starlight en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈstɑː(ɹ)laɪt/
Etymology
From star + light.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Light emitted from stars.
Meronym: starbeams
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(idiomatic, uncountable, usually) Light emitted from stars. ▸ Light emitted by those other than the Sun.
Nor walk by moon, / Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:Bright starlight enabled us to see much of the country.
1944 January and February, Major J. C. F. Lloyd Williamson, “Ambulance Trains in Algeria and Tunisia”, in Railway Magazine, page 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| starlights | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
daylight · moonlight · sunlight
Deriveds
starlit · starlight problem · starlight tour · starlight blue
Hypernyms
EMR · natural light · energy · electromagnetic radiation · energy · radiation · electromagnetic radiation · light · natural light · EMR · radiation · light
Translations (30)
cmn 星光 (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · es luz estelar (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · fr lumière des étoiles (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · ja 星の光 (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · ja 星明かり (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · vi ánh sao (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · bo སྐར་མའི་འོད (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · pt luz das estrelas (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · hu csillagfény (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · dz སྐར་མའི་འོད (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · gv soilshey rollageagh (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · fr lumière d'étoile (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · de Sternenlicht (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · km តារារស្មី (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · fi tähtien valo (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · id sinar bintang (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · ko 별빛 (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · bg звездна светлина (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · la lūx stēllārum (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · th แสงดาว (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · ru звёздный свет (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · km ពន្លឺផ្កាយ (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · ca celístia (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · ru свет звёзд (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · la lūx stēllāris (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · hrx Sternelicht (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · hu csillagsugár (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · eo stellumo (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · el αστρικό φως (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) · pl światło gwiazd (light emitted from stars other than the Sun)