blåljus

Swedish

Etymology

blå (blue) + ljus (light)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bloːjʉːs/

Noun

blåljus n

  1. emergency vehicle lighting
  2. emergency vehicles
  3. type of short news reports, often web-based, about recent, often local, accidents and emergencies
  4. (sometimes as prefix) something that is about emergencies or emergency vehicles
  5. high-energy light in the violet/blue band from 400 to 450 nm in the visible spectrum; see w:High-energy visible light
  6. a hardy perennial flowering plant with cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers (Polemonium caeruleum)

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