blåljus

Swedish

Emergency vehicle with blue lights

Jacob's-ladder, or blåljus in Swedish

Etymology

From blå (“blue”) +‎ ljus (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bloːjʉːs/

Noun

blåljus n

1. emergency vehicle lighting
2. emergency vehicles
3. type of short news reports, often web-based, about recent, often local, accidents and emergencies
4. (sometimes as prefix) something that is about emergencies or emergency vehicles
5. high-energy light in the violet/blue band from 400 to 450 nm in the visible spectrum; see w:High-energy visible light
6. a hardy perennial flowering plant with cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers (Polemonium caeruleum)

Related terms

• blåljuspersonal (“emergency personnel”)
• blåljusfordon (“emergency vehicle”)
• blåljuscentral (“emergency central”)
• blåljusramp
• blåljusväg (“emergency way”)
• blåljussabotage (“sabotage of emergency response”)
• blåljusfilter (“blue light filter”)

Further reading

• blåljus in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• ljusblå