85+ “Light” in Other Languages

In this guide, you’ll find 85+ translations of the word “light,” complete with pronunciation and example sentences, so you can use it confidently in conversations around the world.

How to Say Light in 85 Different Languages

Language Name (🇨🇳) – [Translation] | Pronunciation: [Simple English] Example sentence using the word

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• Afrikaans (🇿🇦) – lig | lihg Ek sien die lig van die son. (I see the light of the sun.)
• Albanian (🇦🇱) – dritë | dreet Drita e diellit ndriçon dhomën. (Sunlight brightens the room.)
• Amharic (🇪🇹) – birihān | beer-ee-hahn ብርሃን በመብራት ነው፡፡ (The light is from the lamp.)
• Arabic (🇸🇦) – ḍawʼ | da‑oo الضوء يدخل من النافذة. (The light enters through the window.)
• Armenian (🇦🇲) – luys | loo‑ees Լույսը գեղեցիկ է առավոտյան։ (The light is beautiful in the morning.)
• Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – işıq | ee‑shuhg Günəş işığı otağa düşür. (Sunlight falls into the room.)
• Basque (🇪🇸) – argia | ar‑gee‑ah Argiak bideak erakusten ditu. (Light shows the ways.)
• Belarusian (🇧🇾) – sviatlo | svee‑aht‑loh Святло ад свечкі мяккае. (Light from the candle is soft.)
• Bengali (🇧🇩) – ālō | ah‑loh মোমবাতি আলো জ্বালায়। (The candle lights up.)
• Bhojpuri (🇮🇳) – ujyāriā | oo‑jyaa‑ree‑aa उजियारिया रस्ते देखावेला। (The light shows the road.)
• Bosnian (🇧🇦) – svjetlo | svye‑tloh Svjetlo je jako u podne. (Light is strong at noon.)
• Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – svetlina | svet‑lee‑nah Светлина осветява стаята. (Light illuminates the room.)
• Catalan (🇪🇸) – llum | yoom La llum entra per la finestra. (The light enters through the window.)
• Chichewa (🇲🇼) – kuwala | koo‑wah‑lah Kuwala kwa dzuwa kulowetsa mu nyumba. (Sunlight enters the house.)
• Chinese Mandarin (🇨🇳) – 光 guāng | gwahng 阳光让房间明亮。 (Sunlight makes the room bright.)
• Chinese Cantonese (🇨🇳) – 光 gwōng | gwawng 陽光進入房間。 (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Corsican (🇫🇷) – luce | loo‑chay A luce illumina a stanza. (The light illuminates the room.)
• Croatian (🇭🇷) – svjetlo | svye‑tloh Svjetlo sunca grije lice. (Sunlight warms the face.)
• Czech (🇨🇿) – světlo | svyet‑loh Sluneční světlo je močno. (Sunlight is strong.)
• Danish (🇩🇰) – lys | loos Lyset skinner gennem vinduet. (The light shines through the window.)
• Dutch (🇳🇱) – licht | likht Licht maakt de kamer helder. (Light makes the room bright.)
• Esperanto (🌍) – lumo | loo‑moh La lumo en la ĉambro estas hela. (The light in the room is bright.)
• Estonian (🇪🇪) – valgus | vahl‑goos Päikesevalgus täidab toa. (Sunlight fills the room.)
• Filipino (🇵🇭) – liwanag | lee‑a‑wahng Liwanag ng araw ang pumapasok. (Sunlight enters.)
• Finnish (🇫🇮) – valoa | vahl‑oh‑ah Auringonvaloa tulee sisälle. (Sunlight comes inside.)
• French (🇫🇷) – lumière | loo‑mee‑air La lumière illumine la pièce. (The light brightens the room.)
• Frisian (🇳🇱) – ljocht | lyokt It ljocht fan ‘e sinne is helder. (Sunlight is bright.)
• Galician (🇪🇸) – luz | loos A luz entra pola xanela. (The light enters through the window.)
• Georgian (🇬🇪) – msubuki | m‑soo‑boo‑kee მზის სინათლე შემოდის ოთახში. (Sunlight comes into the room.)
• German (🇩🇪) – Licht | likht Das Licht ist hell. (The light is bright.)
• Greek (🇬🇷) – φως fos | fohs Το φως μπαίνει στο δωμάτιο. (The light enters the room.)
• Gujarati (🇮🇳) – prakāś | prah‑kaash પ્રકાશ ઓરડો ભરેલો છે. (The room is filled with light.)
• Haitian Creole (🇭🇹) – limyè | lee‑myeh Limyè a soti nan fenèt la. (The light comes from the window.)
• Hausa (🇳🇬) – haske | hahs‑keh Hasken rana ya shiga daki. (Sunlight entered the room.)
• Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – māmā | mah‑maa Hoʻoloi nā māmā i ka lumi. (The light fills the room.)
• Hebrew (🇮🇱) – or | ohr האור נכנס דרך החלון. (The light enters through the window.)
• Hindi (🇮🇳) – rośnī | rosh‑nee रौशनी कमरा उजाला कर देती है। (Light brightens the room.)
• Hmong (🇨🇳) – teeb | t‑ayb Teeb taws hauv qhov rooj txias. (The light shines through the window.)
• Hungarian (🇭🇺) – fény | fay‑ny A fény belép az ablakon. (The light enters through the window.)
• Icelandic (🇮🇸) – ljós | lyohs Ljós frá sólinni skín. (Sunlight shines.)
• Igbo (🇳🇬) – ìhè | ee‑heh Ìhè ìkụ̀kọ̀ na-eji kpọrọ ụlọ. (The light of the lamp illuminates the house.)
• Iloko (🇵🇭) – silaw | see‑law Ti silaw ti init sumrek iti kuarto. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Indonesian (🇮🇩) – cahaya | cha‑ha‑ya Cahaya matahari masuk kamar. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Irish (🇮🇪) – éadrom | ay‑druhm Is éadrom solas na gréine. (Sunlight is light.)
