bisexual lighting

English

WOTD – 28 June 2024

Etymology

Bisexual lighting at a dance party in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

The bisexual flag, or bisexual pride flag, has horizontal pink, purple, and blue stripes.

From bisexual (adjective) +‎ lighting (noun), referring to the pink, purple, and blue colours of the bisexual flag (also known as the bisexual pride flag).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /baɪˌsɛkʃʊəl ˈlaɪtɪŋ/, /-ʃ(ʊ)l-/, /-sjʊ(ə)l-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /baɪˌsɛkʃ(əw)əl ˈlaɪtɪŋ/, [-ɾɪŋ]

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ
• Hyphenation: bi‧sex‧u‧al light‧ing

Noun

bisexual lighting (countable and uncountable, plural bisexual lightings)

1. (LGBTQ, often art, film, television) The simultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting, often to indicate bisexuality.

Translations

simultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting

• Catalan: il·luminació bisexual f
• Finnish: biseksuaali valaistus
• French: éclairage bisexuel m
• Irish: soilsiú déghnéasach m
• Japanese: バイセクシャル・ライティング (baisekusharu raitingu)
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: oświetlenie biseksualne n
• Portuguese: iluminação bissexual f
• Spanish: iluminación bisexual f
• Ukrainian: бісексуальне осві́тлення n (biseksualʹne osvítlennja)

Further reading

• bisexual lighting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia