pilot light

English

Noun

pilot light (plural pilot lights)

A small, persistent flame used to ignite gas.
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: 種火 (tanebi)
Portuguese: piloto (pt) m
Romanian: flacără pilot f, flacără de aprindere f
Spanish: llama piloto f
Swedish: sparlåga (sv), tändlåga (sv)

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