starlight

English

Etymology

star +‎ light

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstɑː(ɹ)laɪt/
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Noun

starlight (usually uncountable, plural starlights)

Light emitted from stars other than the Sun.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  Nor walk by moon, / Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
- 1944 January and February, Major J. C. F. Lloyd Williamson, “Ambulance Trains in Algeria and Tunisia”, in Railway Magazine, page 5:
  Bright starlight enabled us to see much of the country.

Derived terms

Translations

light emitted from stars other than the Sun

Bulgarian: звездна светлина f (zvezdna svetlina)
Catalan: celístia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 星光 (zh) (xīngguāng)
Dzongkha: སྐར་མའི་འོད (skar ma'i 'od)
Esperanto: stellumo
Finnish: tähtien valo, tähtivalo
French: lumière des étoiles f, lumière d’étoile f
German: Sternenlicht (de) n
Greek: αστρικό φως n (astrikó fos)
Hungarian: csillagfény (hu)
Hunsrik: Sternelicht n
Indonesian: sinar bintang
Japanese: 星の光 (ほしのひかり, hoshi no hikari), 星明かり (ほしあかり, hoshiakari)
Khmer: ពន្លឺផ្កាយ (pɔɔnlɨɨpkaay), តារារស្មី (taariəsməy)
Korean: 별빛 (byeolbit)
Latin: lūx stēllāris f, lūx stēllārum f
Manx: soilshey rollageagh m
Polish: światło gwiazd n
Portuguese: luz das estrelas f
Russian: звёздный свет m (zvjózdnyj svet), свет звёзд m (svet zvjozd)
Thai: แสงดาว
Tibetan: སྐར་མའི་འོད (skar ma'i 'od)
Vietnamese: ánh sao (vi)

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