flashlight

== English == === Etymology === From flash +‎ light. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/, [ˈflæʃˌlaɪ̯t] (US, Canada, Canadian raising) IPA(key): [ˈflæʃˌlɐɪ̯t] (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈflaʃˌlɑjt/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈflaʃˌlʌɪt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈflæʃˌlɑet/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈflɛʃˌlɑet/ Rhymes: -æʃlaɪt Hyphenation: flash‧light === Noun === flashlight (plural flashlights) (Canada, US, Philippines) A battery-powered hand-held light source. Synonyms: electric torch, torch (both Commonwealth) Hyponym: pocket light A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography). (obsolete) A photograph taken with a flash camera. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cebuano: plaslayt → Tagalog: plaslayt → Tausug: plaslayt ==== Translations ==== === Verb === flashlight (third-person singular simple present flashlights, present participle flashlighting, simple past and past participle flashlit or flashlighted) (transitive) To illuminate with a flashlight. === See also ===