English Explanatory Dictionary

lightsaber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy.
  2. A real-world toy, prop, or device fashioned after the fictional lightsaber.

Pronunciation

/laɪtˈseɪ.bə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lightsaber.wav /laɪtˈseɪ.bɚ/

Word forms

lightsaber lightsabers light saber lightsabre

Etymology

From light + saber; coined by American filmmaker and philanthropist George Lucas for the Star Wars film franchise. First mentioned in the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope) which was released on May 25, 1977.

Translations

Arabic: سَيْف الضَّوْءِ Bulgarian: лазерен меч Bulgarian: светлинен меч Catalan: espasa de llum Catalan: sabre làser Chinese Mandarin: 光劍 /光剑 Czech: světelný meč Danish: lyssværd Danish: lasersværd Dutch: lichtzwaard Dutch: lichtsabel Esperanto: lumglavo Estonian: valgusmõõk Faroese: geislasvørð Finnish: valosapeli Finnish: valomiekka Finnish: lasermiekka Finnish: lasersapeli French: sabre laser French: sabre-laser French: sabrolaser Galician: espada de luz Galician: sabre láser Galician: sabre de luz German: Lichtschwert German: Laserschwert Greek: φωτόσπαθο Hebrew: חֶרֶב אוֹר Hungarian: fénykard Hungarian: lézerkard Icelandic: geislasverð Italian: spada laser Japanese: ライトセーバー Japanese: 光の剣 Korean: 광선검 Korean: 라이트세이버 Korean: 광검 Latin: gladius lūcidus Latvian: gaismas zobens Malay: pedang cahaya Navajo: bééshdíín Norwegian: lyssabel Norwegian Bokmål: lasersverd Norwegian Nynorsk: lasersverd Persian: شمشیر نوری Polish: miecz świetlny Portuguese: sabre de luz Romanian: sabie laser Russian: светово́й меч Russian: светоша́шка Sanskrit: रोचसः असि Serbo-Croatian: све̏тлоснӣ ма̏ч Serbo-Croatian: светлосна са̏бља Serbo-Croatian: svȅtlosnī mȁč Serbo-Croatian: svetlosna sȁblja Slovak: svetelný meč Spanish: sable de luz Spanish: sable láser Spanish: espada de luz Spanish: espada láser Swedish: ljussabel Swedish: ljussvärd Swedish: lasersvärd Thai: กระบี่แสง Thai: ดาบเลเซอร์ Thai: ไลท์เซเบอร์ Turkish: ışın kılıcı
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