sidelight

n.

1. A light coming from the side.
2. Nautical. Either of two lights, red to port, green to starboard, shown by ships at night.
3. A piece of incidental or contrasting information.

A framed area of glass that does not open, typically composed of a number of small fixed panes; commonly one of a pair of such lights, set vertically on each side of a door.

sidelights with fanlight above door

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow
  Synonym: running light

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sidelys, koøje, sidevindue

Nederlands (Dutch)
stadslicht, richtingaanwijzer, parkeerlicht

Français (French)
n. - (Aut) feu de position, (Naut) feu rouge de bâbord, feu vert de tribord, lucarne, déflecteur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Standlicht, Seitenlaterne, Seitenlicht, Streiflicht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πλευρικός φανός, πλευρικός φεγγίτης, πλευρικός φωτισμός, πρόσθετη ενδιαφέρουσα λεπτομέρεια

Italiano (Italian)
luce d'ingombro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - luz (f) lateral, informação (f) obtida por acaso

Русский (Russian)
боковое освещение, случайная информация, сведения, просочившиеся в печать, боковое окно, боковой фонарь

Español (Spanish)
n. - luz lateral, piloto, luz de posición

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sidoljus, sidobelysning, sidolanterna, sidomarkeringsljus

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
侧面射进的光线, 舷灯, 侧灯, 侧窗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 側面射進的光線, 舷燈, 側燈, 側窗

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 측면광, 부수적인 정보, 채광창

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 横からの光, 側灯, 舷灯, 側面的情報, 横窓

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضوء جانبي, معلومات عرضيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פנס צדדי (ברכב), אור צדדי, חלון צדדי, מידע נוסף‬

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