light switch

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Noun

light switch (plural light switches)

1. A switch, usually mounted on a wall in a building, used to turn the light or another appliance such as a fan on and off.

Translations

switch used to turn the light on or off

Arabic: قَاطِعَة f (qāṭiʕa) Belarusian: выключа́льнік m (vyključálʹnik) Chinese: Mandarin: 電燈開關 / 电灯开关 (diàndēng kāiguān) Czech: vypínač (cs) m Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: lichtknopje (nl) n Finnish: valokatkaisija French: interrupteur (fr) German: Lichtschalter (de) m Icelandic: ljósrofi m Italian: interruttore (it) m Japanese: 電灯のスイッチ (でんとうのスイッチ, dentō no suitchi) Korean: 전등 스위치 (jeondeung seuwichi), 라이트 스위치 (raiteu seuwichi) Macedonian: прекинувач m (prekinuvač) Mongolian: Cyrillic: гэрлийн унтраалга (gerliin untraalga) Norwegian: Bokmål: lysbryter m Persian: Iranian Persian: کِلیدِ لامْپ (kelid-e lâmp) Polish: włącznik światła m Portuguese: interruptor (pt) m Romanian: întrerupător (ro) n, comutator (ro) n Russian: выключа́тель (ru) m (vyključátelʹ) Slovak: vypínač m Spanish: interruptor (es) m Swedish: lysknapp (sv) c, ljusknapp (sv) c Ukrainian: вимика́ч m (vymykáč)

See also

• dimmer switch
• DPST
• two-way switch
• three-way switch
• intermediate switch (four-way switch)
• toggle switch