, resplendent, shining, shiny, transparent), soilshey (illuminant, shine), soilshaghey (advertisement, characterize, declaration, demonstrate, describe, exhibit, explain, illuminate, illumination, illustrate, interpret, interpretation, irradiate, irradiation, lighten, manifest, manifestation, notify, publication, publish, represent, show, show forth), soilshagh (illuminant, illuminative, lucent, lucid, luminescent, perspicuous), lossey (ablaze, afire, aflame, blaze, blush, burning, flame, flame up, flare, flush, flush in fever, ignition), lossan (aurora, blaze, flame, phosphorescence), lonnyr (blaze, blaze of jewels, brightness, sheen, shine), londeyr (glazed-in light, lantern, stable lamp, storm lamp), leayrtys, lampey (lamp), gillid (brightness, clearness, lustre, white, white of snow, whiteness), foaddey (arson, burn, burn up, burning, ignite, ignition, incendiarism, kindle, set on fire, switch on), eddrymee, eddrym (airy, airy material, benign, bird-witted, empty, empty as head, feint, flighty, lightweight, shallow, slight, weak, weak as blow). (various references)

Maori		tahu-(n)a (to light). (various references)

Maya		thab (to light). (various references)

Mohawk		kanekwenhtararaken (light red), kahontakenra (light green). (various references)

Norwegian		lys (candela, candle, candlepower), lett (easy). (various references)

Occitan		lutz, lum (lamp), alucar (set on fire). (various references)

Papiamen		lus, lihé, suak (faint, weak), debil (faint, weak). (various references)

Pig Latin		ightlay.(various references)

Polish		lekki, słaby (faint, weak), jasny (bright, clear), światło. (various references)

Portuguese		luz (candle, day, illumination, low, shine, torch), acender (enkindle, fire, ignite, kindle, lighten, turn on), luminoso (auroral, bright, clear, enlightening, illuminating, illuminative, lightsome, lucent, lucid, luminous, self-luminous), ligeiro (fleet, hasty, light-footed, light-legged, nimble, quick, ready, speedy), leve (buoyant, fleet-footed, flowing, fluffy, gauzy, gentle, glib, gossamer, light-legged, remote, sleazy, slight, slim, tenuous, tripping, weightless), fraco (adynamic, crank, deedless, defective, enervate, failing, faint, feckless, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flimsy, frail, infirm, lank, little, low, milk-and-water, pimping, pony, puny, reckling, scrannel, shaky, sickly, slight, spineless, spiritless, watery, weak, weak-kneed, weakly, wishy-washy), débil (broken, enervate, failing, faint, feeble, fragile, frail, languid, pony, puny, reckling, reedy, remote, scrannel, shaky, sickly, spiritless, weakly), claro (articulate, bright, broad, certain, clean, clear, clearly, distinct, evident, fair, flyaway, fresh, lightsome, limpid, lucent, lucid, luculent, neat, obvious, open, open-and-shut, overt, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plainspoken, pure, self-explanatory, simple, slip-on, specific, tangible, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unclouded, unequivocal, unmistakable, water-repellent, watertight). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		semáforo (traffic light). (various references)

Romanian		slab (adynamic, angular, bad, cold, cranky, crazy, dicky, dim, Dotty, dull, faint, faintly, feckless, feeble, feebly, female, flabby, flaccid, flat, fleshless, flimsy, footless, forceless, frail, gaunt, groggy, helpless, impotent, inner, jaded, jejune, languid, languishing, languorous, lax, lean, Lenten, loose, low, meager, meagre, mean, mild, milk and water, namby-pamby, nerveless, one horse, pale, peaked, penny-a-line, pimping, poor, poorly, powerless, quiet, remotely, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shaky, sickly, silly, skinny, slack, slight, small, soft, sorry, spare, squeal, stringent, tender, thin, washy, weak, weakly). (various references)

Russian		свет (glow, shine, world). (various references)

