compact fluorescent lamp

noun

A type of fluorescent lamp (that may or may not contain mercury).

Meanings

nouncompact fluorescent lamp (plural compact fluorescent lamps)

plural compact fluorescent lamps

  1. A type of fluorescent lamp (that may or may not contain mercury).

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 節能燈 /节能灯, 省電燈泡 /省电灯泡
  • 節能燈 /节能灯 (jiénéngdēng)type of fluorescent lamp
  • 省電燈泡 /省电灯泡 (shěngdiàn dēngpào)type of fluorescent lamp
Danish sparepære, lavenergipære
  • sparepæretype of fluorescent lamp
  • lavenergipæretype of fluorescent lamp
Esperanto kompakta fluoreska lampo
  • kompakta fluoreska lampotype of fluorescent lamp
Finnish pienloistelamppu
  • pienloistelampputype of fluorescent lamp
French lampe fluorescente, lampe fluo-compacte
  • lampe fluorescentetype of fluorescent lamp
  • lampe fluo-compactetype of fluorescent lamp
German Kompaktleuchtstofflampe
  • Kompaktleuchtstofflampetype of fluorescent lamp
Hungarian kompakt fénycső
  • kompakt fénycsőtype of fluorescent lamp
Russian компа́ктная люминесце́нтная ла́мпа
  • компа́ктная люминесце́нтная ла́мпа (kompáktnaja ljuminescéntnaja lámpa)type of fluorescent lamp
Swedish lågenergilampa, lysrörslampa
  • lågenergilampatype of fluorescent lamp
  • lysrörslampatype of fluorescent lamp
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