Meanings
plural taillights · alternative tail-light · alternative tail light
- One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.
All moved to the front street, where Grierson snibbed on his tail-light and turned to ask the trooper, "They've got the main road ploughed up farther on, haven't they?"
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 162Synonyms: rear light, taillamp
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian задни светлини
- задни светлини (zadni svetlini)rear mounted lights on a vehicle
Catalan llum posterior
- llum posteriorrear mounted lights on a vehicle
Chinese Mandarin 尾燈 /尾灯
- 尾燈 /尾灯 (wěidēng)rear mounted lights on a vehicle
Czech koncové světlo
- koncové světlorear mounted lights on a vehicle
Dutch achterlicht
- achterlichtrear mounted lights on a vehicle
Finnish perävalo
- perävalorear mounted lights on a vehicle
French feu arrière
- feu arrièrerear mounted lights on a vehicle
German Rückleuchte, Rücklicht
- Rückleuchterear mounted lights on a vehicle
- Rücklichtrear mounted lights on a vehicle
- Heckleuchterear mounted lights on a vehicle
- Rückscheinwerferrear mounted lights on a vehicle
Greek πισινό φανάρι
- πισινό φανάρι (pisinó fanári)rear mounted lights on a vehicle
Irish cúlsolas, solas deiridh
- cúlsolasrear mounted lights on a vehicle
- solas deiridhrear mounted lights on a vehicle
Italian fanalino di coda
- fanalino di codarear mounted lights on a vehicle
Japanese テールライト, テールランプ
- テールライト (tēruraito)rear mounted lights on a vehicle
- テールランプ (tēruranpu)rear mounted lights on a vehicle
- 尾灯 (bitō)rear mounted lights on a vehicle
Korean 미등
- 미등 (mideung)rear mounted lights on a vehicle
Polish tylne światło
- tylne światłorear mounted lights on a vehicle
Romanian lampă spate
- lampă spaterear mounted lights on a vehicle
Russian за́дний фона́рь
- за́дний фона́рь (zádnij fonárʹ)rear mounted lights on a vehicle
Spanish luz trasera, calavera
- luz traserarear mounted lights on a vehicle
- calaverarear mounted lights on a vehicle
Swedish baklyse, bakljus
- baklyserear mounted lights on a vehicle
- bakljusrear mounted lights on a vehicle
- baklyktarear mounted lights on a vehicle
Thai ไฟท้าย
- ไฟท้าย (fai-táai)rear mounted lights on a vehicle
Turkish stop lambası, arka lamba
- stop lambasırear mounted lights on a vehicle
- arka lambarear mounted lights on a vehicle
Vietnamese đèn hậu
- đèn hậurear mounted lights on a vehicle
Welsh golau ôl
- golau ôlrear mounted lights on a vehicle
Cite this entry
taillight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taillight
“taillight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taillight. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taillight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taillight.
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