Meanings
nounstreetlight (countable and uncountable, plural streetlights)
plural streetlights · alternative street light · alternative street-light
- countableAny large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area, usually urban.
At night the streetlights of Paris are beautiful to see.
Synonyms: lightpole, street lamp
- uncountableThe light produced by these lights.
Fool, I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like / On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight
1995, “Gangsta's Paradise”, performed by Coolio
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area, usually urban.
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Translations
Afrikaans straatlig
- straatliga lamp set along a street
Arabic مِصْبَاح الشَّارِع
- مِصْبَاح الشَّارِع (miṣbāḥ aš-šāriʕ)a lamp set along a street
Bulgarian у́лична ла́мпа, у́лично осветле́ние
- у́лична ла́мпа (úlična lámpa)a lamp set along a street
- у́лично осветле́ние (úlično osvetlénie)a lamp set along a street
- лампио́н (lampión)a lamp set along a street
Catalan fanal
- fanala lamp set along a street
Chinese Cantonese 街燈 /街灯, 路燈 /路灯
- 街燈 /街灯a lamp set along a street
- 路燈 /路灯a lamp set along a street
Chinese Mandarin 路燈 /路灯, 街燈 /街灯
- 路燈 /路灯 (lùdēng)a lamp set along a street
- 街燈 /街灯 (jiēdēng)a lamp set along a street
Czech veřejné osvětlení, pouliční lampa
- veřejné osvětlenía lamp set along a street
- pouliční lampaa lamp set along a street
Danish gadelygte
- gadelygtea lamp set along a street
Dutch straatverlichting, straatlicht
- straatverlichtinga lamp set along a street
- straatlichta lamp set along a street
- straatlichtthe light produced by these lights
Esperanto stratlanterno
- stratlanternoa lamp set along a street
Estonian tänavalamp
- tänavalampa lamp set along a street
Finnish katuvalo, katuvalolamppu
- katuvaloa lamp set along a street
- katuvalolamppua lamp set along a street
- katulamppua lamp set along a street
- katuvalothe light produced by these lights
French réverbère, lampadaire
- réverbèrea lamp set along a street
- lampadairea lamp set along a street
German Straßenbeleuchtung, Straßenlaterne
- Straßenbeleuchtunga lamp set along a street
- Straßenlaternea lamp set along a street
- Straßenlampea lamp set along a street
Hungarian utcalámpa
- utcalámpaa lamp set along a street
Indonesian lampu jalan
- lampu jalana lamp set along a street
Irish lampa sráide
- lampa sráidea lamp set along a street
Italian lampione
- lampionea lamp set along a street
Japanese 街灯
- 街灯 (gaitō)a lamp set along a street
Korean 가로등
- 가로등 (garodeung)a lamp set along a street
Norwegian Bokmål gatelykt, gatebelysning
- gatelykta lamp set along a street
- gatebelysninga lamp set along a street
- gatelysa lamp set along a street
Persian چراغ خیابان
- چراغ خیابان (čerâġ-e xiyâbân)a lamp set along a street
Polish latarnia, światło latarni
- latarniaa lamp set along a street
- światło latarnithe light produced by these lights
Portuguese iluminação pública, luz da rua
- iluminação públicaa lamp set along a street
- luz da ruaa lamp set along a street
- luz de ruaa lamp set along a street
- luz da ruathe light produced by these lights
- luz de ruathe light produced by these lights
Romanian felinar
- felinara lamp set along a street
Russian у́личное освеще́ние, у́личный фона́рь
- у́личное освеще́ние (úličnoje osveščénije)a lamp set along a street
- у́личный фона́рь (úličnyj fonárʹ)a lamp set along a street
Slovak verejné osvetlenie
- verejné osvetleniea lamp set along a street
Spanish alumbrado público, farol
- alumbrado públicoa lamp set along a street
- farola lamp set along a street
- farolaa lamp set along a street
- poste lumínicoa lamp set along a street
Swedish gatlykta, gatljus
- gatlyktaa lamp set along a street
- gatljusthe light produced by these lights
- gatubelysningthe light produced by these lights
Thai เสาไฟ
- เสาไฟa lamp set along a street
Turkish sokak lambası
- sokak lambasıa lamp set along a street
Ukrainian ву́личне осві́тлення, ву́личний ліхта́р
- ву́личне осві́тлення (vúlyčne osvítlennja)a lamp set along a street
- ву́личний ліхта́р (vúlyčnyj lixtár)a lamp set along a street
Vietnamese đèn đường
- đèn đườnga lamp set along a street
Welsh golau stryd, lamp stryd
- golau stryda lamp set along a street
- lamp stryda lamp set along a street
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“streetlight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streetlight. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “streetlight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streetlight.
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