downlight
English
noun
Definitions
- A light fixture installed in a hollow opening in a ceiling, concentrating the light in a downward direction.
Etymology
Compound from English down (from a higher position to a lower one, hill) + English light (not heavy, lacking weight, not weighed down, ignite, very like, come, make less heavy, get down, same as, drop, illuminate, lacking weight mental gravity, shine, lacking mental gravity, weak, pale, bright, lighten, l, luminous, visible, little weight, make bright, dismount, unload).
Origin
English
light
Gloss
not heavy, lacking weight, not weighed down, ignite, very like, come, make less heavy, get down, same as, drop, illuminate, lacking weight mental gravity, shine, lacking mental gravity, weak, pale, bright, lighten, l, luminous, visible, little weight, make bright, dismount, unload
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- Branton English
- Christmas light English
- Spooklight English
- alight English
- antidown English
- antilight English
- arclight English
- backdown English
- backlight English
- beatdown English
- bedlight English
- belight English
- betalight English
- black light English
- blacklight English
- blowdown English
- boildown English
- booklight English
- bouncedown English
- bringdown English
- builddown English
- burndown English
- buydown English
- candlelight English
- cast down English
- catchlight English
- clampdown English
- cleardown English
- climbdown English
- comedown English
- countdown English
- cramdown English
- crosslight English
- cutdown English
- dawnlight English
- daylight English
- deadlight English
- down English
- down-gyved English
- down-hearted English
- downable English
- downbound English
- downbow English
- downcard English
- downcase English
- downchirp English
- downclimb English
- downcoast English
- downcomer English
- downcutting English
- downdip English
- downer English
- downface English
- downfalling English
- downflex English
- downfold English
- downforce English
- downgauge English
- downgaze English
- downglide English
- downgoing English
- downgone English
- downgyved English
- downhearted English
- downland English
- downlead English
- downlighting English
- downlike English
- downlist English
- download English
- downlooked English
- downlying English
- downmass English
- downmost English
- downness English
- downpick English
- downpipe English
- downpress English
- downrange English
- downrank English
- downsample English
- downselection English
- downshift English
- downshifter English
- downside English
- downsitting English
- downslope English
- downsloping English
- downslur English
- downsome English
- downspout English
- downstair English
- downstate English
- downstreet English
- downstrike English
- downstroke English
- downstyle English
- downtempo English
- downthrow English
- downthrown English
- downtick English
- downtime English
- downtone English
- downtown English
- downtube English
- downward English
- downwards English
- downwarp English
- downwell English
- downy English
- downzone English
- drawdown English
- drilldown English
- dropdown English
- droplight English
- dubdown English
- dumbed-down English
- dummy light English
- dusklight English
- earthlight English
- eiderdown English
- enlight English
- enlighten English
- evendown English
- evenlight English
- extragalactic background light English
- feather-light English
- featherdown English
- firelight English
- flamelight English
- flashlight English
- floodlight English
- footlight English
- forelight English
- gaslight English
- glowlight English
- goosedown English
- guidelight English
- headlight English
- hoedown English
- houselight English
- hyperlight English
- icelight English
- idiot light English
- inlight English
- jacklight English
- kickdown English
- kilolight English
- knockdown English
- lamplight English
- lanternlight English
- lay down English
- leadlight English
- light English
- light along English
- light bulb English
- light due English
- light equation English
- light horse English
- light into English
- light line English
- light money English
- light organ English
- light out English
- light spectrum English
- light up English
- light waterline English
- light-bearing English
- light-fingered English
- light-footed English
- light-headed English
- light-heeled English
- light-horseman English
- light-legged English
- light-minded English
- light-sensitive English
- light-spirited English
- light-struck English
- light-tight English
- light-winged English
- lightable English
- lightbar English
- lightboard English
- lightboat English
- lightbox English
- lightcurve English
- lighten English
- lighter English
- lightest English
- lighteth English
- lightface English
- lightfaced English
- lightfast English
- lightfront English
- lighthead English
- lighthearted English
- lighthouse English
- lightie English
- lighting English
- lightish English
- lightkeeper English
- lightless English
- lightlike English
- lightly English
- lightman English
- lightmans English
- lightmap English
- lightmapping English
- lightmonger English
- lightness English
- lightpath English
- lightplane English
- lightpost English
- lightproof English
- lightray English
- lightroom English
- lightsaber English
- lightscape English
- lightshade English
- lightshift English
- lightship English
- lightskin English
- lightskirt English
- lightsome English
- lightspeed English
- lightstick English
- lightstrip English
- lightvessel English
- lightweight English
- lightwell English
- lightwood English
- lightwork English
- lightworker English
- limelight English
- lookdown English
- looplight English
- lovelight English
- lowdown English
- lowlight English
- markdown English
- matchlight English
- microlight English
- mislight English
- mixdown English
- moonlight English
- mountdown English
- multilight English
- neckdown English
- nightlight English
- nonlight English
