spotlight

spotlight

English

Etymology

From spot +‎ light.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: spot‧light

Noun

spotlight (plural spotlights)

1. A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage.
2. (by extension) The circle of light shed by a spotlight.
3. (figurative) The center of attention; the highlight or most important part.

   Some people enjoy the spotlight.

Hypernyms

• light

Translations

a bright lamp, especially one used to illuminate the center of attention on a stage

Bulgarian: проже́ктор m (prožéktor) Catalan: focus (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 聚光燈／聚光灯 (zh) (jùguāngdēng) Dutch: spotlight (nl) m or f Esperanto: spoto (eo), planklumo, lumĵetilo Finnish: valonheitin (fi), kohdevalo French: projecteur (fr) m German: Scheinwerfer (de) m Hebrew: זְרַקּוֹר‎ (he) m (zraqór) Hungarian: reflektor (hu) Icelandic: (please verify) ljóskastari (is) Italian: riflettore (it) m Macedonian: проже́ктор m (prožéktor) Manx: spohthoilshey m Maori: tīwhiri Norwegian: Bokmål: søkelys (no) n Persian: نورافکن‎ (fa) (nurafkan), پروژکتور‎ (fa) (prožektor) Polish: reflektor (pl) m, jupiter (pl) m Portuguese: refletor (pt) m, holofote (pt) m Russian: проже́ктор (ru) m (prožéktor) Scottish Gaelic: solas mòr m Spanish: foco (es) m, proyector (es) m Swedish: strålkastare (sv) c, spotlight (sv) c Thai: สบอตไลท์ Turkish: spot lambası

the circle of light shed by a spotlight

Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 聚光 (zh) (jùguāng) Finnish: valokeila (fi) German: Scheinwerferlicht (de) n, Schlaglicht (de) n Hungarian: reflektorfény Manx: spohthoilshey m Portuguese: holofote (pt) m Scottish Gaelic: solas mòr m Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: slagljus n, strålkastarljus (sv) n

the center of attention; the highlight or most important part

Arabic: أَضْوَاء‎‎ pl (ʾaḍwāʾ) Bulgarian: център на внимание m (centǎr na vnimanie) Chinese: Mandarin: 焦點／焦点 (zh) (jiāodiǎn), 重點／重点 (zh) (zhòngdiǎn) Finnish: huomion keskipiste Japanese: スポットライト (supottoraito) Macedonian: це́нтар на внима́ние m (céntar na vnimánie) Norwegian: Bokmål: søkelys (no) n Polish: centrum uwagi n Portuguese: holofotes m pl Russian: центр внима́ния m (centr vnimánija) Serbo-Croatian: centar pozornosti, vidjelo (sh) c Spanish: foco de atención m Swedish: rampljus (sv) n, strålkastarljus (sv) n

Verb

spotlight (third-person singular simple present spotlights, present participle spotlighting, simple past and past participle spotlighted or spotlit)

1. (transitive) To illuminate with a spotlight.

   We spotlight the star, but the supporting cast has all the great lines in this scene.

2. (transitive, figurative) To draw attention to.

   The news series served to spotlight corruption.

3. Synonym of jacklight (“to use a spotlight in hunting animals”)

Hypernyms

• light

Translations

illuminate with a spotlight

Bulgarian: осветявам (bg) (osvetjavam) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: lumĵeti, spoti Finnish: valaista (fi) Macedonian: о́светли (ósvetli) Spanish: enfocar (es)

draw attention to

Bulgarian: обръщам внимание (obrǎštam vnimanie) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kiinnittää huomiota Macedonian: свр́ти внима́ние (svŕti vnimánie) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References

• spotlight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lightpost, stop light, stoplight, toplights