Scottish		solus (knowledge). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		lak (cyclecar, easy, facile, go easy, lac, lacker, lacquer, lakh, light weight, lightweight, soft, varnish), lako (airily, easily, easy, facilely, lightly, trippingly), svetao (bright, lucent, luminous, orient, shiny), koji se lako podnosi, osvetliti (illuminate, illumine, kindle, light up, lighten, set light to, shine, spotlight), osvetljenost (illumination), ozarenost, paliti (fire, set fire, start), pripaliti (kindle, light up), blag (benign, bland, clement, genial, gentle, lenient, meek, mellow, melting, mild, permissive, placable, tender, unctuous), spustiti se (alight, climb down, descend, land, perch, shut in, step down), zapaliti (get inflamed, ignite, kindle, set fire, set fire to, set on fire), svetlo, svetlosni (luminous), svetlost (luminosity, serenity), tanak (fine, finespun, gossamer, liny, scone, scrannel, sleazy, slender, slight, tenuous, thin, weak, wispy), upaliti (ignite, start up, switch on, turn on), vatra (fire, gunfire, passion), vazdušast (aeriform, airy, imaginary, puffy, unreal), vedar (cheerful, clear, cloudless, fair, gamesome, lighthearted, merry, serene, unclouded), videlo, sići (alight, climb down, come down, descend, get down, get off, get out, go down, step down). (various references)

Slovene		semaforju. (various references)

Spanish		luz (daylight, elimination, flaunt, glow, kill-devil), ligero (agile, airy, double quick, facile, faint, fast, feathery, flippant, gentle, hasty, light-handed, lightly, lightweight, lithe, mild, quick, quickly, quiet, rakish, remote, springy, swift, thin, twinkling), claro (apparent, break, bright, bright interval, broad, celestial, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, clearing, clearly, crystal clear, dainty, definite, direct, discharged, distinct, evident, fair, gap, glade, it is clear, lightsome, liquid, obvious, of course, opening, pellucid, plain, precise, rift, sure, thin, transparent, unshadowed, weak), encender (burn, fire, ignite, illuminate, inflame, kindle, light up, lighter, put on, set light to, switch on, turn on), alumbrar (illuminate, light up, lighten), débil (bad, dud, faint, feeble, flimsy, ill, infirm, lame duck, weak). (various references)

Sranan		loli (faint, weak), leti (account, direct, reason, straight), lekti, swaki (faint, weak). (various references)

Swahili		nuru, hafifu (faint, miserable, poor, weak). (various references)

Swedish		ljus (blond, bright, candela, candle, candlepower, clear, fair, fair-haired, gay, glim, lights, lightsome, lucid, luminary, luminous, pale), lätt (easily, easy, facile, floaty, fragile, gentle, gently, hands over fist, in a hurry, lightly, mild, readily, shallow, simple, slight, slightly, tripping), tunn (fine, flimsy, gaunt, lean, rare, sheer, sleazy, slender, tenuous, thin, wispy), tända (catch fire, fire, ignite, kindle, light up, spark, strike, turn on), sken (appearance, bolting, brilliance, color, colour, glare, glimmer, gloss, glow, guise, pallet, pretence, pretense, refulgence, semblance, sheen, shine, show), lyse (lighting), lindrig (mild, minor, slight). (various references)

Tagalog		mahinà (faint, slow, weak), magaán, ilaw, ílaw. (various references)

Thai		สว่าง (lucid, luminous), ความสว่าง (lightness, luminosity), ง่าย (easy, simple, simplistic), ที่มีน้ำหนักเบา, ที่ย่อยง่าย, ทำให้สว่าง (emblaze, lighten), จุดไฟ (fire, kindle), แสงสว่าง, บางเบา, ไม่เคร่งเครียด, ไฟหน้ารถ, ไฟฉาย, ไฟแช็ค, แหล่งกำเนิดแสง. (various references)

