lightbulb
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The meaning (definition) of the word lightbulb
a glass bulb that gives light when it is on
The word lightbulb used in a sentence
“I turned on the lightbulb in my lamp.”
How the word lightbulb is said around the world
| French | ampoule (ahn-POOL) |
| Spanish | bombilla (bohm-BEE-yah) |
| Mandarin | 灯泡 (duhng pow) |
| Hindi | बल्ब (buhlb) |
| Arabic | لَمْبَةٌ (LAM-ba) |
| Russian | лампочка (LAM-pach-kah) |
| Portuguese (EU) | lâmpada (LAHM-puh-duh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | lâmpada (LAHM-pah-dah) |
| Japanese | でんきゅう (den-KYOO) |
| German | Glühbirne (GLEW-beer-nuh) |
| Urdu | بلب (bulb) |
| Punjabi | ਬਲਬ (BULB) |
| Korean | 전구 (jun-GOO) |
| Hebrew | נוּרָה (noo-RAH) |
| Greek | λάμπα (LAHM-bah) |
| Dutch | gloeilamp (KHLOO-ee-lahmp) |
| Tagalog | bombilya (bohm-BEEL-yah) |
| Vietnamese | bóng đèn (bawng DEN) |
| Turkish | ampul (ahm-POOL) |
| Persian | لامپ (lahmp) |
| Polish | żarówka (zhah-ROOF-kah) |
| Ukrainian | лампочка (LAM-poch-kah) |
| Bengali | বাল্ব (bahlb) |
| Swedish | glödlampa (GLURD-lam-pah) |
| Italian | lampadina (lahm-pah-DEE-nah) |
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