LED

See also: led and leð

English

LEDs in assorted colors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛl.iːˈdiː/, /lɛd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iː, -ɛd

Noun

LED (plural LEDs)

1. Initialism of light-emitting diode.
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     The area already has plenty of loud billboards and klieg lights that have drawn complaints from some neighborhood groups, so the city is concerned about anything billboardesque. Mr. Astani’s application to build the LED panels is undergoing an environmental review by city planning officials.

   • 2012, Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton, Embedded Systems Circuits and Programming, →ISBN, page 12:

     The light-emitting capacity of an LED is measured in megacandela [recte millicandelas] or mcd. Small commercial LEDs range from 10 to about 5000 mcd.

Derived terms

• OLED

Related terms

• CRT
• LCD
• TFT
• VDU

Translations

LED — see also light-emitting diode

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: LED (initialism)

• Dutch: led (nl) m
• Esperanto: LED
• Estonian: LED (et)
• Finnish: ledi (fi), LED (fi)
• French: DEL (fr) f, LED (fr) f
• German: LED (de) f
• Hungarian: LED (hu)
• Italian: LED (it) m
• Japanese: LED (ja) (エルイーディー, eruīdī)
• Macedonian: ЛЕД (LED)
• Persian: ال‌ای‌دی (el-i-di)
• Polish: LED (pl) m
• Portuguese: LED (pt) m
• Romanian: LED n, led (ro) n
• Russian: СД m (SD), СИД m (SID)
• Spanish: led (es) m

Anagrams

• 'eld, DLE, Del, Del., EDL, LDE, del, del., eld

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈled/, [ˈle̞d]
• Rhymes: -ed
• Hyphenation^(key): LED

Noun

LED

1. Alternative form of ledi (“LED”)

Declension

Inflection of LED (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		LED	LEDit
genitive		LEDin	LEDien
partitive		LEDiä	LEDejä
illative		LEDiin	LEDeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		LED	LEDit
accusative	nom.	LED	LEDit
	gen.	LEDin
genitive		LEDin	LEDien
partitive		LEDiä	LEDejä
inessive		LEDissä	LEDeissä
elative		LEDistä	LEDeistä
illative		LEDiin	LEDeihin
adessive		LEDillä	LEDeillä
ablative		LEDiltä	LEDeiltä
allative		LEDille	LEDeille
essive		LEDinä	LEDeinä
translative		LEDiksi	LEDeiksi
abessive		LEDittä	LEDeittä
instructive		—	LEDein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of LED (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative LEDini LEDini accusative nom. LEDini LEDini gen. LEDini genitive LEDini LEDieni partitive LEDiäni LEDejäni inessive LEDissäni LEDeissäni elative LEDistäni LEDeistäni illative LEDiini LEDeihini adessive LEDilläni LEDeilläni ablative LEDiltäni LEDeiltäni allative LEDilleni LEDeilleni essive LEDinäni LEDeinäni translative LEDikseni LEDeikseni abessive LEDittäni LEDeittäni instructive — — comitative — LEDeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative LEDisi LEDisi accusative nom. LEDisi LEDisi gen. LEDisi genitive LEDisi LEDiesi partitive LEDiäsi LEDejäsi inessive LEDissäsi LEDeissäsi elative LEDistäsi LEDeistäsi illative LEDiisi LEDeihisi adessive LEDilläsi LEDeilläsi ablative LEDiltäsi LEDeiltäsi allative LEDillesi LEDeillesi essive LEDinäsi LEDeinäsi translative LEDiksesi LEDeiksesi abessive LEDittäsi LEDeittäsi instructive — — comitative — LEDeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative LEDimme LEDimme accusative nom. LEDimme LEDimme gen. LEDimme genitive LEDimme LEDiemme partitive LEDiämme LEDejämme inessive LEDissämme LEDeissämme elative LEDistämme LEDeistämme illative LEDiimme LEDeihimme adessive LEDillämme LEDeillämme ablative LEDiltämme LEDeiltämme allative LEDillemme LEDeillemme essive LEDinämme LEDeinämme translative LEDiksemme LEDeiksemme abessive LEDittämme LEDeittämme instructive — — comitative — LEDeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative LEDinne LEDinne accusative nom. LEDinne LEDinne gen. LEDinne genitive LEDinne LEDienne partitive LEDiänne LEDejänne inessive LEDissänne LEDeissänne elative LEDistänne LEDeistänne illative LEDiinne LEDeihinne adessive LEDillänne LEDeillänne ablative LEDiltänne LEDeiltänne allative LEDillenne LEDeillenne essive LEDinänne LEDeinänne translative LEDiksenne LEDeiksenne abessive LEDittänne LEDeittänne instructive — — comitative — LEDeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative LEDinsä LEDinsä accusative nom. LEDinsä LEDinsä gen. LEDinsä genitive LEDinsä LEDiensä partitive LEDiään LEDiänsä LEDejään LEDejänsä inessive LEDissään LEDissänsä LEDeissään LEDeissänsä elative LEDistään LEDistänsä LEDeistään LEDeistänsä illative LEDiinsä LEDeihinsä adessive LEDillään LEDillänsä LEDeillään LEDeillänsä ablative LEDiltään LEDiltänsä LEDeiltään LEDeiltänsä allative LEDilleen LEDillensä LEDeilleen LEDeillensä essive LEDinään LEDinänsä LEDeinään LEDeinänsä translative LEDikseen LEDiksensä LEDeikseen LEDeiksensä abessive LEDittään LEDittänsä LEDeittään LEDeittänsä instructive — — comitative — LEDeineen LEDeinensä

Derived terms

compounds

• LED-näyttö

 

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English LED.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛd/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

LED f (plural LED or LEDs)

1. (electronics) LED (light-emitting diode)

   Synonyms: DEL, diode électroluminescente

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛl ˌeː ˈdeː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

LED f (genitive LED, plural LEDs)

1. LED (light-emitting diode)

   Synonym: Leuchtdiode

Declension

Declension of LED [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	LED	die	LEDs
genitive	einer	der	LED	der	LEDs
dative	einer	der	LED	den	LEDs
accusative	eine	die	LED	die	LEDs

Further reading

• “LED” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English LED.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) エルイーディー [èrúíídíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ɾɯ̟iːdʲiː]

Noun

L(エル)E(イー)D(ディー) • (eruīdī) 

1. (electronics) LED (light-emitting diode)

Synonyms

• 発(はっ)光(こう)ダイオード (hakkō daiōdo)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• led (alternative case spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English LED (“light-emitting diode”).

Noun

LED m (definite singular LED-en, indefinite plural LED-ar, definite plural LED-ane)

1. LED (light-emitting diode)

References

• “LED” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• del, edl, eld, led

Polish

LED-y

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English LED.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Syllabification: LED
• Homophone: led

Noun

LED m inan (related adjective ledowy)

1. (electronics, technology) LED (rectifying semiconductor device which converts electrical energy into electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength in or near the visible spectrum of light)

   Synonym: dioda elektroluminescencyjna

Declension

Declension of LED

	singular	plural
nominative	LED	LED-y
genitive	LED-a	LED-ów
dative	LED-owi	LED-om
accusative	LED	LED-y
instrumental	LED-em	LED-ami
locative	LED-zie	LED-ach
vocative	LED-zie	LED-y

Further reading

• LED in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• LED in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• led

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English LED.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.dɨ/ [ˈlɛ.ðɨ]

Noun

LED m (plural LEDs)

1. LED (light-emitting diode)

   Synonym: díodo emissor de luz

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English LED.

Noun

LED c

1. LED (light-emitting diode)

   Synonym: lysdiod

Anagrams

• del, eld