Meanings
nounlighthouse (plural lighthouses)
plural lighthouses
- A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.
In the history of lighthouses, English civil engineer John Smeaton made a significant contribution to the design of them.
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Visitors to Maine, arriving with visions of lighthouses and lobsters, often bypass Portland on their way northeast to Acadia National Park or the many picturesque fishing villages of the state’s mid-coast. […] Don’t miss Portland Head Light, an iconic landmark and Maine’s oldest lighthouse, which sits on a rocky point some 5 miles south of Portland. The lighthouse dates to 1791 and was commissioned by George Washington.
2024 June 24, Brandon Griggs, “This coastal culinary hub offers a ‘big-city feel in a small-city package’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2024Synonyms: obeliscolychny, phare
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.
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nouna tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
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Translations
Afrikaans vuurtoring, ligtoring
- vuurtoringbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
- ligtoringbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Ancient Greek φρυκτώριον
- φρυκτώριον (phruktṓrion)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Arabic مَنَارَة, مَنَار
- مَنَارَة (manāra)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
- مَنَار (manār)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
- فَنَار (fanār)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Basque itsasargi
- itsasargibuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Bengali বাতিঘর
- বাতিঘর (batighor)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Bulgarian фар
- фар (far)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Catalan far
- farbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Chinese Cantonese 燈塔 /灯塔
- 燈塔 /灯塔building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Chinese Mandarin 燈塔 /灯塔, 岸標 /岸标
- 燈塔 /灯塔 (dēngtǎ)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
- 岸標 /岸标 (ànbiāo)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Czech maják
- majákbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Danish fyr, fyrtårn
- fyrbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
- fyrtårnbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Dutch vuurtoren
- vuurtorenbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Esperanto lumturo
- lumturobuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Estonian tuletorn, majakas
- tuletornbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
- majakasbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Finnish majakka
- majakkabuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
French phare
- pharebuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
German Leuchtturm
- Leuchtturmbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Greek φάρος
- φάρος (fáros)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Hawaiian hale ipukukui
- hale ipukukuibuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Hebrew מִגדַלוֹר
- מִגדַלוֹר (migdalór)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Hindi रोशनीघर, दीपगृह
- रोशनीघर (rośnīghar)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
- दीपगृह (dīpgŕh)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
- प्रकाशस्तंभ (prakāśastambh)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Hungarian világítótorony
- világítótoronybuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Icelandic viti, vitaturn
- vitibuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
- vitaturnbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Indonesian mercusuar, menara api
- mercusuarbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
- menara apibuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Irish teach solais
- teach solaisbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Italian faro
- farobuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Japanese 灯台
- 灯台 (tōdai)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Korean 등대
- 등대 (deungdae)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Latin pharus
- pharusbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Latvian bāka
- bākabuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Lithuanian švyturys
- švyturysbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Malay rumah api
- rumah apibuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Māori whare rama, whare tūrama
- whare ramabuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
- whare tūramabuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Norwegian Bokmål fyr, fyrtårn
- fyrbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
- fyrtårnbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Polish latarnia morska
- latarnia morskabuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Portuguese farol
- farolbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Romanian far
- farbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Russian мая́к
- мая́к (maják)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Scottish Gaelic taigh-solais
- taigh-solaisbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Slovak maják
- majákbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Spanish faro
- farobuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Swahili mnara wa taa
- mnara wa taabuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Swedish fyr, fyrtorn
- fyrbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
- fyrtornbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Tagalog parola
- parolabuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Tamil கலங்கரைவிளக்கம்
- கலங்கரைவிளக்கம் (kalaṅkaraiviḷakkam)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Thai ประภาคาร, กระโจมไฟ
- ประภาคาร (bprà-paa-kaan)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
- กระโจมไฟ (grà-joom-fai)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
- เรือนตะเกียง (rʉʉan-dtà-giiang)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
- เรือนไฟ (rʉʉan-fai)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Turkish fener, fener kulesi
- fenerbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
- fener kulesibuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
- deniz feneribuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Ukrainian мая́к
- мая́к (maják)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Urdu مَنارَہ, روشَنی گَھر
- مَنارَہ (manāra)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
- روشَنی گَھر (rośanī ghar)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
- روشَنی کا مینار (rośanī kā menār)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
Vietnamese hải đăng, đèn biển
- hải đăngbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
- đèn biểnbuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Welsh goleudy
- goleudybuilding containing a light to warn or guide ships
Yiddish לײַכטטורעם
- לײַכטטורעם (laykhtturem)building containing a light to warn or guide ships
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APA
lighthouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lighthouse
MLA
“lighthouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lighthouse. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lighthouse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lighthouse.
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