Turkish		lamba (bulb, glim, illuminant, lamp), fingirdek (coquettish, flirtatious, frivolous, kittenish, ludic), ışık saçmak (beam, burn, flare, irradiate, light up, lighten, radiate, Ray, shine, sparkle), ışık tutmak (bear a torch, flash, flash on, irradiate, set light to, shed), ışıltı (blaze, blink, flash, glint, shining, twinkle), ışımak (beam, blaze, flare, gleam, light up, radiate, Ray, shine, sparkle), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy), açik (above-board, absence, bright, clear, clearly, deficiency, deficit, distinct, free, lack, obvious, of course, open, plain, serene, shortage, shortcoming, sincere, unbiased, unchecked, untroubled, vacant), ağir (abusive, important, insulting, nasty, offensive, serious, slow), acíz (faint, helpless, weak), aydınlık (air shaft, airway, bright, brightly, clear, daylight, enlightenment, high speed, illumination, light-well, luminous, radiance, skylight, sunlit, sunny), aydınlanmak (become clear, brighten, clarify, clear up, dawn, illuminate, light up, lighten), aydınlatmak (brighten, charge, civilize, clear, clear up, clue, dissolve, elicit, elucidate, enlighten, enucleate, flash, flash on, illume, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, let daylight into smth., light up, lighten, post, rake up, set light to, shine upon, solve, unravel), aydinlik (daylight), ışık (gleam, lamp, luminary, photo-), denk gelmek (balance, be in equipoise, coincide, come up to, work out at), yumuşak (benignant, bland, ductile, easygoing, effeminate, flabby, flaccid, floppy, gentle, heartthrob, kid glove, kindly, lax, lenient, limp, malleable, mellow, mild, pulpy, smooth, soft, soft boiled, spongy, supple, tender, velvet, yielding), hafif (airy, blancmange, cushy, digestible, distant, dulcet, easy of digestion, feeble, feint, frail, frivolous, lenient, lightly, lightweight, loose, mild, piano, slight, small, soft, subdued, tenuous, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, wishy washy), inmek (alight, climb down, come down, decrease, descend, dismount, ease off, fall, fall away, get off, go down, sink, step down, step off, step out, subside into, take off), kolayca (easily, easy as winking, facilely, hands down, lightly, readily, smoothly, swimmingly, well, with ease), konmak (alight, enter on, enter upon, perch, perch oneself, settle, sit, touch down), neşelendirmek (amuse, animate, brace, brace up, brighten, buck up, cheer, cheer up, elate, enliven, exhilarate, hearten, inspirit, light up, liven, liven up, quicken, revive, spirit, spirit up, vivify), nur (glory, nimbus, radiance), rastlamak (alight, alight on, blunder on, coincide, come across, come on, come upon, concur, encounter, fall in with, fall on, fall with, find, hap, happen, light upon, meet, meet by chance, run across, run against, run up against smb., stumble across, stumble on, stumble upon), tasasız (carefree, careless, easygoing, happy go lucky, insouciant, light hearted, thoughtless, without a care in the world), umursamaz (conscience-proof, devil may care, disregardful, harum scarum, insensible, lax, neglectful, negligent, reckless, slapdash, thickskinned, unconcerned, unheedful), yakmak (bite, burn, cauterize, fire, flash, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light up, put on, scathe, scorch, sear, set on fire, turn on), yanmak (be hot, broil, burn, burn out, fire, fuse, fuze, glow, go on, inflame, kindle, light up, scorch, smart, sting, swelter, take, tan, toast), deniz feneri (flare, lighthouse). (various references)

Turkmen		yюyk, rцwюen (brilliant, radiant), яylpyldy (blaze, flash), яeсil (simple), яagtylyk (gladness, joy). (various references)

Ukrainian		світло (glow, shine), світлий (blonde, bright, candid, clear, lightsome, whitish), світити (shine), інформація (advice, data, information, intelligence), рампа (footlights, ramp), граціозний (airy, graceful, lightsome, sylphlike), освітлюватися (dawn, defecate), освітлювати (defecate, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, lamp, lighten), освітлювальний (illuminant, illuminating), освітленість (luminosity), несподівано наштовхнутися, запалюватися (enkindle, fire, ignite, inflame), легко (airily, aptly, currently, easily, easy, nimbly, readily, volubly, with ease), легкий (aerial, airy, cushy, easy, effortless, facile, gossamer, potty), джерело світла (luminary, radiant). (various references)

Vietnamese		nhẹ dạ (credulous, frivolous, ill-advised), ánh sáng ban ngày nguồn ánh sáng, ánh sáng mặt trời (sunlight, sunshine), đèn đuốc lửa, đĩ thoã tầm thường, bộp chộp; lăng nhăng; lẳng lơ, chân lý trạng thái, dịu dàng (dulcet, gentle, smoothspoken, velvet), diêm, không quan trọng có tài xoáy vặt, nông nổi (hare-brained, light-headed), ánh sáng (glare, shine, shone), nhẹ (lightly, mildly, skin-deep), trí tuệ (intellect, mind, wit), nhẹ nhàng nhanh nhẹn nhẹ nhàng, phương diện (respect), quan niệm sự soi sáng, sáng sủa (clearly, cloudless, serene), sự làm sáng tỏ (elucidation, enlightenment, enucleation), sự tinh anh, thư thái khinh suất, thanh thoát (unlaboured), tia lửa (spark), trí thức (lore), ngủ dể tỉnh. (various references)

Welsh		llewych (brightness), ysgyfaint (lungs), ysgafn (stack), gwawl, goleuo (enlighten, illuminate), goleuni, goleuad (luminary), golau, cynnau (kindle). (various references)

