red light
See also: redlight
English
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[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]red light (plural red lights)
- A warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating stop.
- We ran three red lights on the way to the hospital.
- A sign of a brothel.
- 1978, Sting (lyrics and music), “Roxanne”:
- Roxanne, you don't have to put on your red light.
- (idiomatic) A denial to proceed a ruling out of any possibility.
Synonyms
[edit]- (traffic signal for stop): stoplight, stop light
Holonyms
[edit]- stoplight, stop light (= traffic light)
- traffic light
- traffic signal
Coordinate terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]a warning light, especially as a traffic signal
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English red-light district.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]red light m (plural red lights)
- (North America) red-light district
- Synonym: quartier chaud
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