Have you ever wondered how people around the world say the word light?
From the glow of the sun to the spark of a candle, light is something that connects us all, no matter where we live.
In this guide, you’ll discover light in different languages and see just how beautifully one simple word can take on unique sounds and meanings across cultures.
This article is written with you in mind — whether you’re a traveler, a language learner, or just someone who loves exploring words, you’ll enjoy learning how different languages capture the warmth, brightness, and symbolism of light.
By the end, you won’t just know translations; you’ll also feel a deeper connection to the cultures that use them every day.
How to Say Light in 70 Different Languages
- English (🇺🇸) – Light | Pronunciation: lyt
Example: The room is full of light. - Spanish (🇪🇸) – Luz | Pronunciation: looz
Example: La luz del sol es brillante. (The sunlight is bright.) - French (🇫🇷) – Lumière | Pronunciation: loo-myair
Example: La lumière de la lampe est douce. (The light of the lamp is soft.) - German (🇩🇪) – Licht | Pronunciation: likht
Example: Das Licht ist hell. (The light is bright.) - Italian (🇮🇹) – Luce | Pronunciation: loo-cheh
Example: La luce entra dalla finestra. (The light comes through the window.) - Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Luz | Pronunciation: looz
Example: A luz é bonita. (The light is beautiful.) - Russian (🇷🇺) – Свет (Svet) | Pronunciation: svyet
Example: В комнате много света. (The room has a lot of light.) - Chinese (Mandarin) (🇨🇳) – 光 (Guāng) | Pronunciation: gwahng
Example: 太阳的光很强。 (The sun’s light is strong.) - Japanese (🇯🇵) – 光 (Hikari) | Pronunciation: hee-kah-ree
Example: 星の光は美しい。 (The light of the stars is beautiful.) - Korean (🇰🇷) – 빛 (Bit) | Pronunciation: bit
Example: 태양의 빛이 눈부시다. (The sun’s light is dazzling.) - Arabic (🇸🇦) – ضوء (Daw’) | Pronunciation: daw
Example: ضوء الشمس قوي. (The light of the sun is strong.) - Hindi (🇮🇳) – रोशनी (Roshni) | Pronunciation: rosh-nee
Example: कमरे में बहुत रोशनी है। (There is a lot of light in the room.) - Urdu (🇵🇰) – روشنی (Roshni) | Pronunciation: rosh-nee
Example: کمرے میں روشنی ہے۔ (There is light in the room.) - Turkish (🇹🇷) – Işık | Pronunciation: uh-shuhk
Example: Güneşin ışığı parlaktır. (The sun’s light is bright.) - Greek (🇬🇷) – Φως (Fos) | Pronunciation: fos
Example: Το φως είναι δυνατό. (The light is strong.) - Dutch (🇳🇱) – Licht | Pronunciation: likht
Example: Het licht schijnt fel. (The light shines brightly.) - Polish (🇵🇱) – Światło | Pronunciation: shvyat-wo
Example: W pokoju jest dużo światła. (There is a lot of light in the room.) - Swedish (🇸🇪) – Ljus | Pronunciation: yoos
Example: Ljus från solen är starkt. (The light from the sun is strong.) - Finnish (🇫🇮) – Valo | Pronunciation: vah-lo
Example: Auringon valo on kirkas. (The sunlight is bright.) - Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Fény | Pronunciation: fain
Example: A nap fénye erős. (The light of the sun is strong.) - Czech (🇨🇿) – Světlo | Pronunciation: svyet-lo
Example: V místnosti je hodně světla. (There is a lot of light in the room.) - Romanian (🇷🇴) – Lumină | Pronunciation: loo-mee-nuh
Example: Camera are multă lumină. (The room has a lot of light.) - Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אור (Or) | Pronunciation: or
Example: האור זורח. (The light is shining.) - Thai (🇹🇭) – แสง (Saeng) | Pronunciation: sang
Example: แสง ของดวงอาทิตย์แรงมาก. (The sun’s light is very strong.) - Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Ánh sáng | Pronunciation: anh sahng
Example: Ánh sáng mặt trời rất đẹp. (The sunlight is beautiful.) - Swahili (🇰🇪) – Nuru | Pronunciation: noo-roo
Example: Nuru ya jua ni kali. (The light of the sun is strong.) - Zulu (🇿🇦) – Ukukhanya | Pronunciation: oo-koo-khan-ya
Example: Ukukhanya kwelanga kuyakhanya. (The sunlight shines.) - Afrikaans (🇿🇦) – Lig | Pronunciation: likh
Example: Die lig is helder. (The light is bright.) - Malay (🇲🇾) – Cahaya | Pronunciation: cha-ha-ya
Example: Cahaya matahari itu indah. (The sunlight is beautiful.) - Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Cahaya | Pronunciation: cha-ha-ya
Example: Cahaya lampu terang. (The light of the lamp is bright.) - Filipino/Tagalog (🇵🇭) – Liwanag | Pronunciation: lee-wah-nag
Example: Ang liwanag ng araw ay maganda. (The light of the sun is beautiful.) - Bengali (🇧🇩) – আলো (Alo) | Pronunciation: ah-lo
Example: ঘরে অনেক আলো আছে। (There is a lot of light in the room.) - Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਰੋਸ਼ਨੀ (Roshni) | Pronunciation: rosh-nee
Example: ਕਮਰੇ ਵਿਚ ਰੋਸ਼ਨੀ ਹੈ। (There is light in the room.) - Tamil (🇮🇳) – வெளிச்சம் (Velicham) | Pronunciation: veh-lee-cham
Example: அறையில் நிறைய வெளிச்சம் உள்ளது. (The room is full of light.) - Telugu (🇮🇳) – వెలుగు (Velugu) | Pronunciation: veh-loo-goo
