Meaning of light year | Babel Free
ˈlaɪt.jɪəDefinitions
Equivalents
Afrikaans
ligjaar
العربية
سنة ضوئية
བོད་སྐད
འོད་ལོ
Català
any llum
Čeština
světelný rok
Cymraeg
blwyddyn golau
Dansk
lysår
Deutsch
Lichtjahr
Ελληνικά
έτος φωτός
Esperanto
lumjaro
Español
año luz
Eesti
valgusaasta
Euskara
argi-urte
فارسی
سال نوری
Suomi
valovuosi
Français
année-lumière
Gaeilge
solasbhliain
ગુજરાતી
પ્રકાશવર્ષ
עברית
שנת אור
हिन्दी
प्रकाशवर्ष
Հայերեն
լուսատարի
Bahasa Indonesia
tahun cahaya
Íslenska
ljósár
日本語
光年
ქართული
სინათლის წელიწადი
한국어
광년
Lëtzebuergesch
Liichtjoer
Lietuvių
šviesmetis
Македонски
светлосна година
Bahasa Melayu
tahun cahaya
Malti
sena dawl
မြန်မာဘာသာ
အလင်းနှစ်
Nederlands
lichtjaar
Polski
rok świetlny
Português
ano-luz
Română
an-lumină
Русский
световой год
Slovenščina
svetlobno leto
Svenska
ljusår
தமிழ்
ஒளியாண்டு
తెలుగు
కాంతిసంవత్సరము
ไทย
ปีแสง
Türkçe
ışık yılı
Українська
світловий рік
Tiếng Việt
năm ánh sáng
Examples
“We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.”
“The marathon runner in the lead is light years ahead of the one at the back.”
“Now that they've graduated, they'll have to make some mature decisions in their future. One of which? Settling on their signature scent that is lightyears away from the $10 body spray they had throughout school.”
“Some of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions were light years ahead of their time.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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