• Italian (🇮🇹) – luce | loo‑chay La luce del sole entra. (Sunlight enters.)
• Japanese (🇯🇵) – ライト (usually 外光 or 光) | räito or kō 光が部屋を明るくする。 (Light brightens the room.)
• Javanese (🇮🇩) – cahya | cha‑ha‑ya Cahya srengenge mlebu kamar. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Kannada (🇮🇳) – beḷaku | beh‑la‑koo ಬೆಳಕು ಕೋಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಚಮಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ. (Light was shining in the room.)
• Kazakh (🇰🇿) – jaryq | ya‑rykh Күн сәулесі бөлмеге кіреді. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Khmer (🇰🇭) – ponlu | pon‑loo ពន្លឺថ្ងៃចូលក្នុងបន្ទប់។ (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Kinyarwanda (🇷🇼) – urumuri | oo‑roo‑moo‑ree Urumuri rw’izuba rwinjira mu cyumba. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Korean (🇰🇷) – 빛 bit | beet 빛이 방에 들어온다. (Light enters the room.)
• Kurdish (Kurmanji) (🇹🇷) – sivik | see‑veek Ronahî rojê dikeve nav odeya. (Daylight enters the room.)
• Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – jaryk | ya‑ryk Күн нуру бөлмөгө кирет. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Lao (🇱🇦) – sængsavāng | sang‑sa‑vang ແສງສະຫວ່າງພາເຂົາເຂົ້າເຂົ້າຫ້ອງແລ້ວ। (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Latin (🇻🇦) – lux | luks Lux intrat in cubiculum. (Light enters the room.)
• Latvian (🇱🇻) – gaisma | guy‑smah Saules gaisma ienāk istabā. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – šviesa | shvee‑eh‑sah Saulės šviesa patenka į kambarį. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – liicht | leekt D’Sonneliicht kënnt an d’Zëmmer. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Macedonian (🇲🇰) – svetlina | svet‑lee‑nah Светлината влегува во собата. (Light enters the room.)
• Malagasy (🇲🇬) – fahazavana | fah‑ha‑za‑va‑na Mahazavàna ny efitrano. (The room becomes bright.)
• Malay (🇲🇾) – ringan | reeng‑an Cahaya matahari masuk ke bilik. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Malayalam (🇮🇳) – veḷiccaṁ | veh‑lich‑chum വെളിച്ചം മുറിയെ പ്രകാശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു। (Light illuminates the room.)
• Maltese (🇲🇹) – dawl | dowl Id‑dawl jidħol fil‑kamra. (Light enters the room.)
• Māori (🇳🇿) – marama | mah‑rah‑mah Marama o te rā ka tomo ki te rūma. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Marathi (🇮🇳) – prakāsha | prah‑kaash‑ah प्रकाश खोलीत प्रवेश करतो. (Light enters the room.)
• Mizo (🇮🇳) – eng | eng Eng inlaia zawng hi a hapa. (The light fills the room.)
• Mongolian (🇲🇳) – gerel | geh‑rel Нарны гэрэл өрөөнд орж ирэв. (Sunlight entered the room.)
• Myanmar (Burmese) (🇲🇲) – alinn | ah‑lin အလင်းသည် အခန်းထဲသို့ဝင်သည်။ (Light enters the room.)
• Nepali (🇳🇵) – prakāś | prah‑kaash प्रकाश कोठामा प्रवेश गर्छ। (Light enters the room.)
• Northern Sotho (🇿🇦) – seetša | say‑tsa Lesedi la letšatši le tsena phaposing. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Norwegian (🇳🇴) – lys | lees Lyset kommer inn gjennom vinduet. (The light comes in through the window.)
• Odia (🇮🇳) – āloka | ah‑loh‑kah ଆଲୋକ କକ୍ଷକୁ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରେ। (Light enters the room.)
• Pashto (🇦🇫) – raṇā | rah‑naa د لمر څراغونه په کوټه کې ننوتل. (Sunlight entered the room.)
• Persian (🇮🇷) – sabok | sah‑bok نور خورشید وارد اتاق شد. (Sunlight entered the room.)
• Polish (🇵🇱) – światło | shvyat‑woh Światło wpada przez okno. (Light comes through the window.)
• Portuguese (🇵🇹) – luz | looz A luz do sol entra na sala. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Punjabi (🇵🇰) – rośnī | rosh‑nee رُوشنی کمرے میں داخل ہوتی ہے۔ (Light enters the room.)
• Romanian (🇷🇴) – ușoară | oo‑shwa‑rah Lumina soarelui intră în cameră. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Russian (🇷🇺) – svet | svet Свет проходит через окно. (Light passes through the window.)
• Samoan (🇼🇸) – malamalama | mah‑lah‑mah‑lah‑mah Malamalama o le la ulufale i le potu. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Scots Gaelic (🇬🇧) – aotrom | ay‑uh‑trom Tha aotrom a’ gluasad tron uinneag. (Light moves through the window.)
• Serbian (🇷🇸) – svetlo | svet‑loh Svetlo ulazi kroz prozor. (Light enters through the window.)
• Sesotho (🇱🇸) – kganya | khahn‑yah Kganya ya letsatsi e kena ka phaposing. (Sunlight enters the room.)
• Shona (🇿🇼) – chiedza | chee‑eh‑dza Chiedza chezuva chiri kupinda mukamuri. (Sunlight enters the room.)

Conclusion & Meta Description

No matter where you go in the world, the word “light” in other languages always carries love and respect.