Yucatec		saasil, saal. (various references)

Zulu		isibane. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	1. si, 2. la, bun, me-lam, nu, tan, ud, uru, zalag. (various references)
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	lampas. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	lumen. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	raocah, revîm. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	leoht, scima. (various references)
Middle French	1400-1600	luminarie. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 5, Verse 45
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	OpwV genhsqe uioi tou patroV umwn tou en ouranoiV oti ton hlion autou anatellei epi ponhrouV kai agaqouV kai brecei epi dikaiouV kai adikouV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ut sitis filii Patris vestri qui in caelis est qui solem suum oriri facit super bonos et malos et pluit super iustos et iniustos
Old English	990	West Saxon	þæt ge seon eowres fader bærn. þeon heofene ys. se þe deð þæt his sunneäspringð ofer þa godan & ofer þa yfelen. & he læt rinan ofer þa rihtwisan. & ofer þaunrihtwisan.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	That ye be the sones of your fadir that is in heuenes, that makith his sunne to rise vpon goode `and yuele men, and reyneth on iust men and vniuste.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	That ye maye be ye chyldern of youre father that is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne to aryse on ye yvell and on the good and sendeth his reyn on the iuste and vniuste.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	That ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Matthew Chapter 5, Verse 45
Cebuano	aron mahimo kamong mga anak sa inyong Amahan nga anaa sa langit; kay siya nagapasubang sa iyang Adlaw sa ibabaw sa mga dautan ug sa ibabaw sa mga maayo, ug nagpadalag ulan ngadto sa mga matarung ug sa mga dili matarung.
Croatian	da budete sinovi svoga oca koji je na nebesima, jer on daje da sunce njegovo izlazi nad zlima i dobrima i da kiša pada pravednicima i nepravednicima.
Danish	for at I må vorde eders Faders Børn, han, som er i Himlene; thi han lader sin Sol opgå over onde og gode og lader det regne over retfærdige og uretfærdige.
Dutch	Opdat gij moogt kinderen zijn uws Vaders, Die in de hemelen is; want Hij doet Zijn zon opgaan over bozen en goeden, en regent over rechtvaardigen en onrechtvaardigen.
Finnish	että olisitte Isänne lapsia, joka on taivaissa; sillä hän antaa aurinkonsa koittaa niin pahoille kuin hyvillekin, ja antaa sataa niin väärille kuin vanhurskaillekin.
French	afin que vous soyez fils de votre Père qui est dans les cieux; car il fait lever son soleil sur les méchants et sur les bons, et il fait pleuvoir sur les justes et sur les injustes.
German	auf daß ihr Kinder seid eures Vater im Himmel; denn er läßt seine Sonne aufgehen über die Bösen und über die Guten und läßt regnen über Gerechte und Ungerechte.
Haitian Creole	Se konsa n'a tounen pitit Papa nou ki nan syèl la. Paske, li fè solèy la leve ni pou moun ki mechan ni pou moun ki bon. Li fè lapli tonbe ni pou moun k'ap fè sa ki byen ni pou moun k'ap fè sa ki mal.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	supaya kalian menjadi anak-anak Bapamu yang di surga. Sebab Allah menerbitkan matahari-Nya untuk orang yang baik dan untuk orang yang jahat juga. Ia menurunkan hujan untuk orang yang berbuat benar dan untuk orang yang berbuat jahat juga.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	supaya kamu menjadi anak-anak Bapamu yang di surga; karena Ia menerbitkan matahari-Nya bagi orang yang jahat dan yang baik, dan Ia menurunkan hujan ke atas orang yang benar dan yang tiada benar.
Italian	perché siate figli del Padre vostro celeste, che fa sorgere il suo sole sopra i malvagi e sopra i buoni, e fa piovere sopra i giusti e sopra gli ingiusti.
Latvian	Lai jûs bûtu tâ Tçva bçrni, kas debesîs, kas liek savai saulei uzlçkt pâr labajiem un ïaunajiem un lietum lît pâr taisnîgajiem un netaisnîgajiem!
Manx Gaelic	Dy vod shiu ve cloan nyn Ayr t'ayns niau, son t'eshyn cur er e ghrian girree er mie as sie, as cur fliaghey neose er y vooinjer chairagh as neu-chairagh.
Maori	Kia tupu ai koutou hei tamariki ma to koutou Matua i te rangi: e mea nei hoki ia i tona ra kia whiti ki te hunga kino, ki te hunga pai, kia ua hoki te ua ki te hunga tika, ki te hunga he.
