taillight

See also: tail light

English

Alternative forms

• tail-light, tail light

Etymology

From tail +‎ light.

Noun

taillight (plural taillights)

1. One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.

   Synonyms: rear light, taillamp

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 162:

     All moved to the front street, where Grierson snibbed on his tail-light and turned to ask the trooper, "They've got the main road ploughed up farther on, haven't they?"

Translations

rear mounted lights on a vehicle

• Bulgarian: задни светлини f pl (zadni svetlini)
• Catalan: llum posterior m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尾燈／尾灯 (zh) (wěidēng)

• Czech: koncové světlo n
• Dutch: achterlicht (nl) n
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• Faroese: baklykt f
• Finnish: perävalo (fi)
• French: feu arrière m
• German: Rückleuchte f, Rücklicht (de) n, Heckleuchte (de) f, Rückscheinwerfer m
• Greek: πισινό φανάρι n (pisinó fanári)
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• Irish: cúlsolas m, solas deiridh m
• Italian: fanalino di coda m
• Japanese: 尾灯 (ja) (びとう, bitō)
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• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: арын гэрэл (aryn gerel)

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: tylne światło (pl) m
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• Romanian: lampă spate f
• Russian: за́дний фона́рь m (zádnij fonárʹ)
• Spanish: luz trasera f; calavera (es) f (Mexico)
• Swedish: baklyse n, bakljus (sv) n, baklykta (sv) c
• Thai: ไฟท้าย (th) (fai-táai)
• Turkish: stop lambası, arka lamba
• Vietnamese: đèn hậu
• Welsh: golau ôl m