Ziri turned on the searchlight.
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Searchlight
Synonyms for "searchlight" (3 found)
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Translations
31 translations across 17 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- soeklig noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
Bulgarian
1 entries- прожектор noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 探照光束 noun (the light from the above source)
- 探照燈 /探照灯 noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
Dutch
1 entries- zoeklicht noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
Finnish
3 entries- hakuvalo noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
- valokeila noun (the light from the above source)
- valonheitin noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
French
2 entries- faisceau noun (the light from the above source)
- projecteur noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
German
1 entries- Suchscheinwerfer noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
Hungarian
4 entries- fénykéve noun (the light from the above source)
- fénysugár noun (the light from the above source)
- fényszóró noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
- keresőlámpa noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
Italian
1 entries- proiettore da ricerca noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- søkelys noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
- søkelys noun (the light from the above source)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- søkelys noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
- søkelys noun (the light from the above source)
Occitan
2 entries- fais noun (the light from the above source)
- projector noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
Portuguese
1 entries- holofote noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
Russian
1 entries- проже́ктор noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
Spanish
1 entries- proyector de búsqueda noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
Swedish
4 entries- sökarljus noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
- sökarljus noun (the light from the above source)
- sökljus noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
- sökljus noun (the light from the above source)
Volapük
1 entries- litijedian noun (a light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Ziri searched the surrounding waters with a searchlight.
Source: tatoeba (11196143)
Jonas saw a boat with a searchlight on it.
Source: tatoeba (11633974)
A dozen air corps of fireflies searchlighted the spot for an instant.
Source: wiktionary
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