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See also: led and leð

English

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LEDs in assorted colors.

Pronunciation

Noun

LED (plural LEDs)

  1. Initialism of light-emitting diode.
    • 2008 May 21, Rebecca Cathcart, “A Developer’s Unusual Plan for Bright Lights, Inspired by a Dark Film”, in The New York Times‎:
      The area already has plenty of loud billboards and klieg lights that have drawn complaints from some neighborhood groups, so the city is concerned about anything billboardesque. Mr. Astani’s application to build the LED panels is undergoing an environmental review by city planning officials.
    • 2012, Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton, Embedded Systems Circuits and Programming, →ISBN, page 12:
      The light-emitting capacity of an LED is measured in megacandela [recte millicandelas] or mcd. Small commercial LEDs range from 10 to about 5000 mcd.
    • 2017 October, “Snap Circuits Light”, in Snap Circuits‎, Elenco, pages 5, 59:
      In some projects, the fiber optic cable will be mounted on the LEDs (D1, D6, D8, and on U22) or the phototransistor (Q4). […] Light is transmitted from the color LED, through the fiber optic cable, to control the NPN transistor (Q2) and red LED (D1).

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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈled/,
  • Rhymes: -ed
  • Syllabification(key): LED
  • Hyphenation(key): LED

Noun

LED

  1. Alternative form of ledi (“LED”)

Declension

Inflection of LED (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative LED LEDit
genitive LEDin LEDien
partitive LEDiä LEDejä
illative LEDiin LEDeihin
singular plural
nominative LED LEDit
accusative nom. LED LEDit
gen. LEDin
genitive LEDin LEDien
partitive LEDiä LEDejä
inessive LEDissä LEDeissä
elative LEDistä LEDeistä
illative LEDiin LEDeihin
adessive LEDillä LEDeillä
ablative LEDiltä LEDeiltä
allative LEDille LEDeille
essive LEDinä LEDeinä
translative LEDiksi LEDeiksi
abessive LEDittä LEDeittä
instructive — LEDein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of LED (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative LEDini LEDini
accusative nom. LEDini LEDini
gen. LEDini
genitive LEDini LEDieni
partitive LEDiäni LEDejäni
inessive LEDissäni LEDeissäni
elative LEDistäni LEDeistäni
illative LEDiini LEDeihini
adessive LEDilläni LEDeilläni
ablative LEDiltäni LEDeiltäni
allative LEDilleni LEDeilleni
essive LEDinäni LEDeinäni
translative LEDikseni LEDeikseni
abessive LEDittäni LEDeittäni
instructive — —
comitative — LEDeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative LEDisi LEDisi
accusative nom. LEDisi LEDisi
gen. LEDisi
genitive LEDisi LEDiesi
partitive LEDiäsi LEDejäsi
inessive LEDissäsi LEDeissäsi
elative LEDistäsi LEDeistäsi
illative LEDiisi LEDeihisi
adessive LEDilläsi LEDeilläsi
ablative LEDiltäsi LEDeiltäsi
allative LEDillesi LEDeillesi
essive LEDinäsi LEDeinäsi
translative LEDiksesi LEDeiksesi
abessive LEDittäsi LEDeittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — LEDeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative LEDimme LEDimme
accusative nom. LEDimme LEDimme
gen. LEDimme
genitive LEDimme LEDiemme
partitive LEDiämme LEDejämme
inessive LEDissämme LEDeissämme
elative LEDistämme LEDeistämme
illative LEDiimme LEDeihimme
adessive LEDillämme LEDeillämme
ablative LEDiltämme LEDeiltämme
allative LEDillemme LEDeillemme
essive LEDinämme LEDeinämme
translative LEDiksemme LEDeiksemme
abessive LEDittämme LEDeittämme
instructive — —
comitative — LEDeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative LEDinne LEDinne
accusative nom. LEDinne LEDinne
gen. LEDinne
genitive LEDinne LEDienne
partitive LEDiänne LEDejänne
inessive LEDissänne LEDeissänne
elative LEDistänne LEDeistänne
illative LEDiinne LEDeihinne
adessive LEDillänne LEDeillänne
ablative LEDiltänne LEDeiltänne
allative LEDillenne LEDeillenne
essive LEDinänne LEDeinänne
translative LEDiksenne LEDeiksenne
abessive LEDittänne LEDeittänne
instructive — —
comitative — LEDeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative LEDinsä LEDinsä
accusative nom. LEDinsä LEDinsä
gen. LEDinsä
genitive LEDinsä LEDiensä
partitive LEDiään
LEDiänsä 		LEDejään
LEDejänsä
inessive LEDissään
LEDissänsä 		LEDeissään
LEDeissänsä
elative LEDistään
LEDistänsä 		LEDeistään
LEDeistänsä
illative LEDiinsä LEDeihinsä
adessive LEDillään
LEDillänsä 		LEDeillään
LEDeillänsä
ablative LEDiltään
LEDiltänsä 		LEDeiltään
LEDeiltänsä
allative LEDilleen
LEDillensä 		LEDeilleen
LEDeillensä
essive LEDinään
LEDinänsä 		LEDeinään
LEDeinänsä
translative LEDikseen
LEDiksensä 		LEDeikseen
LEDeiksensä
abessive LEDittään
LEDittänsä 		LEDeittään
LEDeittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — LEDeineen
LEDeinensä

Derived terms

compounds

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English LED.

Pronunciation

Noun

LED f (plural LED or LEDs)

  1. (electronics) LED (light-emitting diode)
    Synonyms: DEL, diode électroluminescente

German

Pronunciation

Noun

LED f (genitive LED, plural LEDs)

  1. LED (light-emitting diode)
    Synonym: Leuchtdiode

Declension

Declension of LED
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die LED die LEDs
genitive einer der LED der LEDs
dative einer der LED den LEDs
accusative eine die LED die LEDs

Further reading

  • “LED” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English LED.

Pronunciation

Noun

L(エル)E(イー)D(ディー) • (eruīdī) 

  1. (electronics) LED (light-emitting diode)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

  • led (alternative case spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English LED (“light-emitting diode”).

Noun

LED m (definite singular LED-en, indefinite plural LED-ar, definite plural LED-ane)

  1. LED (light-emitting diode)

References

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Polish

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LED-y

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English LED.

Pronunciation

Noun

LED m inan (related adjective ledowy)

  1. (electronics, technology) LED (rectifying semiconductor device which converts electrical energy into electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength in or near the visible spectrum of light)
    Synonym: dioda elektroluminescencyjna

Declension

Declension of LED
singular plural
nominative LED LED-y
genitive LED-a LED-ów
dative LED-owi LED-om
accusative LED LED-y
instrumental LED-em LED-ami
locative LED-zie LED-ach
vocative LED-zie LED-y

Further reading

  • LED in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • LED in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English LED.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

LED m (plural LEDs)

  1. LED (light-emitting diode)
    Synonym: díodo emissor de luz

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English LED.

Noun

LED c

  1. LED (light-emitting diode)
    Synonym: lysdiod

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