Norwegian	forat I kan bli eders himmelske Faders barn; for han lar sin sol gå op over onde og gode, og lar det regne over rettferdige og urettferdige.
Portuguese	para que vos torneis filhos do vosso Pai que está nos céus; porque ele faz nascer o seu sol sobre maus e bons, e faz chover sobre justos e injustos.
Rumanian	ca sq fiyi fii ai Tatqlui vostru care este kn ceruri; cqci El face sq rqsarq soarele Squ peste cei rqi wi peste cei buni, wi dq ploaie peste cei drepyi wi peste cei nedrepyi.
Russian	ДБ ВХДЕФЕ УЩОБНЙ пФГБ ЧБЫЕЗП оЕВЕУОПЗП, ЙВП пО РПЧЕМЕЧБЕФ УПМОГХ уЧПЕНХ ЧПУИПДЙФШ ОБД ЪМЩНЙ Й ДПВТЩНЙ Й РПУЩМБЕФ ДПЦДШ ОБ РТБЧЕДОЩИ Й ОЕРТБЧЕДОЩИ.
Shuar	Atumsha nu Túrakrum Atumí Apari nayaimpiniam pujana nu Túrana aitkiasrumek Túrarme. Iista, Yus yajauch shuarnumsha pénker shuarnumsha Tsáapin awajmatkiatsuk. Núnisan yumincha yajauch shuar pujuiniamunmasha pénker shuar pujuiniamunmasha Yútumtiktsuk.
Spanish	de modo que seáis hijos de vuestro Padre que está en los cielos, porque él hace salir su sol sobre malos y buenos, y hace llover sobre justos e injustos.
Swahili	ili mpate kuwa watoto wa Baba yenu aliye mbinguni. Kwa maana yeye huwaangazia jua lake watu wabaya na wema, na kuwanyeshea mvua watu wanyofu na waovu.
Swedish	och varen så eder himmelske Faders barn; han låter ju sin sol gå upp över både onda och goda och låter det regna över både rättfärdiga och orättfärdiga.
Uma	Apa' ane lompe' nono-ta hi bali' -ta, tatuku' -mi po'ingku Alata'ala, Tuama-ta to hi rala suruga. Apa' lompe' nono-na Alata'ala hi hawe'ea tauna: napopehupa' eo hi tauna to lompe' pai' hi tauna to dada'a, napopana'u uda hi tauna to monoa' pai' hi tauna to bengku' nono-ra.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "light": lightbulb, lightbulbs, lighted, lighten, lightened, lightener, lighteners, lightening, lightens, lighter, lighterage, lighterages, lightered, lightering, lighters, lightest, lightface, lightfaced, lightfaces, lightfast, lightfastness, lightfastnesses, lightful, lightheaded, lighthearted, lightheartedly, lightheartedness, lightheartednesses, lighthouse, lighthouses, lighting, lightings, lightish, lightless, lightly, lightness, lightnesses, lightning, lightninged, lightnings, lightplane, lightplanes, lightproof, lights, lightship, lightships, lightsome, lightsomely, lightsomeness, lightsomenesses, lighttight. (additional references)
	Words ending with "light": alight, backlight, blight, candlelight, daylight, deadlight, delight, droplight, earthlight, fanlight, featherlight, firelight, flashlight, flight, floodlight, gaslight, headlight, highlight, inflight, jacklight, lamplight, limelight, lowlight, mislight, moonlight, overflight, overlight, penlight, plight, postflight, preflight, relight, rushlight, safelight, searchlight, sidelight, skylight, slight, spaceflight, spotlight, starlight, stoplight, streetlight, sunlight, superlight, taillight, topflight, torchlight, trothplight, twilight, ultralight. (additional references)
	Words containing "light": alighted, alighting, alightment, alightments, alights, backlighted, backlighting, backlights, blighted, blighter, blighters, blighties, blighting, blights, blighty, candlelighted, candlelighter, candlelighters, candlelights, daylighted, daylighting, daylightings, daylights, deadlights, delighted, delightedly, delightedness, delightednesses, delighter, delighters, delightful, delightfully, delightfulness, delightfulnesses, delighting, delights, delightsome, droplights, earthlights, enlighten, enlightened, enlightening, enlightenment, enlightenments, enlightens, fanlights, firelights, flashlights, flighted, flightier, flightiest. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Light" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dight, ight, Ilshat, laght, laghu, laught, leghs, Leicht, leight, licht, ligat, liget, Liggat, ligh, lightx, ligit, ligot, ligt, ligtu, liht, lioht, lirh, loght, Lucht, lugh, lyght, lyt. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "light" (pronounced lī"t)
3	l ī" t	alight, blight, delight, flight, lite, plight, polite, sleight, slight.
