Definitions For Backlight

Verb

backlights , backlighting , backlighted , past2=backlit (transitive) To illuminate something from behind.

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: {{t-needed, cmn}} Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Finnish: taustavalaista French: éclairer par derrière, rétro-éclairer Italian: illuminare dal di dietro Spanish: retroiluminar

Noun

BACKLIGHT (plural BACKLIGHTs) (countable) A spotlight that illuminates a photographic subject from behind. (uncountable) light, light that is behind a photographic subject. (countable) A light attached to an lcd display. (countable) The rear window of a motor car.

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: {{t-needed, cmn}} Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Dutch: tegenlicht, n Finnish: taustavalo French: contrejour, m Hungarian: ellenfény Italian: {{t-needed, it}} Spanish: contraluz, f Catalan: retroil·luminació, f Chinese: : Mandarin: {{t-needed, cmn}} Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Dutch: backlight, m Finnish: taustavalo French: rétroéclairage, m Italian: retroilluminazione, f Portuguese: retroiluminação, f Spanish: retroiluminación, f Chinese: : Mandarin: {{t-needed, cmn}} Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Dutch: achterruit, m, f Finnish: takaikkuna French: lunette arrière, f Italian: {{t-needed, it}} Spanish: {{t-needed, es}}

Etymology

back + light

Is Backlight a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
21
Words with Friends
24

The word Backlight is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends

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