headlamp

English

Noun

headlamp (plural headlamps)

1. An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle.
   • 1940, Ralph A. Richardson, Optics and Wheels, General Motors Corporation, p. 13

     The automobile headlamp uses either a parabolic reflector or a slight modification of it to obtain a concentrated light beam.

2. A flashlight worn on head.

Translations

headlight

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前燈 (cmn), 前灯 (cmn) (qiándēng)

• Czech: světlomet (cs) m
• Finnish: ajovalaisin (fi)
• French: phare (fr) f
• German: Scheinwerfer (de) m
• Hungarian: fényszóró (hu)

• Japanese: 前照灯 (ja) (ぜんしょうとう, zenshōdō), ヘッドライト (ja) (heddoraito)
• Jèrriais: veue f
• Korean: 전조등 (ko) (jeonjodeung) (前照燈 (ko))
• Russian: фара (ru) (fára) f
• Scottish Gaelic: prìomh-sholas (gd) m
• Swedish: framlykta (sv) c
• Vietnamese: đèn pha (vi)

flashlight worn on head

• Czech: čelovka (cs) f
• Finnish: otsalamppu (fi)

• German: Stirnlampe (de) f
• Swedish: pannlampa (sv) c