Example: గది వెలుగుతో నిండింది. (The room is filled with light.) - Kannada (🇮🇳) – ಬೆಳಕು (Belaku) | Pronunciation: beh-la-koo
Example: ಕೋಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಳಕು ಇದೆ. (There is light in the room.) - Gujarati (🇮🇳) – પ્રકાશ (Prakash) | Pronunciation: pra-kaash
Example: રૂમમાં ઘણો પ્રકાશ છે. (The room has a lot of light.) - Marathi (🇮🇳) – प्रकाश (Prakash) | Pronunciation: pra-kaash
Example: खोलीत खूप प्रकाश आहे. (There is a lot of light in the room.) - Persian/Farsi (🇮🇷) – نور (Noor) | Pronunciation: noor
Example: اتاق پر از نور است. (The room is full of light.) - Pashto (🇦🇫) – رڼا (Rana) | Pronunciation: rah-na
Example: کوټه د رڼا نه ډک دی. (The room is full of light.) - Dari (🇦🇫) – نور (Noor) | Pronunciation: noor
Example: اتاق پر از نور است. (The room is full of light.) - Kurdish (🇮🇶) – Ronî | Pronunciation: roh-nee
Example: مال پر لە رونî بوو. (The house was full of light.) - Serbian (🇷🇸) – Светло (Svetlo) | Pronunciation: svet-lo
Example: У соби има много светла. (There is a lot of light in the room.) - Croatian (🇭🇷) – Svjetlo | Pronunciation: svyet-lo
Example: U sobi ima puno svjetla. (There is a lot of light in the room.) - Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Svjetlo | Pronunciation: svyet-lo
Example: U sobi je mnogo svjetla. (There is a lot of light in the room.) - Slovak (🇸K) – Svetlo | Pronunciation: svet-lo
Example: V miestnosti je veľa svetla. (There is a lot of light in the room.) - Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Svetloba | Pronunciation: svet-lo-bah
Example: Soba je polna svetlobe. (The room is full of light.) - Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Светлина (Svetlina) | Pronunciation: svet-lee-nah
Example: Стаята е пълна със светлина. (The room is full of light.) - Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Світло (Svitlo) | Pronunciation: svit-lo
Example: У кімнаті багато світла. (There is a lot of light in the room.) - Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Святло (Svyatlo) | Pronunciation: svyat-lo
Example: У пакоі шмат святла. (There is a lot of light in the room.) - Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Гэрэл (Garel) | Pronunciation: geh-rel
Example: Өрөө гэрэл дүүрэн байна. (The room is full of light.) - Nepali (🇳🇵) – प्रकाश (Prakash) | Pronunciation: pra-kaash
Example: कोठामा धेरै प्रकाश छ। (There is a lot of light in the room.) - Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ආලෝකය (Alokaya) | Pronunciation: ah-lo-ka-ya
Example: කාමරය ආලෝකයෙන් පිරී ඇත. (The room is filled with light.) - Amharic (🇪🇹) – ብርሃን (Birhan) | Pronunciation: bir-han
Example: ክፍሉ በብርሃን ተሞልቷል። (The room is filled with light.) - Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Imọlẹ | Pronunciation: ee-mo-leh
Example: Imọlẹ oorun ti n tan. (The sunlight shines.) - Igbo (🇳🇬) – Ìhè | Pronunciation: ee-heh
Example: Ụlọ ahụ juputara na ìhè. (The house is full of light.) - Hausa (🇳🇬) – Hasken | Pronunciation: has-ken
Example: Hasken rana yana da ƙarfi. (The sunlight is strong.) - Somali (🇸🇴) – Iftiinka | Pronunciation: if-teen-ka
Example: Qolka waxaa buuxiyay iftiin. (The room is filled with light.) - Khmer (🇰🇭) – ពន្លឺ (Ponleu) | Pronunciation: pon-loo
Example: បន្ទប់ពោរពេញដោយពន្លឺ។ (The room is full of light.) - Lao (🇱🇦) – ແສງ (Saeng) | Pronunciation: sang
Example: ຫ້ອງເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍແສງ. (The room is full of light.) - Georgian (🇬🇪) – სინათლე (Sinatle) | Pronunciation: see-naht-leh
Example: ოთახი სავსეა სინათლით. (The room is full of light.) - Armenian (🇦🇲) – Լույս (Lus) | Pronunciation: loos
Example: Սենյակը լցված է լույսով։ (The room is full of light.) - Maltese (🇲🇹) – Dawl | Pronunciation: dowl
Example: Id-dar mimlija dawl. (The house is full of light.) - Irish (🇮🇪) – Solas | Pronunciation: soh-lass
Example: Tá an seomra lán de sholas. (The room is full of light.) - Welsh (🇬🇧) – Goleuni | Pronunciation: go-ly-nee
Example: Mae’r ystafell yn llawn o oleuni. (The room is full of light.) - Scottish Gaelic (🇬🇧) – Solas | Pronunciation: soh-lass
Example: Tha an seòmar làn de sholas. (The room is full of light.)
Conclusion
Exploring light in different languages shows us more than just words — it reveals how cultures around the world celebrate brightness, warmth, and hope in their own unique way. Whether you’re learning a new language, traveling, or simply curious, these translations help you see how universal and powerful light truly is.
No matter the language, light always represents guidance, positivity, and connection. Now that you know how to say it in so many ways, you can carry a little more brightness into your conversations and your understanding of the world.
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