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Chinese lantern

Chinese lantern noun: a paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs; some float in the air like hot-air balloons, and some float on water.

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Noun

Chinese lantern (plural Chinese lanterns)

  1. A paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs; some float in the air like hot-air balloons, and some float on water.
    • Near-synonym: sky lantern
    Synonyms:
    sky lantern
  2. A bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
  3. Various shrubs in the genus Abutilon.
  4. The shrub or small tree Dichrostachys cinerea.
  5. The plant Quincula lobata.
  6. Synonym of Schwarz lantern.
    Synonyms:
    Schwarz lantern

Chinese lantern meaning in Tamil, Malay, Indonesian and Vietnamese

Chinese lantern in Tamil

காகித விளக்கு

Chinese lantern in Malay

paper lantern
tanglung

Chinese lantern in Indonesian

paper lantern
lampion

Chinese lantern in Vietnamese

paper lantern
đèn lồng

Synonyms of Chinese lantern

Forms of Chinese lantern

pluralChinese lanterns

Words formed from Chinese lantern

Questions about Chinese lantern

What does Chinese lantern mean?
Chinese lantern means a paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs; some float in the air like hot-air balloons, and some float on water.
What is Chinese lantern in Tamil?
Chinese lantern in Tamil is காகித விளக்கு. See Chinese lantern meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Chinese lantern?
Chinese lantern is a noun.
What is the plural of Chinese lantern?
The plural of Chinese lantern is Chinese lanterns.

Words near Chinese lantern in the dictionary

  1. Chinese knotweed
  2. Chinese lacquer tree
  3. Chinese lacquer trees
  4. Chinese landing
  5. Chinese landings
  6. Chinese lantern
  7. Chinese lantern structure
  8. Chinese lanterns
  9. Chinese leaf
  10. Chinese leaves
  11. Chinese lettuce

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chinese lantern (page history and authors); Chinese lantern (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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