daylight

A2 Topic:General Vocabulary

Also spelled day-light

US /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/ UK /ˈdeɪlaɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #5174

Meanings

1

noun
The natural light that comes from the sun during the day.

The room was full of bright daylight.
2

noun
The time of day when there is natural light.

We should reach the camp before daylight fades.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the natural light that... sunlight sunshine

2 noun · the time of day when there... daytime

Opposites

darkness night

Word family

Forms daylights

Derived forms multidaylightpredaylight

Related forms dawn sunrise sunset

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Phrases (1)

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daylight saving
the seasonal practice of moving clocks forward to extend evening daylight hours

Noun + noun

Idioms (1)

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in broad daylight
openly and where people can clearly see it, especially during the daytime

Etymology

From Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝt, daies liht), equivalent to day + light. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deegeslucht, Daisljoacht (“daylight”), West Frisian deiljocht (“daylight”), Dutch daglicht (“daylight”), German Tageslicht (“daylight”).

daye-lighte Middle English

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# daylight

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdeɪlaɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 5174

## Meanings
1. The natural light that comes from the sun during the day.
2. The time of day when there is natural light.

## Examples
- The room was full of bright daylight.
- We should reach the camp before daylight fades.

## Antonyms
- darkness
- night

## Derived Forms
- multidaylight
- predaylight

## Related Forms
- dawn
- sunrise
- sunset

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: daye-lighte

## Etymology
From Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝt, daies liht), equivalent to day + light. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deegeslucht, Daisljoacht (“daylight”), West Frisian deiljocht (“daylight”), Dutch daglicht (“daylight”), German Tageslicht (“daylight”).

## AI Etymology
daylight comes from Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝt, daies liht), equivalent to day + light. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deegeslucht, Daisljoacht (“daylight”), West Frisian deiljocht (“daylight”), Dutch daglicht (“daylight”), German Tageslicht (“daylight”). Current senses include The natural light that comes from the sun during the day and The time of day when there is natural light. English relatives and later formations include multidaylight, predaylight, dawn, sunrise.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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