light switch

See also: lightswitch

English

Noun

A light switch

light switch (plural light switches)

1. A switch, usually mounted on a wall in a building, used to turn the light or another appliance such as a fan on and off.

Translations

switch used to turn the light on or off

• Arabic: قَاطِعَة f (qāṭiʕa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電燈開關 / 电灯开关 (diàndēng kāiguān)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: lichtknopje (nl) n
• Finnish: valokatkaisija
• French: interrupteur (fr)
• German: Lichtschalter (de) m
• Icelandic: ljósrofi m
• Italian: interruttore (it) m
• Macedonian: прекинувач m (prekinuvač)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: гэрлийн унтраалга (gerliin untraalga)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lysbryter m

• Polish: włącznik światła m
• Portuguese: interruptor (pt) m
• Romanian: întrerupător (ro) n, comutator (ro) n
• Russian: выключа́тель (ru) m (vyključátelʹ)
• Spanish: interruptor (es) m
• Swedish: lysknapp (sv) c, ljusknapp (sv) c

See also

• dimmer switch
• DPST
• two-way switch
• three-way switch
• intermediate switch (four-way switch)
• toggle switch