2	-ī" t	alright, bite, bright, byte, cite, contrite, ignite, despite, disinvite, dunite, excite, fight, forthright, fright, height, hight, incite, indict, indite, invite, kite, knight, Kyte, might, mite, night, nite, nonwhite, outright, overexcite, overnight, overwrite, quite, recite, reignite, reinvite, reunite, rewrite, right, rite, sight, site, spite, sprite, tight, tonight, trite, upright, uptight, white, Wight, Wright, write.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-h-i-l-t"
	-1 letter: gilt, hilt.
	-2 letters: ghi, git, hit, lit, til.
	-3 letters: hi, it, li, ti.
	Words containing the letters "g-h-i-l-t"
	+1 letter: alight, blight, flight, glitch, lights, plight, slight.
	+2 letters: alights, alright, blights, blighty, delight, flights, flighty, glitchy, halting, hilting, lathing, lighted, lighten, lighter, lightly, nightly, plights, relight, rightly, sightly, sleight, slights, tholing, tightly, uplight.
	+3 letters: alighted, almighty, atheling, blighted, blighter, brightly, chitling, clothing, daylight, delights, eighthly, fanlight, flighted, gaslight, gilthead, glitches, hightail, hurtling, hustling, inflight, knightly, latching, lathings, letching, lichting, lightens, lighters, lightest, lightful, lighting, lightish, litharge, lithoing, loathing, lowlight, megalith, mightily, mislight, oiltight, penlight, plighted, plighter, regolith, relights, rightful, skylight, sleights, slighted, slighter, slightly, sunlight, taiglach, teiglach, thirlage, thirling, triglyph, twilight, uplights.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Country	Name	Country	Name
Australia	Australian Gas Light Co.	Brazil	Light - Servicos de Eletricidade SA
Canada	Global Light Telecommunications Inc.	China	Shanghai Light Industry Machinery Co., Ltd.
Greece	Etem SA Light Metals Industry	Japan	Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd.
USA	Cambridge Electric Light Company
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
light house	18,754	light house figurine	970
northern light	5,812	solar light	955
light house collectible	5,774	speed of light	943
light bulb	5,137	blue light	848
kazaa light	3,713	green light	847
light	3,584	financial green light	820
christmas light	3,117	city of light	799
light house art	2,951	maine light house	782
guiding light	1,961	party light	749
warning light	1,870	kazza light	723
new england light house	1,867	tail light	721
cooking light	1,839	fog light	711
bike light	1,619	michigan light house	707
oregon light house	1,609	led light	701
light fixture	1,367	black light	696
underwater light	1,319	green light project	660
light house print	1,296	spot light	630
neon light	1,097	green light mortgage	629
light of the god	1,080	light house picture	626
light meter	992	night light	624
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Light Game" by Lucian Slatineanu Commentary: "Just playing with some light."	"Light bulb" by Jason Hart Commentary: "An exterior light on the porch, taken at night."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Light

Definition: Light

Light

Adjective

Adverb

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Light

Specialty Definition: Cherenkov effect

Light

Nature of Light

Visible Light Wavelengths

Light Sources

Light Waves

Speed of light

Overview

Constant in all Reference Frames

History

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Light

Synonyms: Light

Synonyms within Context: Light

Calefaction

Cheerfulness

Descent

Facility

Fuel

Impurity

Interpretation

Irresolution

Opening

Rarity

Smallness

State

Unimportance

Velocity

Wit

Crosswords: Light

Modern Usage: Light

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Tongue Twisters

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Commercial Usage: Light

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Light

Photos:Light

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Photo Album: Light

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Sounds Captioned with "Light".

Familiar Quotations: Light

Francis Bacon

Henry David Thoreau

John Gay

John Heywood

John Milton

Michelangelo

Norman O. Brown

Robert Burton

Thomas p Kempis

Historic Usage: Light

John Locke

US Declaration of Independence

Treaty of Versailles

Brown v. Board of Education

John F. Kennedy

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Use in Literature: Light

Emma

Austen, Jane

Faces in the Fire

Photos:
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