n.

1. A focus of public attention.
2. 1. An early type of stage light in which lime was heated to incandescence producing brilliant illumination.
   2. The brilliant white light so produced. Also called calcium light.

n

Definition: focus of attention
Antonyms: obscurity

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting
  Synonym: limelight

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - offentlighedens søgelys, rampelys

Nederlands (Dutch)
kalklicht, publiciteit

Français (French)
n. - vedette, feux de la rampe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rampenlicht, Drummondsches Kalklicht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μτφ.) προσκήνιο, φως της δημοσιότητας, φανερή θέση, δημοσιότητα

Italiano (Italian)
pubblicità, luce della ribalta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - luzes (f pl) da ribalta, publicidade (f), notoriedade (f)

Русский (Russian)
свет рампы, известность, ярко освещать, привлекать внимание

Español (Spanish)
n. - foco, proyector, luz de calcio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (hist.) kalkljus, rampljus

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
石灰光, 灰光灯

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 石灰光, 灰光燈

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 라임색

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 石灰光, 注目の的

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نور الكلس لإضاءة المسرح, ضوء المسرح الناشئ عن ذلك, ضوء يسلط على شئ أو شخص أو جماعه فوق خشبه المسرح, الأضواء, بريق الشهرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אור חזק, מוקד ההתעניינות, אורות הבימה, פרסומת‬

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