Pink, yellow, and green highlighters
Etymology
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highlight + -er
highlighter (plural highlighters )
A marker pen used to highlight text.
A cosmetic product that reflects light , used to emphasize the contours of the face etc.
That which highlights or emphasizes something.
2012 , Samir Chopra, Brave New Pitch :The IPL was supposed to be a symbol of an ever-more influential, dynamic and prosperous India, a highlighter of its organizational skills and wealth.
2011 , Dani Cavallaro, The Fairy Tale and Anime , page 147 :At the same time, art rooted in nature is eminently ephemeral, as human life itself is, and fairy lore again operates as a highlighter of this essential condition through its own distinctive world picture [ …]
Translations
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pen for highlighting
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܩܫܝܵܢܵܐ m ( maqšyānā )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熒光筆 / 荧光笔 (zh) ( yíngguāngbǐ )
Czech: zvýrazňovač m
Dutch: markeerstift (nl) m
Finnish: korostuskynä
French: surligneur (fr)
German: Textmarker (de) m , Marker (de) m , Markierstift m
Greek: υπογραμμιστής m ( ypogrammistís )
Hebrew: מַרְקֶר (he) m ( márqer ) , מַדְגֵּשׁ (he) m ( madgésh )
Hungarian: szövegkiemelő (hu)
Italian: evidenziatore m
Japanese: 蛍光ペン (ja) ( けいこうペン, keikō pen )
Korean: 형광펜 ( hyeonggwangpen )
Luxembourgish: Marqueur m , Markéierstëft m
Macedonian: надвлекувач (mk) m ( nadvlekuvač )
Maori: pene miramira
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тодруулагч (mn) ( todruulagč )
Norman: mèrtcheux leunminneux m
Polish: zakreślacz (pl) m
Portuguese: caneta marca-texto f , marcatexto m
Russian: хайла́йтер (ru) m ( xajlájtɛr ) , флома́стер (ru) m ( flomáster ) , ма́ркер (ru) m ( márker ) , текстовыдели́тель (ru) m ( tekstovydelítelʹ )
Slovak: zvýrazňovač m
Spanish: resaltador m , subrayador m , fosforito m , marcador fluorescente m
Swedish: överstrykningspenna (sv) c
Turkish: fosforlu kalem
Further reading
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