light switch

See also: lightswitch

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

A light switch

light switch (plural light switches)

1. A switch, usually mounted on a wall in a building, used to turn the light or another appliance such as a fan on and off.

Translations

switch used to turn the light on or off

• Arabic: قَاطِعَة f (qāṭiʕa)
• Belarusian: выключа́льнік m (vyključálʹnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電燈開關 / 电灯开关 (diàndēng kāiguān)

• Czech: vypínač (cs) m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: lichtknopje (nl) n
• Estonian: lüliti
• Finnish: valokatkaisija
• French: interrupteur (fr)
• German: Lichtschalter (de) m
• Icelandic: ljósrofi m
• Italian: interruttore (it) m
• Japanese: 電灯のスイッチ (でんとうのスイッチ, dentō no suitchi)
• Korean: 전등 스위치 (jeondeung seuwichi), 라이트 스위치 (raiteu seuwichi)
• Macedonian: прекинувач m (prekinuvač)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: гэрлийн унтраалга (gerliin untraalga)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lysbryter m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: کِلیدِ لامْپ (kelid-e lâmp)

• Polish: włącznik światła m
• Portuguese: interruptor (pt) m
• Romanian: întrerupător (ro) n, comutator (ro) n
• Russian: выключа́тель (ru) m (vyključátelʹ)
• Slovak: vypínač m
• Spanish: interruptor (es) m
• Swedish: lysknapp (sv) c, ljusknapp (sv) c
• Ukrainian: вимика́ч m (vymykáč), і́мпульсі реле́ n (ímpulʹsi relé)
• Vietnamese: công tắc đèn

See also

• dimmer switch
• DPST
• two-way switch
• three-way switch
• intermediate switch (four-way switch)
• toggle switch