skylight
sky·light/ˈskaɪˌlaɪt/noun
skylight is spelled S-K-Y-L-I-G-H-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables (sky·light). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skylight means “A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skylight is skylights.
How many letters and syllables are in skylight?
| Letters | 8: S-K-Y-L-I-G-H-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sky·light |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is skylight?
Skylight appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce skylight?
- /ˈskaɪˌlaɪt/
Skylight has 2 syllables, split sky·light in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-skylight.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of skylight
- skylights plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skylight mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.
- 2
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.
- 3
A hole in the upper part of a lava tube, yielding a view of the lava within.
- 4
A region of flat, thin ice allowing a submarine to surface.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Skylight in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense window dome or opening in the roof:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fenêtre de toit, lucarne, vélux, verrière |
| German | Dachluke, Dachfenster, Dachflächenfenster |
| Portuguese | claraboia |
| Spanish | tragaluz, claraboya, celaje |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does skylight come from?
From sky + light.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).