skylight

From sky +‎ light.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaɪˌlaɪt/

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• Hyphenation: sky‧light

skylight (plural skylights)

2. (architecture) A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.

   Synonym: oculus

4. (physics) Diffuse sky radiation—solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere.
5. (volcanology) A hole in the upper part of a lava tube, yielding a view of the lava within.
6. A region of flat, thin ice allowing a submarine to surface.

• light

• skylight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• skejlejt (dated)
• skalejt (dated)

Borrowed from English skylight. First attested in 1840.

skylight n

1. (nautical) a skylight in a ship's deck

• soltak
• takfönster
• taklucka

• “skylight”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “skylight”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “skylight”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)