Dictionary

taillight en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From tail + light.

Meanings

1. One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.
   • All moved to the front street, where Grierson snibbed on his tail-light and turned to ask the trooper, "They've got the main road ploughed up farther on, haven't they?" 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 162:

Forms

Synonyms

rear light · taillamp

Translations (34)

fi perävalo (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · ga solas deiridh (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · tr stop lambası (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · ja 尾灯 (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · cmn 尾燈 /尾灯 (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · ga cúlsolas (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · cs koncové světlo (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · sv baklyse (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · de Rückscheinwerfer (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · es luz trasera (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · ja テールランプ (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · cy golau ôl (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · de Rücklicht (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · sv baklykta (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · nl achterlicht (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · fr feu arrière (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · mn арын гэрэл (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · vi đèn hậu (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · bg задни светлини (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · ca llum posterior (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · ru за́дний фона́рь (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · tr arka lamba (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · de Heckleuchte (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · it fanalino di coda (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · pl tylne światło (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · sv bakljus (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · es calavera (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · el πισινό φανάρι (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · fo baklykt (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · de Rückleuchte (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · ja テールライト (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · th ไฟท้าย (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · ko 미등 (rear mounted lights on a vehicle) · ro lampă spate (rear mounted lights on a vehicle)