Meanings
nounfootlight (plural footlights)
plural footlights · alternative foot-light
- A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.
Blinded to the astonishment of a thousand spectators by the force of the footlights, [Derek] Jacobi realised he'd dried.
2024 June 1, John Phipps, “The lamentable true history of the Red Hamlet”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 181 more example
You see, she was gonna be an actress / And I was gonna learn to fly / She took off to find the footlights / I took off to find the sky
1972, Harry Chapin, “Taxi”, in Heads & Tales
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian рампа
- рампа (rampa)stage light
Finnish parrasvalo
- parrasvalostage light
French feux de la rampe
- feux de la rampestage light
Japanese 足下
- 足下 (ashimoto)stage light
Swedish ramp
- rampstage light
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Cite this entry
APA
footlight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footlight
MLA
“footlight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footlight. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footlight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footlight.
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