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lighter en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈlʌɪtəɾ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈlaɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈlɑetə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • audio SSB
  • /ˈlaɪtɚ/ (General-American)
  • [ˈlaɪɾɚ] (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈlɑjtə/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

From light (“to ignite”) + -er. Cognate with Middle Dutch lichtere, lichter (“one who spreads light, illuminator”), Dutch lichter, luchter (“candle-holder, chandelier”). Compare also Middle English lightnere, liȝtnere (“one who enlightens or illuminates”).

Meanings

  1. A person who lights things.
    • a lighter of lamps
  2. A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.
    • Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lighters Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

cigar lighter · lighter screw · lighterage · candlelighter · sandlighter · table lighter · fag lighter · fag-lighter · pipe lighter · lighterman · torch lighter · lighterful · gaslighter · jet lighter · lump the lighter · lighter fluid

Descendants

لایټر · लाइटर · lighter · lighter · লাইটার · لایْتَر · 라이터 · لائِٹَر · ライター

Hyponyms

lamplighter · cigarette lighter · firelighter

Synonyms

briquet

Translations (140)

ary بريكة (fire-making device) · yue 打火機 /打火机 (fire-making device) · mt lajter (fire-making device) · id pemantik (fire-making device) · ug چاقماق (fire-making device) · ca encenedor (fire-making device) · tg оташафрӯзак (fire-making device) · io acendilo (fire-making device) · nb fyrtøy (fire-making device) · lij bricchettu (fire-making device) · az alışqan (fire-making device) · eu pizgailu (fire-making device) · fo tendrari (fire-making device) · hak 打火機 /打火机 (fire-making device) · ru зажига́лка (fire-making device) · et tulemasin (fire-making device) · gv eddrymmey (fire-making device) · tr çakmak (fire-making device) · su gérétan (fire-making device) · hy կրակվառիչ (fire-making device) · bg запа́лка (fire-making device) · fi sytkäri (fire-making device) · is kveikjari (fire-making device) · gv losseyder (fire-making device) · gl chisqueiro (fire-making device) · nn lighter (fire-making device) · am መለኮሻ (fire-making device) · uk запальни́чка (fire-making device) · ce цӏетухург (fire-making device) · gil bebete riki (fire-making device) · kmr heste (fire-making device) · lt žiebtuvėlis (fire-making device) · uz chaqmoq (fire-making device) · pdt Hupjebrenna (fire-making device) · mn асаагуур (fire-making device) · cmn 打火機 /打火机 (fire-making device) · zza adırge (diq) (fire-making device) · ja ライター (fire-making device) · acw وَلَّاعة (fire-making device) · el αναπτήρας (fire-making device) · sh упа̀ља̄ч (fire-making device) · bo སླ་བ (fire-making device) · prs لَایْتَر (fire-making device) · ro brichetă (fire-making device) · da cigarettænder (fire-making device) · tk çakmak (fire-making device) · da lighter (fire-making device) · ur لائِٹَر (fire-making device) · nb sigarettenner (fire-making device) · am ማቀጣጠያ (fire-making device) · de (handheld) Feuerzeug (fire-making device) · pt isqueiro (fire-making device) · it accendino (fire-making device) · th ไฟแช็ก (fire-making device) · crh çaqmaq (fire-making device) · id korek api gas (fire-making device) · lij bricchetto (fire-making device) · da fyrtøj (fire-making device) · es encendedor (fire-making device) · cs zapalovač (fire-making device) · nn fyrtøy (fire-making device) · my ဓာတ်မီးခြစ် (fire-making device) · eu metxero (fire-making device) · sl vžigalnik (fire-making device) · kk шақпақ (fire-making device) · es mechero (fire-making device) · he מַצִּית (fire-making device) · es lighter (fire-making device) · uz zajigalka (fire-making device) · lo ເຫລັກໄຟ (fire-making device) · vi hộp quẹt (fire-making device) · fi tupakansytytin (fire-making device) · ms pemetik api (fire-making device) · es briquet (fire-making device) · fi savukkeensytytin (fire-making device) · vi bật lửa (fire-making device) · fa-ira فَنْدَک (fire-making device) · fr briquet (fire-making device) · pt acendedor (fire-making device) · mk запалка (fire-making device) · mi pūahi (fire-making device) · sk zapaľovač (fire-making device) · la ignitabulum (fire-making device) · sq çakmak (fire-making device) · scn azzarinu (fire-making device) · be запальні́чка (fire-making device) · tg нимирӯзӣ (fire-making device) · tet iskeiru (fire-making device) · ar قَدَّاحَة (fire-making device) · ko 라이터 (fire-making device) · es yesquero (fire-making device) · nl aansteker (fire-making device) · et välgumihkel (fire-making device) · ar وَلَّاعَة (fire-making device) · af aanbrandsteker (fire-making device) · nan-hbl 賴打 /赖打 (fire-making device) · hak 賴打 /赖打 (fire-making device) · ky зажигалка (fire-making device) · zu into yokukhanyisa (fire-making device) · cy taniwr (fire-making device) · lo ກັບເຫລັກໄຟ (fire-making device) · lv dedzīklis (fire-making device) · st segôtêtši (fire-making device) · yue 火機 /火机 (fire-making device) · es fosforera (fire-making device) · mk чакмак (fire-making device) · tl pansindi (fire-making device) · de Zigarettenanzünder (fire-making device) · my မီးခြစ် (fire-making device) · hi लाइटर (fire-making device) · hu öngyújtó (fire-making device) · ar وَلَّاعَة (fire-making device) · pox vigneně tüďai (fire-making device) · bn লাইটার (fire-making device) · kmr çeqmaq (fire-making device) · km ដែកកេះ (fire-making device) · ga lastóir (fire-making device) · fi sytytin (fire-making device) · ajp قَدَّاحَة (fire-making device) · nb lighter (fire-making device) · af aak (fire-making device) · lo ກັບໄຟ (fire-making device) · ps لایټر (fire-making device) · ga lastóir toitíní (fire-making device) · af aansteker (fire-making device) · nds Füertüüch (fire-making device) · to masi (fire-making device) · ary شعالة (fire-making device) · yi אָנצינדער (fire-making device) · ar قَدَّاحَة (fire-making device) · nn tennar (fire-making device) · sw vibiriti vya chuma (fire-making device) · lv šķiltavas (fire-making device) · pl zapalniczka (fire-making device) · sv tändare (fire-making device) · ka სანთებელა (fire-making device) · ky чакмак (fire-making device) · vo filidöm (fire-making device) · sh upàljāč (fire-making device) · ajp وَلَّاعَة (fire-making device)

