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Dictionary: foot·lights   (fʊt'līts') pronunciation

pl.n.
  1. Lights placed in a row along the front of a stage floor.
  2. The theater as a profession.

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Row of lights set across the front of a stage floor to light the scene. The oil lamps and candles in use in the 17th century eventually gave way to gas and electricity. As more advanced overhead lighting techniques were developed, footlights became less necessary, except to create special shadows on actors' faces.

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One of a row of lights set in a trough, in a theater stage floor, which runs across the width of the stage in front of the curtain.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors
  Synonym: footlight


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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - rampelys

Nederlands (Dutch)
voetlicht, het toneel (als beroep)

Français (French)
n. pl. - (Théât) rampe

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Rampenlicht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - φώτα ράμπας, προσκήνιο, (καθομ.) το σανίδι (θέατρο)

Italiano (Italian)
luci della ribalta

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - iluminação (f) no palco

Русский (Russian)
огни рампы, театр, профессия актера

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - candilejas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - rampljus, scenen

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
脚灯, 舞台

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 腳燈, 舞臺

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 각광, 배우의 직업

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 脚光, フットライト, 舞台, 役者稼業

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) أضواء خشبه المسرح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮שורת אורות בקדמת-הבמה בגובה רגלי השחקנים‬


 
 

 

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