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–noun
1.Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
2.the footlights, the stage; acting profession.

[Origin: 1830–40; foot + light1]
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ˈfootlight noun
(in a theatre) a light which shines on the actors etc from the front of the stage
Arabic: أضواء المَسْرَح
Chinese (Simplified): (舞台上的)脚光
Chinese (Traditional): (舞臺上的)腳燈
Czech: světlo rampy
Danish: rampelys
Dutch: voetlicht
Estonian: rambivalgus
Finnish: parrasvalot
French: rampe
German: das Rampenlicht
Greek: φως της ράμπας
Hungarian: rivaldafény
Icelandic: ljósaröð fremst á leiksviði
Indonesian: lampu panggung
Italian: luce della ribalta*
Japanese: フットライト
Korean: 각광
Latvian: rampas ugunis
Lithuanian: rampos šviesa
Norwegian: rampelys
Polish: światło rampy
Portuguese (Brazil): ribalta
Portuguese (Portugal): luz da ribalta
Romanian: lumini ale rampei
Russian: рампа
Slovak: svetlo rampy
Slovenian: odrska luč
Spanish: candilejas
Swedish: rampljus
Turkish: yer ışıkları
See also: football, foothill, foothold, footing, footman, footmark, footnote, footpath, footprint, footsore, footstep, footwear, follow in someone's footsteps, foot, foot the bill, on foot, put one's foot down, put one's foot in it, "footlight" in any language

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Footlight

Foot"light`\, n. One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith.

Before the footlights, upon the stage; -- hence, in the capacity of an actor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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