lighthouse

English

A lighthouse

Etymology

light +‎ house

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪthaʊs/
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Noun

lighthouse (plural lighthouses)

A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.

Derived terms

lighthouse coffeepot
lighthouse keeper
lighthouse tube
screw-pile lighthouse

Translations

building containing a light to warn or guide ships

Afrikaans: vuurtoring (af), ligtoring
Albanian: far m, fanar (sq) m
Arabic: مَنَارَة (ar) f (manāra), مَنَار m (manār), فَنَار m (fanār)
Egyptian Arabic: منارة f (manāra), فنار m (fanār)

Hijazi Arabic: مَنارة f (manāra)
Armenian: փարոս (hy) (pʻaros)
Asturian: faru m
Azerbaijani: mayak (az), dəniz fənəri
Basque: itsasargi
Belarusian: мая́к m (maják)
Bengali: বাতিঘর (bn) (batighor)
Breton: tour-tan (br)
Bulgarian: фар (bg) m (far)
Burmese: မီးပြတိုက် (my) (mi:pra.tuik)
Catalan: far (ca) m
Central Dusun: walai-tapuy
Chechen: маяк (majak)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 燈塔／灯塔 (dang¹ taap³)

Dungan: дынтэ (dɨnte)

Hokkien: 燈塔／灯塔 (zh-min-nan) (teng-thah)

Mandarin: 燈塔／灯塔 (zh) (dēngtǎ), 岸標／岸标 (zh) (ànbiāo)
Cornish: golowji
Czech: maják (cs) m
Danish: fyr (da) n, fyrtårn (da) n
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: vuurtoren (nl) m
Esperanto: lumturo
Estonian: tuletorn, majakas
Faroese: viti m
Finnish: majakka (fi)
French: phare (fr) m
Galician: faro (gl) m
Georgian: შუქურა (ka) (šukura)
German: Leuchtturm (de) m
Alemannic German: Lüüchtturm m
Greek: φάρος (el) m (fáros)
Ancient: φρυκτώριον n (phruktṓrion)
Greenlandic: naaralaartitsivik
Gujarati: દીવાદાંડી f (dīvādā̃ḍī)
Hawaiian: hale ipukukui
Hebrew: מִגדַלוֹר (he) m (migdalór)
Hindi: रोशनीघर m (rośnīghar), दीपगृह (dīpgŕh)
Hungarian: világítótorony (hu)
Icelandic: viti (is) m, vitaturn (is) m
Ido: faro (io)
Indonesian: mercusuar (id), menara api (id)
Interlingua: pharo
Irish: teach solais m
Italian: faro (it) m
Japanese: 灯台 (ja) (とうだい, tōdai)
Kannada: ಕಡಲಬೆಳಕು (kn) (kaḍalabeḷaku)
Kazakh: шамшырақ (şamşyraq), маяк (maäk)
Khmer: សើន (km) (saən), ប្រទីប (km) (prɑtiip), ហ្វារ (km) (faa)
Korean: 등대(燈臺) (ko) (deungdae)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: fanûsgeh
Kyrgyz: маяк (ky) (mayak)
Lao: ປະພາຄານ (pa phā khān)
Latin: pharus f
Latvian: bāka f
Lithuanian: švyturys m
Luxembourgish: Liichttuerm m, Phar m
Macedonian: све́тилник m (svétilnik), фар m (far)
Malay: rumah api (ms)
Malayalam: വിളക്കുമാടം (ml) (viḷakkumāṭaṁ)
Maltese: fanal m
Manx: thie soilshee m, thie sollysh m
Maori: whare rama, whare tūrama
Marathi: दीपस्तंभ (mr) (dīpastambha)
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гэрэлт цамхаг (gerelt camxag)
Nepali: प्रकाशस्तम्भ (prakāśastambha)
Norman: veue f
Northern Sami: čuovgatoardna
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fyr (no) n, fyrtårn (no) n
Occitan: far (oc)
Old English: fȳrtorr m
Ottoman Turkish: فنر (fener)
Persian: فانوس دریایی (fa) (fânus-e daryâyi)
Plautdietsch: Lichttorm m
Polish: latarnia morska (pl) f
Portuguese: farol (pt) m
Romanian: far (ro) n
Russian: мая́к (ru) m (maják)
Sanskrit: दीपस्तंभ (dīpastaṃbha)
Scottish Gaelic: taigh-solais m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: светио̀нӣк m, свјетио̀нӣк m, светиља f

Roman: svetiònīk m, svjetiònīk (sh) m, svetilja f
Sinhalese: ප්‍රදීපාගාරය (pradīpāgāraya), ප්රදීපාගාරය (pradīpāgāraya)
Slovak: maják (sk) m
Slovene: svetilnik (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: swěśak m, swětlak m

Upper Sorbian: swětłownja f
Spanish: faro (es) m
Swahili: mnara
Swedish: fyr (sv) c, fyrtorn (sv) n
Tagalog: parola (tl)
Tajik: мино (mino), минои баҳрӣ (minoyi bahrī), маяк (tg) (mayak), фонуси дарёӣ (fonusi daryoyī)
Tamil: கலங்கரைவிளக்கம் (ta) (kalaṅkaraiviḷakkam)
Tatar: маяк (mayak)
Telugu: దీపస్తంభం (te) (dīpastambhaṁ)
Tetum: farol
Thai: ประภาคาร (th) (bprà-paa-kaan), กระโจมไฟ (th) (grà-joom-fai), เรือนตะเกียง (th) (rʉʉan-dtà-giiang), เรือนไฟ (th) (rʉʉan-fai)
Tigrinya: መናራ (mänara)
Turkish: fener (tr), fener kulesi, deniz feneri (tr)
Turkmen: maýak
Ukrainian: мая́к m (maják)
Urdu: منارہ (manāra), روشنی گھر m (rośanī ghar)
Uyghur: ماياك (mayak)
Uzbek: mayak (uz)
Veps: majak
Vietnamese: hải đăng (vi)
Volapük: far (vo)
Welsh: goleudy m
West Frisian: fjoertoer c
Yiddish: לײַכטטורעם m (laykhtturem)

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lighthouse

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