Meanings
nounfloodlight (plural floodlights)
plural floodlights
- in pluralPowerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.
verbfloodlight (third-person singular simple present floodlights, present participle floodlighting, simple past and past participle floodlit or floodlighted)
present singular third person floodlights · participle present floodlighting · participle past floodlit · past floodlit · participle past floodlighted · past floodlighted
- transitiveTo enlighten or illuminate with floodlight(s).
Synonyms & antonyms
Broader
nounlight that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
Similar
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishflood
- Proto-Germanic*leuhtą
- Proto-West Germanic*leuht
- Old Englishlēoht
- Middle Englishlight
- Englishlight
- Englishfloodlight
Translations
Bulgarian прожектор
- прожектор (prožektor)a projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
Chinese Mandarin 汎光燈 /泛光灯
- 汎光燈 /泛光灯 (fànguāngdēng)a projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
Danish projektør, projektørlys
- projektøra projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
- projektørlysa projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
- fladebelysningpowerful artificial illumination with a broad beam
Finnish valonheitin, kenttävalaistus
- valonheitina projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
- kenttävalaistuspowerful artificial illumination with a broad beam
German Flutlicht, Flutlicht
- Flutlichta projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
- Flutlichtpowerful artificial illumination with a broad beam
Irish teilgeoir tuilsholais
- teilgeoir tuilsholaisa projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
Māori tūrama raharaha
- tūrama raharahailluminate with floodlights
Norwegian Bokmål flomlys, flombelyse
- flomlyspowerful artificial illumination with a broad beam
- flombelyseilluminate with floodlights
Polish reflektor, reflektor
- reflektora projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
- reflektorpowerful artificial illumination with a broad beam
- oświetlać reflektoramiilluminate with floodlights
- oświetlić reflektoramiilluminate with floodlights
Portuguese refletor
- refletora projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
Cite this entry
APA
floodlight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodlight
MLA
“floodlight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodlight. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floodlight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodlight.
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