English–French dictionary

French translation of the English word light

English → French
  
EnglishFrench (translated indirectly)Esperanto
(kindle; ignite; set alight; torch)
allumer
;
enflammer
🔗 Ạvery lit a cigarette and began to pace up and down.
(bright);
lumineux
(burn; flash on; take fire; ignite; catch fire)
s’allumer
(bright; clear; light‐coloured)
lumière
🔗 A door opened, emitting a light quivering and almost palpable, like a flickering alternation of purple and green.
(faint; weak; feeble; frail; weedy)
faible
léger
(delicate; fine);
subtil
(easy; facile)
in the light of
(because of; for; for sake of; on account of; owing to; through; at; for the sake of; from; in favour of; due to; in; by reason of; of)
à cause de
; ;
en raison de
daylight
enlighten
(illuminate; illumine)
illuminer
enlighten
(inform; report; acquaint; notify; advise; apprise)
apprendre à
;
informer
;
renseigner
(approve; countenance; endorse; sanction; authorize; pass)
approuver
;
donner son accord
🔗 The UK has greenlit a controversial plan to open the country’s first new coalmine in three decades, a little more than a year after the nation tried to convince the world to ditch coal at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.
highlight
(accentuate; emphasize; stress; underline)
accentuer
;
souligner
highlight
(pinpoint)
souligner
reliefigi
highlight
(emphasis; stress)
emphase
highlight
(acme; climax; culmination; apex)
cime
;
point culminant
;
sommet
lighter
(barge)
barge
;
chaland
;
péniche
lighthearted
(cheerful; gay; merry; exuberant; lively; perky; upbeat)
gai
;
joyeux
lighthouse
phare
légèrement
malpeze
🔗 The skull, although large, is surprisingly lightly constructed.
lightyear
année‐lumière
(roof window)
abat‐jour
twilight
(dusk; half‐light; gloaming; evening twilight)
crépuscule

EnglishFrench
arc light⇆ lampe à arc; ⇆ sunlight
light blue⇆ bleu clair