floodlight

English

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

Descendants

• → Tagalog: pladlayt

Translations

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

Bulgarian: прожектор m (prožektor) Danish: projektør c, projektørlys n Finnish: valonheitin (fi) German: Flutlicht (de) n Irish: teilgeoir tuilsholais m Macedonian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: refletor (pt) m

powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam

Danish: fladebelysning c Finnish: kenttävalaistus German: Flutlicht (de) n Norwegian: Bokmål: flomlys n

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

Maori: tūrama raharaha Norwegian: Bokmål: flombelyse