pilot light

English

Noun

pilot light (plural pilot lights)

1. A small, persistent flame used to ignite gas.
2. A small telltale lamp on a dynamo or battery circuit whose brightness indicates the voltage of the current.

Coordinate terms

• (small persistent flame used to ignite): igniter, sparker

Translations

flame used to ignite gas

• Dutch: waakvlam (nl) f
• Finnish: sytyke (fi)
• French: veilleuse (fr) f, flamme pilote f
• German: Zündflamme
• Italian: fiamma pilota f
• Japanese: 種たね火ひ (ja) (tanebi)
• Portuguese: piloto (pt) m
• Romanian: flacără pilot f, flacără de aprindere f
• Spanish: llama piloto f
• Swedish: tändlåga (sv)