lighter en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈlʌɪtəɾ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈlaɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈlɑetə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • audio SSB
  • /ˈlaɪtɚ/ (General-American)
  • [ˈlaɪɾɚ] (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈlɑjtə/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

From Middle English lightere, lyghtere, equivalent to light (“to unload, lighten”) + -er. Compare West Frisian lichter (“lighter ship”), Dutch lichter (“lighter ship”), Middle Low German lichter, lüchter, lüchtære (“a small ship that lightens a load, lighter ship”).

Meanings

  1. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
    • It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks. 1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lighters Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

lightboat

Translations (14)

he פּוֹרֶקֶת (a barge) · de Leichter (a barge) · ru шала́нда (a barge) · sv liktare (a barge) · da ligter (a barge) · nb lekter (a barge) · el φορτηγίδα (a barge) · pl lichtuga (a barge) · da lægter (a barge) · nn lekter (a barge) · ru ли́хтер (a barge) · nl lichter (a barge) · fi lehteri (a barge) · is prammi (a barge)

lighter en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈlʌɪtəɾ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈlaɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈlɑetə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • audio SSB
  • /ˈlaɪtɚ/ (General-American)
  • [ˈlaɪɾɚ] (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈlɑjtə/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

From Middle English lightere, lyghtere, equivalent to light (“to unload, lighten”) + -er. Compare West Frisian lichter (“lighter ship”), Dutch lichter (“lighter ship”), Middle Low German lichter, lüchter, lüchtære (“a small ship that lightens a load, lighter ship”).

Meanings

  1. To transfer (cargo or passengers) to or from a ship by means of a lighter or other small vessel.
    • Beyond the station an extension descends at 1 in 30, the steepest gradient on the line, to Government Wharf, where cargo is lightered to and from ships at anchor in the harbour. 1960 April 14, H. P. White, “The Railways of Sierra Leone”, in Railway Magazine, page 233:
    • 1900. Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Vol. 7, pg. 3227. Troops and stores were lightered to the wharves inside the harbor by steamers Orizaba and Berkshire.
  2. To transfer cargo or fuel from (a ship), lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lightering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lightered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lightered Tense=Past lexicographic
lighters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Hypernyms

lighten · lighten

lighter en · ADJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈlʌɪtəɾ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈlaɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈlɑetə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • audio SSB
  • /ˈlaɪtɚ/ (General-American)
  • [ˈlaɪɾɚ] (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈlɑjtə/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

From light (“pale”) + -er (“comparative”).

Meanings

  1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of light: more light
    form of light
    • I prefer a lighter shade of pink.

lighter en · ADJ · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈlʌɪtəɾ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈlaɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈlɑetə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • audio SSB
  • /ˈlaɪtɚ/ (General-American)
  • [ˈlaɪɾɚ] (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈlɑjtə/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

From light (“not heavy, weak”) + -er (“comparative”).

Meanings

  1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of light: more light
    form of light
    • It is lighter to handle and more manoeuvrable, and its three caged sides with web straps on the fourth prevent movement of the contents. 1964 May, “News and Comment: WR's new parcel traffic method”, in Modern Railways, page 300:
    • For example, lightweight construction and Jacobs bogies save weight, and a lighter train uses less power. 2021 May 19, David Clough, “Swiss precision meets UK growth”, in RAIL, number 931, page 57:
    • What happened? You look 10 lbs. lighter!
    • The way the glare from our engine firehole pulsated, reflecting continuously in the steam, combined with our achievement in keeping level with the lighter train until our metals parted at Wilton, provided another lasting memory. 1955 April, W. J. Alcock, “Unforgettable Moments”, in Railway Magazine, page 271:
    • I wish I'd thrown a lighter punch; he's out cold.