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green_light

green light

See also: greenlight and green-light

English

Noun

green light ‎(plural green lights)

A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed).
The drive home was much faster than usual; somehow we managed to hit every green light.
(idiomatic) approval, or permission to proceed.
We have a green light on the project. Work starts today.

Translations

green traffic light

Arabic: ضَوْء أَخْضَر m ‎(ḍawʾ ʾaḵḍar)
Catalan: llum verd (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 綠燈 (zh), 绿灯 (zh) ‎(lǜdēng)
Czech: zelená (cs) f
Dutch: groen licht (nl) n
Finnish: vihreä valo
French: feu vert (fr) m
Georgian: მწვანე შუქი ‎(mc̣vane šuki)
German: grünes Licht n, Grünlicht n

Hungarian: zöld fény, szabad jelzés
Italian: semaforo verde
Japanese: 青信号 (ja) ‎(あおしんごう, aoshingō)
Lao: ໄຟຂຽວ ‎(fai khiāu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: grønt lys n
Polish: zielone światło n
Portuguese: sinal verde m
Romanian: semafor verde m
Russian: зелёный свет (ru) m ‎(zeljónyj svet)
Spanish: luz verde m
Swedish: grönt ljus n
Turkish: yeşil ışık (tr)
Vietnamese: đèn xanh

permission

Arabic: ضَوْء أَخْضَر m ‎(ḍawʾ ʾaḵḍar)
Catalan: llum verd (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開綠燈 (zh), 开绿灯 (zh) ‎(kāi lǜdēng)
Czech: zelená (cs) f
Dutch: het OK krijgen n, groen licht (nl)
Finnish: vihreä valo
French: feu vert (fr) m
Georgian: მწვანე შუქი ‎(mc̣vane šuki)
German: grünes Licht n

Hungarian: zöld út, zöld fény
Italian: nulla osta
Japanese: ゴーサイン ‎(gō sain) ("go sign")
Polish: zielone światło n
Portuguese: sinal verde m
Russian: зелёный свет (ru) m ‎(zeljónyj svet), (colloquial) добро́ (ru) n ‎(dobró)
Spanish: aprobación (es) f
Swedish: grönt ljus n, klartecken (sv) n
Turkish: yeşil ışık (tr)

Derived terms

Derived terms

get the green light
give the green light (to)

Related terms

green arrow
red light
yellow light