- noonlight English
- overlight English
- owllight English
- pastedown English
- patdown English
- paydown English
- penlight English
- phasedown English
- playdown English
- pocketlight English
- porchlight English
- portlight English
- prelight English
- pushdown English
- quarterlight English
- relight English
- ringdown English
- ringlight English
- rolldown English
- rubdown English
- rushlight English
- safelight English
- scaledown English
- scrubdown English
- sdown English
- sea-light English
- searchlight English
- selldown English
- setdown English
- showdown English
- sidelight English
- skylight English
- slapdown English
- smackdown English
- snowlight English
- spacelight English
- spelldown English
- spindown English
- splashdown English
- spotlight English
- staredown English
- starlight English
- stepdown English
- stoplight English
- strapdown English
- straylight English
- streetlight English
- stripdown English
- striplight English
- sub-light English
- sundown English
- sunlight English
- superlight English
- taillight English
- talkdown English
- tealight English
- teardown English
- thistledown English
- throwdown English
- thunderlight English
- top light English
- toplight English
- torchlight English
- touchdown English
- trickledown English
- tubelight English
- tumbledown English
- turndown English
- twilight English
- ultralight English
- unlight English
- up so down English
- uplight English
- upside down English
- warlight English
- washdown English
- watchlight English
- waxlight English
- winddown English
- windowlight English
- write-down English
- Licht German
- down German
- down Dutch, Flemish
- light French
- light Spanish, Castilian
- doune Middle English
- light Middle English
- ดาวน์ Thai
- 當機 Chinese
- layita Xhosa
- daun Tok Pisin
- daunbilo Tok Pisin
- daunim Tok Pisin
- lait Tok Pisin
- layida Swati
- leti Sranan Tongo
- ليت Gulf Arabic
- laatɩ Farefare
- down
- sdown
- downy
- light
- downer
- alight
- belight
- lightie
- relight
- lightly
- lowdown
- downdip
- dubdown
- rubdown
- buydown
- patdown
- downbow
- uplight
- paydown
- mixdown
- unlight
- inlight
- lighten
- sundown
- hoedown
- Branton
- setdown
- cutdown
- lighter
- enlight
- downtone
- gaslight
- mislight
- downlike
- pushdown
- daylight
- downlist
- downtube
- comedown
- light up
- downpick
- beatdown
- teardown
- lighteth
- lookdown
- downrank
- lightbar
- drawdown
- sunlight
- downside
- winddown
- blowdown
- burndown
- arclight
- warlight
- lay down
- penlight
- slapdown
- downcard
- lightish
- downzone
- downable
- backdown
- twilight
- downgaze
- downslur
- waxlight
- antidown
- rolldown
- downfold
- icelight
- nonlight
- downgone
- lighting
- downtown
- downward
- kickdown
- downcase
- owllight
- turndown
- lightray
- downflex
- evendown
- downwarp
- downlead
- download
- showdown
- downland
- neckdown
- skylight
- playdown
- markdown
- downmass
- spindown
- downsome
- prelight
- lightbox
- selldown
- downface
- lightman
- talkdown
- toplight
- stepdown
- dropdown
- downwell
- lowlight
- downness
- downtick
- washdown
- tealight
- downmost
- lightmap
- lightest
- boildown
- ringdown
- downpipe
- cramdown
- downtime
- bedlight
- limelight
- footlight
- lightness
- lightable
- pastedown
- lightboat
- backlight
- downpress
- lightwood
- lightface
- bringdown
- lightwell
- downstyle
- downtempo
- downcoast
- lighthead
- touchdown
- downshift
- lightsome
- evenlight
- downslope
- climbdown
- headlight
- staredown
- lightpost
- deadlight
- portlight
- cast down
- sub-light
- ringlight
- firelight
- spelldown
- lamplight
- stoplight
- moonlight
- antilight
- downbound
- builddown
- noonlight
- enlighten
- downforce
- lovelight
- kilolight
- booklight
- downthrow
- taillight
- downchirp
- downgoing
- downlying
- downrange
- dawnlight
- safelight
- downstate
- lightpath
- lightlike
- countdown
- lightfast
- downstair
- goosedown
- downwards
- cleardown
- spotlight
- downgauge
- glowlight
- lightship
- sidelight
- lightwork
- scrubdown
- phasedown
- jacklight
- smackdown
- betalight
- starlight
- drilldown
- eiderdown
- tubelight
- knockdown
- looplight
- stripdown
- sea-light
- scaledown
- overlight
- leadlight
- snowlight
- downclimb
- droplight
- lightroom
- throwdown
- lightless
- mountdown
- clampdown
- lightmans
- strapdown
- top light
- dusklight
- rushlight
- downcomer
- downglide
- forelight
- downgyved
- downspout
- light out
- light due
- lightskin
- floodlight
- downlooked
- downstrike
- houselight
- lightcurve
- lightproof
- down-gyved
- up so down
- lightboard
- earthlight
- straylight
- guidelight
- bouncedown
- superlight
- lightstrip
- hyperlight
- downstroke
- lightshade
- striplight
- lightfront
- light into
- lighthouse
- lightsaber
- matchlight
- downstreet
- downsample
- light bulb
- watchlight
- lightshift
- tumbledown
- crosslight
- lightstick
- lightskirt
- lightscape
- multilight
- lightfaced
- Spooklight
- spacelight
- flamelight
- catchlight
- light line
- downthrown
- lightplane
- splashdown
- ultralight
- lightspeed
- flashlight
- porchlight
- nightlight
- microlight
- blacklight
- write-down
- torchlight
- streetlight
- lightweight
- downshifter
- dumbed-down
- lightworker
- downsitting
- featherdown
- downcutting
- light horse
- lightkeeper
- trickledown
- light money
- black light
- downsloping
- windowlight
- light organ
- idiot light
- light along
- dummy light
- lightvessel
- pocketlight
- upside down
- downhearted
- light-tight
- thistledown
- candlelight
- lightmonger
- searchlight
- downfalling
- light-winged
- light-footed
- lighthearted
- lightmapping
- light-struck
- light-headed
- light-heeled
- quarterlight
- downlighting
- light-minded
- thunderlight
- light-legged
- lanternlight
- down-hearted
- light-bearing
- downselection
- feather-light
- light-horseman
- light equation
- light-fingered
- light-spirited
- light spectrum
- light-sensitive
- Christmas light
- light waterline
- extragalactic background light