Meanings
nounoil lamp (plural oil lamps)
plural oil lamps
- A simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a liquid fuel source, especially lamp oil.
Meronym: lampwick
1 more example
The West Clare Railway is, I suppose, one of the most primitive in the whole C.I.E. system, for its coaches date entirely from 1887 to 1890, and are still lit with oil lamps.
1948 March and April, “Notes and News: Narrow-Gauge in Western Eire”, in Railway Magazine, page 129
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مِصْبَاح زَيْتِيّ
- مِصْبَاح زَيْتِيّ (miṣbāḥ zaytiyy)a simple vessel used to produce light
Basque kriseilu
- kriseilua simple vessel used to produce light
Bulgarian ма́слена ла́мпа, свети́лник
- ма́слена ла́мпа (máslena lámpa)a simple vessel used to produce light
- свети́лник (svetílnik)a simple vessel used to produce light
Catalan gresol, llàntia
- gresola simple vessel used to produce light
- llàntiaa simple vessel used to produce light
- llumeneraa simple vessel used to produce light
Chinese Cantonese 油燈 /油灯
- 油燈 /油灯a simple vessel used to produce light
Chinese Mandarin 油燈 /油灯, 燈盞 /灯盏
- 油燈 /油灯 (yóudēng)a simple vessel used to produce light
- 燈盞 /灯盏 (dēngzhǎn)a simple vessel used to produce light
Czech olejová lampa
- olejová lampaa simple vessel used to produce light
Danish olielampe
- olielampea simple vessel used to produce light
Dutch olielamp
- olielampa simple vessel used to produce light
Esperanto oleolampo, petrololampo
- oleolampoa simple vessel used to produce light
- petrololampoa simple vessel used to produce light
Estonian õlilamp
- õlilampa simple vessel used to produce light
Finnish öljylamppu, öljytuikku
- öljylamppua simple vessel used to produce light
- öljytuikkua simple vessel used to produce light
French lampe à huile
- lampe à huilea simple vessel used to produce light
German Öllampe
- Öllampea simple vessel used to produce light
Greek λυχνάρι, λουσέρνα
- λυχνάρι (lychnári)a simple vessel used to produce light
- λουσέρνα (lousérna)a simple vessel used to produce light
Hebrew עֲשָׁשִׁית
- עֲשָׁשִׁית (ashashít)a simple vessel used to produce light
Hungarian olajlámpa, petróleumlámpa
- olajlámpaa simple vessel used to produce light
- petróleumlámpaa simple vessel used to produce light
Italian lucerna, lampada ad olio
- lucernaa simple vessel used to produce light
- lampada ad olioa simple vessel used to produce light
Japanese 石油ランプ, オイルランプ
- 石油ランプ (sekiyu ranpu)a simple vessel used to produce light
- オイルランプ (oiru ranpu)a simple vessel used to produce light
Korean 호롱, 등잔
- 호롱 (horong)a simple vessel used to produce light
- 등잔 (deungjan)a simple vessel used to produce light
- 석유 램프 (seogyu raempeu)a simple vessel used to produce light
Latin lucerna
- lucernaa simple vessel used to produce light
Latvian eļļas lampa
- eļļas lampaa simple vessel used to produce light
Lithuanian aliejinė lempa
- aliejinė lempaa simple vessel used to produce light
Norwegian Bokmål oljelampe
- oljelampea simple vessel used to produce light
Persian چراغ موشی
- چراغ موشی (čerâġ-e muši)a simple vessel used to produce light
Polish kaganek
- kaganeka simple vessel used to produce light
Portuguese lampião, candeeiro
- lampiãoa simple vessel used to produce light
- candeeiroa simple vessel used to produce light
Romanian candelă
- candelăa simple vessel used to produce light
Russian копти́лка, ма́сляная ла́мпа
- копти́лка (koptílka)a simple vessel used to produce light
- ма́сляная ла́мпа (másljanaja lámpa)a simple vessel used to produce light
- кагане́ц (kaganéc)a simple vessel used to produce light
Slovak olejová lampa
- olejová lampaa simple vessel used to produce light
Spanish candil, lámpara de aceite
- candila simple vessel used to produce light
- lámpara de aceitea simple vessel used to produce light
Swedish oljelampa
- oljelampaa simple vessel used to produce light
Turkish kandil, yağ kandili
- kandila simple vessel used to produce light
- yağ kandilia simple vessel used to produce light
Ukrainian кагане́ць, олі́йна ла́мпа
- кагане́ць (kahanécʹ)a simple vessel used to produce light
- олі́йна ла́мпа (olíjna lámpa)a simple vessel used to produce light
Cite this entry
APA
oil lamp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20lamp
MLA
“oil lamp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20lamp. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oil lamp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20lamp.
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